Security is central to the Internet of Things success and not a peripheral issue, an Executive Member of the IoT Council has claimed.

2G will prove an important technology in the future of IoT connectivity, despite the rise of LPWAN technology, an Orange executive has claimed.

Machine learning, automation and artificial intelligence will be crucial to sifting through the multitude of data produced by the Internet of Things, the GSMA has claimed.

Operators need to commit fully to the Internet of Things if they are to win the battle for the consumer market, an Arthur D Little executive has claimed.

The Internet of Things' strength will be in the breadth of services it offers, rather than a deep dive into specific verticals, TIM has claimed.

The broad church of the Internet of Things could actually be holding it back by making its identity muddled, according to industry watchers.

The Internet of Things can revolutionise how businesses operate by opening up new revenue streams, Proximus has claimed.

Vodafone's Director of IoT has dismissed suggestions operators will become the dumb pipe of the Internet of Things as "fundamentally wrong".

Take-up of the Internet of Things has fallen short of expectations, but “maturity is coming”, according to execs from Orange and Proximus.

The industrial Internet of Things is just one of the multitude of next generation businesses that operators are looking to for rich rewards. But like any opportunity facing the mobile industry, identifying it is one thing, implementing it is another.

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O2 is calling for “collaboration” to make 5G a success as the operator launches a new report propounding the economic benefits of the next generation wireless technology.

Orange's Head of Innovation, Marketing and Technologies is arguing Europe's comparatively relaxed approach to 5G deployments reflects a desire to avoid fragmentation.