As 5G reaches more markets, individuals and geographies, the use cases it enables is expanding rapidly. Whilst IoT is hardly a new concept, applications and use cases are becoming increasingly common and being deployed at scale. Carriers, naturally, play a pivotal role in allowing enterprises and services to exploit IoT applications, and the benefits they bring.
Automotive has often been used as the poster child of IoT in verticals. The connected car requires ultra-low latency, reliability, throughput and all the wonderful characteristics that 5G networks offer. Additionally, there is a natural benefit to fleet control, telematics, supply chain management and a plethora of other use cases that greater automation and IoT address. Importantly, there are key learnings and advancements that, having been designed and deployed for the automotive sector, can help many other verticals in their IoT journey.
Shamik Basu is the Executive Director & Product Head for IoT & Automotive at Verizon Business. He joins the Fierce Telecom Podcast to discuss why automotive sector has been so successful at deploying IoT in the past, and what future innovations will look like for the vertical. Additionally, Shamik talks about the key to successful IoT applications: simplicity.
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