Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) has submitted comments to the United Kingdom’s Office of Communications (Ofcom) in response to its request for stakeholder views on promoting investment and innovation in the Internet of Things (IoT).
TIA recommendations on IoT
Take a competitive- and technology-neutral approach as the ICT industry continues to work towards realizing the IoT’s continuum of connectivity;
Recognize the importance of, and work to further, the use of global voluntary, open, and consensus-based standards in the IoT;
Employ a spectrum policy that prioritizes predictability, flexibility, efficiency, and priority for superior rights from harmful interference, as well as including consideration of technological developments related to spectrum sharing;
Respect competitive differentiation as a driver of enhanced security solutions when addressing data security and resilience while also relying upon international standards and best practices, leveraging the successful public-private partnership model, and prioritizing end-user awareness and education;
Ensure that its activities do not impose barriers that would discourage the use of existing and developing voluntary solutions that typically emerge from standardization and best practice development for, as well as public-private partnerships when addressing data privacy.
