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IoT Challenges & Opportunities in Developing Economies: Latin American Perspective

This article explores the challenges and opportunities of Internet of Things (IoT) in developing economies, with a focus on Latin America. It highlights the potential benefits of IoT in areas such as transportation, water management, sanitation, and electricity. The article also discusses various IoT projects already implemented in cities across Latin America and the business opportunities they present. Additionally, it addresses the need for infrastructure development, privacy regulations, and a multistakeholder approach in order to harness the full potential of IoT in the region.

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IoT Challenges & Opportunities in Developing Economies: Latin American Perspective

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  1. Internet of things Challenges and opportunities for developing economies A Latin American perspective Olga CavalliCCAT LAT Argentina Forum on Internet of Things in Smart Sustainable Cities: A New Age of Smarter LivingSingapore, 18 January 2016

  2. ITU Centre • of Excellence • ICT Training for Latin America and the Caribbean - 1987 • Telecom regulations – Internet networks – Spectrum management – Mulitistakeholder environments • ICT Infrastructure – Internet Governance

  3. Four of the 15 largestcities Mexico DF Sao Paulo Rio de Janeiro Buenos Aires • Urbanpopulation of theregion: 585 million in 2030 • IoT + M2M: bettertransportation, cleanerwater, bettersanitation and cheaperelectricity

  4. IoT and Smart Cities Business opportunitiesfor LatinAmerica withrevenuesestimated US 860 B • Education • Health • Manufacture • Wholesale and retail • Finance • Services Source: CISCO

  5. Manyprojects: mainlyconnectivity and traffic control • Panamá: intelligent connected city • Santiago de Chile: Smart City Santiago • Quito: “Quito te conecta”: access points • Guadalajara: Digital Media Center + smart city • Medellin: wirless network + smart grid • México DF: Traffic control • Río de Janeiro: Innovation center • Sao Paulo: Telehealth+transport + education

  6. Buenos Aires • IoTcompetitioncontest: involveentrepreneurs and citizensin themostcomplexsolvingurbanchallengesusingpublicinformation as a platform • Traffic and urban transport: rapid bus network + public bicycle circuits + bicycles

  7. Internet penetration: Average LAC: 56,6 % World average: 44 % • Average penetration: • Argentina: 80 % • Brazil: 57,6% • Costa Rica: 88% • México 49,3 % • Uruguay: 56 % Source: ITU – ICT Facts and figures 2015 / Internet World Stats

  8. 1 Singapore • 12 Korea • 38 Chile • 46 Uruguay • 49 Costa Rica • 64 Colombia • 69 México • 84 Brazil • 90 Perú • 91 Argentina • 103 Venezuela • 105 Paraguay Network Readiness Index Environment Rediness, quality Usage Impact of ICTs Source: Network ReadinessIndex - WorldEconomicForum

  9. IPV6 Deployment • Perú 34,35 % • Brazil 27,95% • Colombia 22,83 % • Uruguay 21 % • Venezuela 18,67 % • Argentina 16,94 % • Costa Rica 14,34 % • Bolivia 14,19% • México 12,63 % Source: http://6lab.cisco.com/stats/

  10. Opportutinties and Challenges • Mainfocuson Internet access + traffic control + energysavings • Infrastructure balance: regional + national • Avoidcreating new divides • Privacy regulations • Security challenges • Multistakeholder approach • Many thanks! • Muchas gracias! • @olgacavalli

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