Mobile Internet of Things Promotes Smart City Construction and Development

With the deep access of operators, the development of the Internet of Things industry has become more and more hot, especially this year, NB-IoT has become commercial. In China, the three major operators have proposed the strategic development plan of the Internet of Things. China Mobile’s fourth quarter is even more The procurement of Internet of Things products and services reached 40 billion yuan.

At the "2017 GSMA Beijing Innovation Forum" recently held, Shi Han, President of GSMA Greater China, introduced that China's mobile industry has followed and led in many aspects, and the development of 5G and IoT is one of the most prominent representatives. According to GSMA Intelligence, China’s IoT network deployment has taken a leading position in the world. In the third quarter of this year, China had 249 million mobile M2M connections, 555 million world connections, and China accounted for nearly 45% of the total number of connections in the world, ranking first in the world.

Si Han said that the development of mobile Internet of Things has a significant impact on smart cities, helping to optimize urban management and enhance services. More and more vertical industries such as transportation and logistics, industrial manufacturing, national economy and people's livelihood, and environmental protection have benefited from the mobile Internet of Things. From the Internet of Everything to the All Things Alliance, it has become a high degree of consensus in the industry.

As a basic network infrastructure builder, operators will undoubtedly greatly promote the development of smart cities through the development of the mobile Internet of Things. Shi Han said that 15 global mobile operators, including AT&T, Telstra and Verizon, as well as China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, KT, LG Uplus, and Vodafone, have launched 23 commercial mobile phones. Internet of Things service network.

According to Gesong, general manager of GSMA's strategic cooperation in Greater China, consulting agency data also said that by 2026, the number of mobile Internet of Things connections will exceed 6 billion, of which LPWA technology will exceed 3.8 billion; mobile Internet of Things income will reach 1.8 trillion. Among them, smart cities accounted for 78 billion US dollars, which is one of the important vertical industry applications.

However, the application scenarios of smart cities are extremely fragmented, such as smart street lights, smart meter reading, traffic control, and smart water services. Mobile operators have the ability to mine valuable information from vast amounts of data, as well as a unified IoT platform capability. Through the entire network, smart city construction and operations can be integrated with advantageous resources and achieve best practice reuse. More importantly, features such as "mobile networks, big data, and security" make mobile operators a reliable enabler of smart city construction.

Si Han stressed that if there is no effective strategy and planning, and there is a lack of coordination and cooperation among the industries, the city will not be able to benefit from the advantages brought about by the combination of science and technology and all things. According to reports, the GSMA's mobile IoT innovator project aims to encourage the development of new LPWA solutions and has now benefited 650 members. The GSMA's Smart City Initiative offers a range of resources that can assist governments, urban planners and digital service providers in deploying connected solutions and sharing global best practices.