This is part 2 of the blog series "Can Communications Service Providers Turn Dumb-Pipes to Differentiated Services?" Read part 1 here. 

Ok so let’s start this blog with a definition.  The Internet of Things is “the interconnection via the Internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive data.” Based on that simple definition, I’m starting to understand the absolute “chaos” the market is experiencing from IoT devices flooding the shelves at BestBuy and other retailers. And I have a feeling we are just starting to accelerate in this area.

Ah, the pain of being called “boring,”, “not innovative,” “commodity,” or “dumb pipe,” and recently being spanked
 by the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission – the equivalent of the FCC in US) for trying to offer a “free data” ride to certain OTT services to differentiate and attract users.  Can we say the service providers are struggling?  Yup! It has been tough and not a lot of fun.