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2022
IoT Predictions

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2022 IoT Predictions

Introduction
By Nick Earle, CEO and Chairman at Eseye
Industries will embrace more
remote business models.
Throughout the coming year, businesses Healthcare typifies this trend. COVID-19 has put In place of an app on a watch or device that The following predictions are all long-term
across all industries will need to adapt increasing pressure on healthcare services to communicates via Apple’s data centres, they’ll technology and market trends that we see
their operating models to meet new embrace an entirely new model – remote patient communicate directly with physicians and update accelerating in 2022 and beyond, as dynamics
monitoring (RPM). In an ideal world, RPM means a patient’s electronic health records via a private shifts, and new possibilities emerge that enable
and changing needs of both customers
that only the most unwell patients would need cloud managed by healthcare providers, allowing the delivery of new types of experience beyond
and their own staff. This trend is being
to be in hospital. For everyone else, the hospital effective delivery of healthcare at home. the organisation through reliably connected IoT.
pulled by a more remote and distributed
effectively comes to them through wearable

“The shift to cellular connectivity will

user population and being pushed by a monitoring and communication devices: IoT that
desire for enterprises to take greater exists beyond their origination’s perimeter – or at
control over their IoT deployments as
new technologies – which we discuss
the edge. With stretched resources and a shortage
of beds, it’s a development that’s unsurprisingly
reposition the experience to the edge
below – allow them to do so. All of this
has significant consequences throughout
being encouraged by healthcare providers. by bringing the clinician to the patient.”
the IoT value chain. Remote health monitoring today typically relies Until now, the healthcare experience has been
on Bluetooth connections between wearable limited to the hospital or doctor’s surgery. The shift
devices, such as watches and mobile phones. These to cellular connectivity will reposition the experience
devices are aimed solely at the individual – your to the edge by bringing the clinician to the patient.
Apple Watch tells you whether you’re well or not. This is just one example of how enterprises will take
Going forward, however, we will see many more control of their own IoT deployments during 2022,
dedicated, medical-grade devices launch that are creating experiences at the edge which transform
powered by cellular connectivity. old business models and convert purely functional
devices into experiences at the edge.
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The year of the eSIM and greater interoperability.
From 2022, the eSIM will start to become Driven by user demand, SIMs will be
the default technology for IoT devices. This increasingly agnostic, not proprietary. With
eSIM, a network identifier – the international
move breaks the 40-year proprietary lock
mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) – can be
between mobile network operators
pushed into a device, meaning the device can,
(MNO) and SIMs in devices, under which
theoretically, be switched to any operator.
MNOs manage the choice of roaming
partners, as well as the switching process. This is good news for users, as it offers more
choice. Should they encounter any connectivity
blackspots, the device can simply switch
to another network. Users will look for a
platform that enables them to switch
between different, competing operators so
they can maintain relationships with their
customers. But it has consequences for MNOs,
who will be required to embrace a partnership
model and offer white label platforms that
offer truly global connectivity.

“... a global mobile network alliance that offers the

widest range of interconnects and provides the most
comprehensive localisation strategy available...”
Eseye has built a global mobile 'Star Alliance'
network that offers the widest range of
interconnects and provides the most
comprehensive localisation strategy available
in the IoT market today. It’s the best of both
worlds for MNOs and customers: Eseye enables
the eSIM switching between MNOs in different
regions to ensure each operator gets the traffic
if the device is in their country, and customers
get to enjoy IoT connectivity that works
everytime, and everywhere.
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Two
Move to the edge - and an agnostic MNO model.

2022 will be the year enterprises begin to

take greater control of their IoT deployments
by demanding greater visibility of their
entire network, a move that won’t be
Enterprises want enterprise-grade IoT solutions,
not consumer solutions with IoT wrappers on.
Critically, they want what’s known as an extensible
policy to the edge – solutions that can extend
“Enterprises want enterprise-grade
IoT solutions, not consumer solutions
with IoT wrappers on.”
policies including those for security, governance,
without consequences. and compliance to the network edge.

