Andrew Parkin-White is leading the IoT Program at MEF - Mobile Ecosystem Forum, he talks about the IoT market in detail

Our guest this week Andrew Parkin-White, Andrew has an extensive background in consulting and analysis with many significant companies in the Mobile Industry.

Andrew is the leading the IoT focus of MEF.  MEF is the Mobile Ecosystem Forum, an energetic and diverse Mobile Industry Body

Andrew firstly updates us about the scope of MEF around the three “I”’s.

He then discusses the scope of the IoT market.

Andrew discusses how IoT Companies are addressing the various market segments that are evolving in the areas of Automotive, Supply Chains, Healthcare, Robotics.

He also points out that smaller companies can address sub niches in the overall IoT market.

We discuss how the IoT market is likely to develop with the new IoT platforms from the likes of AWS.  For example, will AWS compete more directly with Mobile Operators?

Andrew believes that partnerships are a key enabler in the IoT market to address all parts of the value chain.

Andrew outlines his thoughts on the current low revenue per IoT device that Mobile Operators can command and how that will change in the future

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