OCF, SSIA to promote IoTivity to SMEs and startups in Singapore

The OCF's booth at IoT Asia 2017.

The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF), an Internet of Things (IoT) standards body, has collaborated with the Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association (SSIA) to promote the adoption of its IoTivity specification to small and medium-sized enterprises and startups in the Singapore Smart Nation ecosystem, and to help companies understand and adopt the specifications in their design strategies.

The OCF believes that the growing billions of connected devices in the IoT should be able to communicate with one another regardless of manufacturer, operating system, chipset or physical transport. It is creating a specification and sponsoring the open source IoTivity project to achieve that goal.

IoTivity is an open source communications framework hosted by the Linux Foundation. It is a reference implementation of the OCF specification and can make it easier for developers to deliver products to the market. 

The Singapore IoT market is expected to be worth more than S$700 million by the year 2020. The Smart Nation Program is Singapore’s national effort to create a future of better living for all through tech-enabled solutions. With a program in place and the market poised for success, OCF’s specification will accelerate industry innovation to ensure secure interoperability for consumers, business, and industry. Singapore will be a step closer to its Smart Nation vision through smarter health, transport, living and service sector initiatives. SSIA will promote OCF down its value chain and enable SMEs to explore the applications and potential development of this new collaborative platform.

CK Tan, President of the SSIA stated, “Singapore’s Smart Nation programme is a strategic initiative for both the government and the tech ecosystem. Having software and hardware systems that are interoperable is key to ensuring the Smart Nation program is a success.”

Richard Brown, Head of OCF Asia Marketing Task Force, said the OCF is focused on achieving interoperability between multiple standards through Iotivity. "We're committed to driving the standard and making sure everything is integrated. The IoT is about cooperation and collaboration. We're working with various people to make sure that it can happen," said Brown at the OCF's inaugural appearance at IoT Asia.

The OCF already has some 300 members including key industry players, and plans to recruit more government bodies, academic institutions, small manufacturers, IoT startups and larger enterprises in Asia, particularly in Korea, mainland China, Japan, Taiwan and Singapore. "Singapore is important as a Smart Nation and a regional hub," Brown noted.

According to Brown, OCF-certified products are likely to be launched towards the end of the year.

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