These new capabilities will be increasingly

technology – the Subscription Manager Secure
outlined in RFPs. Factors such as security
Routing (SM-SR) – will move to the enterprise.
policy, governance, single source of truth, and
asset visibility will become key buying criteria.
Traditionally, MNOs have decided which
And in an eSIM world, where devices switch
networks they switch their customers to.
between operators, any Mobile Virtual Network
Now, though, with control of their own
Operator (MVNO) that can’t meet these criteria
SM-SR, enterprises will be making that
simply won’t make the shortlist.
decision for themselves. This means MVNOs
must be able to use different MNOs and
A consequence of enterprises taking control
federate their connectivity into an
is that, after 40 years of being embedded
enterprise-side switch, either in the
with MNOs, the mobile network switching
cloud or behind a firewall.
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Three
The rise of the single MPLS network.
Another consequence of eSIM adoption, As mentioned, in an eSIM world, IoT devices will
which we expect to accelerate significantly increasingly switch between different operators.
during 2022, will be the rising importance This is good news for enterprises, of course, in that
of Network Level Orchestration (NLO) it avoids lock-in with any one particular MNO.
When a device is switched from one operator
delivered over a single multiprotocol
to another, it gets a new internet protocol (IP)
label switching (MPLS) network. This
address, which can make it hard to keep track
sounds rather technical, but it has
of a company’s assets.
important implications.
When there is little knowledge about what’s
on the network, implementing enterprise-wide
policies, such as security, is very difficult.
A traditional hub and spoke approach to
switching between multiple IMSIs, where
MVNOs interconnect with MNOs via individual
point-to-point links, will be neither sufficient
nor scalable.

“Not only will this require IoT vendors to use

a single MNO-agnostic platform – a significant
cultural change for many - but they’ll also
need a single MPLS network to deliver
managed services at the edge.”
The way to counter these issues is through
deploying Network Level Orchestration (NLO),
using a single encrypted IP network to extend
asset visibility and security to the IoT edge.

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Four
A fractured market.
Over the next 12 months, we expect the
market to split into three distinct camps.
A few MVNOs will make the leap toward
being value players. Accepting that
In addition, they’ll offer the hardware device
design experience that many enterprises need,
given that most don’t have the capability to
design devices for their specific use case. Others,
rather than targeting the specific needs of the
As a result, we predict that a number of MVNOs
will either become niche players, be acquired, or
in the worst case, go under. We predict that the
go-to-market strategy for enterprise IoT technology
will split, too, with a rise in channel sales models.
enterprises are taking control of their Much like the enterprise resource planning (ERP)
enterprise market, will simply look to provide
own IoT deployments, they’ll address the high volumes of data throughput at a low cost. adoption market in the 90s, the value MVNOs
points outlined above, offering localisation Many more, however, will be caught between will need to start embracing deep go-to market
on multiple MNOs, providing a single these two camps. Unable – or unwilling – to partnerships with global systems integrators to
MPLS network, and managing customers’ provide either value or volume, their financial meet the criteria outlined earlier and penetrate
switching on their behalf. model will come under increasing stress. the enterprise market.

“We predict that a number of MVNOs will

either become niche players, be acquired
or, in the worst case, go under.”
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Five
Private 5G networks in a box.
Our final prediction is that the evolution
of 5G will enable enterprises to take control
of the cellular network on which their
devices run.
We’ve been talking about 5G for a long time, but
from next year, every building – be it an office, a
factory, or a petrol station forecourt – will have
the opportunity to buy and run its own private
network. It will soon be possible to buy a private
long-term evolution (LTE) network in a box,
without the need for an MNO. As this becomes
more popular, Wi-Fi and local area networks
(LANs) within buildings will begin to give way
to 5G networks.

Operators will react, of course, by producing

their own private IoT – a 5G network on-demand.
There’ll be a proliferation of start-ups, too, offering
something similar. Essentially, 5G’s coming of
age will open up a whole new market.

“Operators will react, of course, by producing

their own private IoT – a 5G network on-demand.”
But it won’t be without its challenges. Companies
will add more devices at the edge but, as those
devices switch between public and private
networks, there’s a risk that asset visibility could
be lost. Consequently, enterprise MVNOs will
need to provide a single platform and a single
encrypted MPLS network for both public and
private 5G providers.

If not, they’ll only be managing a fixed and

declining percentage of devices going forward.

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Conclusion
2022, the year Enterprises take control.
As highlighted by our healthcare example, 2022 will be the year enterprises start to take
there’s a growing need across all industries control. And as they do, there’s a need to manage
for remotely operated IoT devices that are their devices as they move between networks,
owned by the enterprise and connected whether they’re operated by different MNOs,
directly to its network. Not only does or using their own private 5G network.
this need strong and reliable cellular
We expect it to be a year of real progress for
connectivity, but it requires visibility
enterprise IoT deployments, with a number of
and security – right to the edge.
IoT trends taking off, or accelerating, which will
deliver ever-increasing value for years. Here’s to
the next 12 months.

“2022 will be the year enterprises start

to take control. And as they do, there’s
a need to manage their devices as they
move between networks...”
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