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CANADIAN WIRELESS SHOW: “IoT is here, IoT is now,” says Telus


TORONTO - Thanks to multi-billion-dollar investments in spectrum and network over the past few years, a dedicated B2B network and its Health initiative, Telus is now positioned to capitalize on the current market enthusiasm for IoT (the Internet of things), according to Sachin Mahajan, Telus’s director of IoT.Speaking on Wednesday at the Canadian Wireless Trade Show in Toronto, Mahajan outlined some of the technological possibilities — some practical and some more whimsical — provided by IoT, or machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity. Not surprisingly, Mahajan spoke about potential healthcare-related IoT solutions more than once during his presentation.Currently, wearable fitness gadgets, such as...