🎊Lack of interoperability

Interoperability refers to the ability of heterogeneous systems to communicate and exchange data seamlessly. In today's IoT, this interoperability is conspicuously lacking.

Each network has its own dedicated APIs (programming interfaces) so that developers can interact with the infrastructure and connected objects. For example, Sigfox exposes Cloud APIs to access data collected by the Sigfox network. These APIs are specific to each network and not compatible with each other. A developer therefore has to re-code everything specifically for each infrastructure if he wants to make objects communicate on different networks.

This fragmentation creates technological silos and prevents innovative use cases combining different types of connected objects. Interoperability and standardization are the missing link in breaking down IoT barriers.