INTERNET OF THINGS APPLICATION AND SECTORAL RESPONSE PERFOMANCE IN TELECOMMUNICATION

Dorothy Rose A. Dawo, Dr. Samuel Wabala

Abstract


The general objective of this research was to determine the readiness of Kenya ICT sector to leverage Internet of Things for socio economic development. Therefore, the research looked at Internet of Things application and sectoral response performance in telecommunication. The study specifically aimed to; assess the response of the ICT sector in regard to IoT technology; determine the status of policy makers in response to the IoT technologies; establish the state of IoT roll out regarding the IoT coverage and to determine how adequate the human capacity to deploy the IoT is. The literature review demonstrated that a number of studies have been carried out on internet of things application and sectoral response performance in telecommunication spectrum. Hence, it’s evident that a gap in literature exists on IoT application and sectoral response performance in telecommunication in Kenya. The study adopted descriptive research design and the study population was 25 key informants from different ICT sector member organization, who were purposefully selected. The data collection instruments were an interview guide containing open ended questions. A pilot study was carried out to test the validity of the instrument. Content analysis method was used to analyze data aided by content analysis software (NVivo) to summarize the responses into themes. Due to the numerous information gathered during the interviews, it has been proved that IoT application and sectoral response performance in telecommunication receive a great support by the implementation of IoT technology in Telecommunication spectrum. In particular, as stated by all the respondents, the benefits are numerous in multiple fields and moreover IoT will impact ICT sectoral response performance in telecommunication deliverables and team working. In a daily use, the new technology will increase the productivity and the efficiency of the processes, reducing the waste of resources, both in term of time and money. The study found out that impact on IoT application and sectoral response performance in telecommunication is enormous; in fact all the phases are impacted by the technology. The main driver of the impact is surely the data gathered from smart objects always reliable due to storage approaches such as cloud or server.

Keywords: Internet of Things (IoT), Sectoral Response, ICT Policy Response, Regulatory Response, IoT Roll Out, Human Capacity. 


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