What is required in order to leverage Internet of Things in order to meet sustainable goal on sustainable cities and communities - case study of Malaysia

1. LEVERAGING INTERNET OF
THINGS IN MALAYSIA
TO MEET SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 11:
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES

2. BACKGROUND
• Malaysia is committed to support and implement the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
• In the Global Responsibilities : Implementing the Goals – Country Profiles Edition
published in 2018, Malaysia was ranked 55 out of 156 countries with an index
score of 70 for 17 SDGs
• With respect to SDG 11 on Sustainable Cities and Communities, Malaysia scored
more than 75
• The details are as follows in the next slide

3. CHALLENGES IN SDG 11 : PERFORMANCE
INDICATOR FOR MALAYSIA
Indicator Value Rating Trend
Annual mean concentration of
particulate matter of less than
2.5 microns of diameter (PM2.5)
in urban areas (μg/m3)
15.6
Improved water source, piped (%
urban population with access)
98.5
Satisfaction with public transport
(%)
67.0
(Ref: Bertelsmann Stiftung and Sustainable Development Solutions Network (2018), Global
Responsibilities : Implementing the Goals – Country Profiles Edition, pages 288-289)

4. IDENTIFIED POLICIES AND PLANS: ADDRESSING
SDG 11
• 11th Malaysia Plan Strategic Thrusts 1, 2, 4 and 5 and Game Changer “Investing in competitive
cities”
• National Physical Plan 3 (NPP3)
• National Urbanisation Policy 2 (NUP2)
• Competitive Cities Master Plans
• National Environmental Health Action Plan
• National Housing Policy (DRN) 2013–2017 and DNR 2.0 2018–2022
• Road Safety Plan of Malaysia 2014–2020
• National Solid Waste Management Policy
(Ref: Government of Malaysia (2017), Malaysia Sustainable Development Goals – Voluntary
National Review 2017, High level political forum, page 49)

5. INTERNET OF THINGS CAN ASSIST IN
IMPLEMENTING POLICIES AND PLANS
• Internet of Things (IoT) basically involves the connectivity of devices
that allows the exchange of data among machines, people and each
other through the Internet
• IoT has been implemented in smart homes and smart cities as well
as a range of other uses such as smart meters
• In that regard, IoT can assist Malaysia in implementing the policies
and plans

6. IOT KEY SUCCESS FACTORS
Ecosystem
Partnerships
Regulatory
certainty

7. REGULATORY CERTAINTY – SPECTRUM
• Should consider both licensed and unlicensed spectrum bands for
different IoT uses:
• Licensed spectrum is required for the IoT applications and services
that requires guaranteed quality of service and more secured
connection
• Unlicensed spectrum is possible for local area network and low
security requirements
• Should continue to participate in international developments such
as for the relevant region (i.e. Asia Pacific Telecommunity) and ITU-
R Study Group as well as World Radiocommunication Conference in
2019

8. REGULATORY CERTAINTY – SPECTRUM (CONT’D)
Frequency Bands Operating Conditions
433 - 435 MHz 100 mW EIRP
916 - 919 MHz 25 mW EIRP with duty cycle of <1%, Frequency Hopping or
LBT
919 - 923 MHz 500 mW EIRP
923 - 924 MHz 500 mW EIRP with duty cycle of <1%, Frequency Hopping or
LBT
2.4 GHz 500 mW EIRP
5.8 GHz 1 W EIRP
• Current available frequency bands including for IoT in Malaysia:
(Ref: MCMC (2018), Internet of Things (IOT) Technical Regulatory Aspects & Key Challenges –
Technical Report, pages 7-8)

