Adopting the IoT Paradigm:
Challenges and Opportunities for
Regulators
18 Jan 2016
Ms Aileen Chia
Assistant CE/Director-General (Telecoms & Post)
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IoT is a key enabler to Singapore vision to
be a Smart Nation
• Beyond economic opportunities, IoT can also enrich the quality of
living for citizens
"Our bottom-up
analysis for the
applications we size
estimates that the IoT
has a total potential
economic impact
of $3.9 trillion to
$11.1 trillion a year
by 2025," said
McKinsey (2015).
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Regulating IoT might not be straightforward
– from different technologies to…
• Different scales of deployment
• Different communication models
Deviceto-Device
BackEnd
DataSharing
Deviceto-Cloud
DevicetoGateway
Four common communications models
described by the Internet Architecture Board
Source: GSR Discussion Paper, “Regulation and the Internet of Things”, Professor Ian Brown (2015)
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… Complexity in roles played
• Variety of roles in the IoT ecosystem from the perspective of
telecom service & network operators
Device
Provider
Network
Provider
Player A - Telecom
Network Operator

Application
Provider
Application
Customer
Player B - Vertically
Integrated Business
Telecom network operators as Players A
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
Platform
Provider
Network & Platform Providers in access and control of IoT, and device management
Vertically integrated businesses as Players B
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Provision of reliable and secure IoT devices for communication, sensory and actuation functions in
the delivery of data and content
Provision of IoT applications to application customers
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Several regulators are looking at common
challenges posed by IoT
•
Five key IoT areas are examined to explore some of the most
pressing challenges and questions related to IoT
Data
Protection
Security
Interoperability
and standards
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Spectrum &
Resource
Allocation
Minimising cyber security breaches through
close collaboration
•
Multi-stakeholder approach will be key but need to manage consumer
expectations
i.
Complex landscape – no one size fits all
security policy for all IoT devices (e.g. Fitbit
vs Smart Grid)
ii.
Telecom regulators will have to work closely
with cyber security agencies and industry
players
iii.
Companies should implement security by
design (e.g., security to extend throughout
lifecycle of product; access controls)
Security
Data Protection
Interoperability
and standards
Licensing
Spectrum &
Resource
Allocation
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Finding the vulnerabilities of
smart devices at home
iv. Consumer and business education on cyber
security will be important (e.g. regular
changing of passwords)
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Protecting Personal Data to enhance
consumer trust in IoT
•
Regulation and public education will be key to safeguard consumer
interest
Security
i.
Companies will have to comply
with Singapore’s Personal Data
Protection Act (2012), including
those which are collecting
personal data from IoT
ii.
Companies should strive to
adopt “data protection by
design” as a default for all
development
iii.
Public education will be key to
safeguard consumer interest
Data Protection
Interoperability
and standards
Licensing
Spectrum &
Resource
Allocation
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Singapore – On-going initiatives to ensure
technical interoperability and standards
IDA’s Telecommunications Standards Advisory Committee (TSAC) is working on
various IoT-related standards in line with the ITU-T work programme.
TSAC
ITU-T SG20
Security
Data
Protection
Interoperability
and standards
WG1
WG2
Q2/20 – Integration of
IoT
Future
Networks
IoT Device
Management
Q3/20 –
IoT Gateway
Signaling and
protocols
Q4/20 –
IoT Interworking
Spectrum &
Resource
Allocation
Multimedia
ITS, AV
E-health
Smart
Homes
End-to-end
services,
performance
Licensing
Q5/20 –
IoT Ecosystem
IoT players
engagement
Q6/20 – Use of
Infrastructures for IoT
Guidelines and
best practices
WG3
WG6
WG7
Wireless
Smart
Wearables
Smart
Phones
Directory
services
Middleware
M2M
Security
IDA conducts trials on GSMA’s Specifications for OTA Subscription Management
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Licensing framework to evolve to meet the
challenges of IoT
• Addressing key concerns while facing operational challenges
(e.g. whether to register billions of devices)
Security
Security
Security
Standard
Standards
s
Data Protection
Privacy
Privacy
Licensing
Interoperability
and standards
Licensing
Business
Business
Models
Models
Spectrum &
Resource
Allocation
Source: IBM
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Maintaining flexibility to ensure IoT devices
can be supported with sufficient spectrum
• Currently unclear whether majority of IoT devices are going to ride on
licensed or licence-exempt spectrum as well as type of devices
Licence-exempt
Throughput
Security
Licensed
Wi-Fi
10 Gbps
802.11
ad/ay
Wi-Fi
1 Gbps
Data Protection
802.11ac
UWB
White space
100 Mbps
LTE Cat 4/6
Interoperability
and standards
Wi-Fi
10 Mbps
802.11a/b/g/n
Licensing
Spectrum &
Resource
Allocation
LTE Cat M
1 Mbps
Bluetooth
802.15.1
10 M
PAN
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NB-IoT
Sigfox, LoRA, Ingenu
Zigbee, Z-wave
100 M
LAN
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10
1 KM
10 KM
MAN
100 KM
WAN
Range
Going beyond traditional regulatory role to
prepare for the future
• Ensuring current and future workforce can ride on the opportunities and
benefit from IoT
Engaging the current generation
in Smart Nation
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Having a future workforce that can
work with IoT devices
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Thank You
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