Enabling the Internet of Things in developing countries: Opportunities and challenges

Miazi, Nazmus Sakib; Erasmus, Zenville; Razzaque, Md. Abdur; Zennaro, Marco; Bagula, Antoine

doi:10.1109/iciev.2016.7760066

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“…With the emergence of IoT, several works [2], [34], [49] have analyzed the expansion of this technology in the developing world by highlighting the challenges for IoT to reach billions of people living in developing countries to accelerate income growth and social development as a result. This section summarizes the key features to contextualize IoT in developing countries.…”

Section: B Challenges Of Iot In Developing Countriesmentioning

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“…1. Design requirements [49]: In 2013, Karim et al [50] reported that information requirements in developing countries differ from those in industrialized countries. So IoT systems for developing countries generally have different design requirements and technological frameworks.…”

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“…Power supply: As things move around and they are not connected to a power supply, their smartness needs to be powered from a self-sufficient energy source [56]. On the other hand, Miazi et al [49] reported that reliable power supply is a big challenge for enabling IoT in most of the developing countries, being solar and wind the effective solutions. 8.…”

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Challenges and Opportunities of the Internet of Things for Global Development to Achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

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Internet of Things (IoT) makes a significant contribution to development in economical, social and ecological terms. In this work, the current context to successfully apply IoT in developing countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of United Nations is studied. Potential and opportunities of the IoT in the developing world as well as the current challenges of IoT in developing countries are reviewed. The research methodology is focused on the IoT context in the developing world as well as profitable IoT projects carried out in developing countries, using the SDGs as a reference. Key features as a technical challenges, environmental conditions or social differences are studied to contextualize IoT in developing countries. Finally, the combination of low-cost IoT and pay-as-you-go is presented as the best scenario to better disseminate the Internet of Things for Development (IoT4D) to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. INDEX TERMS Internet of things, developing countries, sustainable development goals, IoT4D.

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“…IoT is a modern term, and the integration of IoT with the usual operator services requires educated technical personnel. Furthermore, developing countries deficient a number of research centres, funding and investment for innovation are low [43].…”

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Opportunities and Obstacles to Deploy Internet of Things Services by Telecom Operators in Developing Countries (Case Study Telecom Operators in Yemen)

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Alareqi

Zahary

2019

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Internet of Things (IoT) plays a vital role in the modern life. The authors see that offering IoT services by telecom operators better than others, especially in developing countries, where the concern of the community related to security issues is the most prominent obstacles. This paper addressed a future vision of IoT services in developing countries by telecom operators. This paper identified the possible opportunities, and obstacles for telecom operators to offer these services. This paper also presented a case study for telecom operators in Yemen. The case study has been taken from MTN and Yemen Mobile operators. The study's samples includes 73 engineers and SPSS has been used to analyse data. The results showed that (91.35%) from MTN's respondents and (81.14%) from Yemen Mobile's respondents agree that offering IoT services by the operator create new opportunities for profit. Also, results concerning to present services that can be provided are eleven services by MTN and seven services by Yemen Mobile operator.

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“…Internet connectivity seems to be vital to the solutions of IoT. Wireless links have played an effective role in covering huge distances at reasonable costs (Miazi et al, 2016). Better internet connectivity has enabled to push the data onto the cloud and it also helps to visualize the data using the mobile and other electronic devices.…”

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An Investigation into the Challenges and Opportunities Associated with the Application of Internet of Things (IoT) in the Agricultural Sector-A Review

Khan¹,

Ismail²

2018

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Internet of things has acquired attention all over the globe. It has transformed the agricultural field and allowed farmers to compete with massive issues they face. The aim of this paper is to review the various challenges and opportunities associated with the applications of internet of things in agricultural sector. This research makes use of secondary sources that have been gathered from existing academic literature such as journals, books, articles, magazines, internet, newsletter, company publications and whitepapers. Applications reviewed in this research are about crop sensing, mapping and monitoring the croplands pattern, managing and controlling with the help of radio frequency identification and real-time monitoring of environment. Some of the challenges that were taken into consideration for reviewing the applications of internet of things are software complexity, security, lack of supporting infrastructure and technical skill requirement. Complexity in the software has to be rectified in order to support the IoT network. Therefore software must be developed as user-friendly for improving the farming, production and quality of the crop. Security is the major threat in the IoT applications. Security has to be enhanced through proper access control, data confidentiality and user authentication. Technical skill is required for farming to enhance the organizational abilities and to perform the farming functions, solving problems and more. Proper supporting infrastructure can be developed with proper internet availability and connectivity. Some of the opportunities were taken for reviewing the applications of internet of things are low power wireless sensor, better connectivity, operational efficiency and remote management.

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Enabling the Internet of Things in developing countries: Opportunities and challenges

Cited by 41 publications

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Challenges and Opportunities of the Internet of Things for Global Development to Achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Challenges and Opportunities of the Internet of Things for Global Development to Achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Opportunities and Obstacles to Deploy Internet of Things Services by Telecom Operators in Developing Countries (Case Study Telecom Operators in Yemen)

An Investigation into the Challenges and Opportunities Associated with the Application of Internet of Things (IoT) in the Agricultural Sector-A Review

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