9. REGULATORY CERTAINTY - NUMBERING
• Should ensure that adequate numbering resources are available for IoT devices
• Should consider to implement the following:
• ITU-T Recommendation E.164 for its public telecommunications network numbering
• ITU-T Recommendation E.212 numbering standard for cellular networks
• IPv6
• In Malaysia the following are available to support IoT implementation:
• 015 prefix numbers which are categorised under ranges of mobile numbers for M2M
• International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) that conforms to ITU-T Recommendation
E.212
• IPv6
(Ref: MCMC (2018), Internet of Things (IOT) Technical Regulatory Aspects & Key Challenges
– Technical Report, pages 9-10)

10. REGULATORY CERTAINTY – TECHNICAL
REQUIREMENTS
• Should ensure that IoT devices comply with technical standard, are
safe and interoperable without causing interference and do not
harm consumers
• In Malaysia, the following have been implemented:
• IoT devices need to be certified and carry a certification mark
• Importation of IoT devices requires an import permit issued by a Cross Border
Regulatory Agency appointed by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department
(Ref: MCMC (2018), Internet of Things (IOT) Technical Regulatory Aspects & Key Challenges
– Technical Report, pages 10-13)

11. REGULATORY CERTAINTY – SECURITY AND DATA
PRIVACY
• Should ensure that trust of consumers are maintained
• In Malaysia, the following processes are in place:
• Need to comply with data privacy requirements of Personal Data Protection
Department
• Develop technical standards to ensure security measures are implemented (as needed)
• Implementation of Information Security Management System and Business Continuity
Management System for Critical National Information Infrastructure
• Conduct regular drills to deal with cyber threats
(Ref: MCMC (2018), Internet of Things (IOT) Technical Regulatory Aspects & Key Challenges
– Technical Report, pages 16-19)

12. REGULATORY CERTAINTY – MOBILITY AND
ROAMING
• Should ensure that IoT devices are able to roam and inter-operator charges are not
prohibitive
• ITU-T Study Group 3 is also working on measures to ensure that international roaming
charges for IoT are not prohibitive
• In Malaysia, operators provide IoT as part of their packages:
• Maxis partnering with Modus to provide Mdrive (a vehicle tracking device)
• Digi launched iFleet services for B2B fleet tracking
• U Mobile and Axiata work with Atilze to provide connectivity to facilitate an integrated car
solution
• edotco work with Atilze to implement LoRa network in Klang Valley(Ref: MCMC (2018), Internet of Things (IOT) Technical Regulatory Aspects & Key Challenges
– Technical Report, pages 10-13)

13. ECOSYSTEM - EXAMPLES
• Malaysia IoT Association is an association that intends to bring together the
following:
• IoT technology hardware, software, services providers
• IoT users and startups
• IoT application and content service providers
• Currently, it has about 41 members
• More information can be found from http://my-iot.org/

14. PARTNERSHIPS - EXAMPLES
• Cyberjaya is a LoRA-powered smart city based on a cooperation between
Cyberview and Atilze
• The intention is also to be a ‘living lab’ to nurture and grow IoT talents and
businesses
• To enable IoT applications such as:
• intelligent street lighting
• smart parking solutions
• asset trackers and security
• environmental monitors like a water and air quality sensor(Ref: https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/digital-economy/cyberjaya-all-set-be-sea-first-lora-
powered-smart-city)

15. CONCLUDING REMARKS
• Malaysia is committed to the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals
(SDG)
• With regard to SDG 11 on sustainable cities and communities, there were some
performance indicators such as air pollution quality and public transportation that
requires improvement
• Internet of Things (IoT) can be leveraged upon to provide solutions to address
these issues
• However, for the IoT to flourish further, regulatory certainty, ecosystem
development and fostering of partnerships are important

16. REFERENCES
• Bertelsmann Stiftung and Sustainable Development Solutions Network (2018),
Global Responsibilities : Implementing the Goals – Country Profiles Edition
• Government of Malaysia (2017), Malaysia Sustainable Development Goals –
Voluntary National Review 2017, High level political forum
• Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) (2018), Internet
of Things (IOT) Technical Regulatory Aspects & Key Challenges – Technical Report