- Pareglio Barbara
- Daniela Gutierrez-Torres
Intermediate
Description
This course provides a high-level overview of IoT concepts from a mobile perspective, outlines the role IoT can play in enhancing the quality of life of citizens and explains the key differences between traditional telecoms services and the IoT world.
This course is designed for policymakers and regulators. The aim is to help them keep pace with the latest industry developments through training courses that highlight examples of regulatory best practice from around the world.
This course is open to:
Regulators
Policymakers
Representatives from academia and international organisations working on regulatory or policy issues
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Discuss the benefits IoT can bring to citizens, consumers and businesses.
Describe the key difference between IoT and traditional telecoms services.
Discover the regulatory implications of IoT.
This course provides a high-level overview of IoT concepts from a mobile perspective, outlines the role IoT can play in enhancing the quality of life of citizens and explains the key differences between traditional telecoms services and the IoT world. It also discusses the implications that IoT has for policymakers and regulators. The course will include instructor-led presentations, the presentation of case studies and tutor/participants discussions.
The course includes an activity in which the participants have to match the applications of IoT to the possible connectivity technologies that may support a given application.
The students will have to attend both days of synchronous sessions via Zoom and submit a final project to the platform, this will be the only assignment the passing threshold is 80% to obtain the ITU certificate.
Day 1
Sessions 1 to 4
What is IoT?
Forecasts on the growth of IoT
A High Level Technology Overview of Mobile-Enabled IoT
Key learning points
What is IoT?
Learn the definition of IoT and associated concepts
Outline the key differences between IoT and traditional voice and messaging services
Discuss the key drivers for IoT
Forecasts on the growth of IoT
Identify the connections forecasts for IoT
Identify the revenue forecasts for IoT
Learn the socio-economic benefits of IoT
A High Level Technology Overview of Mobile-Enabled IoT
Training activities details
Matching applications to technologies
Exercise: identify the possible connectivity technologies that may support a given application. This section aims to help the audience to apply the knowledge from the technology section.
Type of exercise: individual/group exercise
Day 2/ Sessions 5 to 7
Case Studies
Government strategies for driving IoT adoption
Key learning points
Analyse and discuss Case Studies:
Farm water monitoring
Home care
Smart city
Home security
Manufacturing
Learn about government strategies for driving IoT adoption:
Global deployment
Promoting investment
Building trust
Interoperability
Traffic management
Spectrum
Training activities details
discussion of case studies
Assignment / Final project
Registration information
Unless specified otherwise, all ITU Academy training courses are open to all interested professionals, irrespective of their race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, economic status and other diverse backgrounds. We strongly encourage registrations from female participants, and participants from developing countries. This includes least developed countries, small island developing states and landlocked developing countries.