Wireless IoT forum calls upon telecoms regulators to enable market for the Internet of Things

At present, available bands do not meet the needs of large-scale IoT deployment in that power restrictions can be challenging, there are often duty cycle constraints as low as 1%, bands are fragmented around the world and interference levels can be high or risk becoming high because any type of applications and technologies can use the bands. Furthermore, problems can arise because all traffic on an IoT network has to go through a small number of base stations or network relay points and these are subject to the same regulatory constraints as any other device operating in unlicensed spectrum.