Iran has told the Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union ( ITU ) , a regulatory body , that the agency needs to begin designing " appropriate regulations " for IoT. This is the latest in a series of power struggles between industry and governmental bodies over who will dictate standards for the nascent industry . Stand up, Iran, which this week told the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Houlin Zhao that the UN agency needs to start work on designing "appropriate regulations" for the Internet of Things. " The ITU and a series of largely authoritarian governments have come up against Western governments and internet companies over the last few years ; the former arguing that it is best placed to dictate standards , while the industry , which wishes to be self - regulating , has formed a non - profit foundation consisting of 30 companies , called the IoTSF , to provide better IoT security .
Iran has told the Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union ( ITU ) , a regulatory body , that the agency needs to begin designing " appropriate regulations " for IoT. This is the latest in a series of power struggles between industry and governmental bodies over who will dictate standards for the nascent industry . The ITU and a series of largely authoritarian governments have come up against Western governments and internet companies over the last few years ; the former arguing that it is best placed to dictate standards , while the industry , which wishes to be self - regulating , has formed a non - profit foundation consisting of 30 companies , called the IoTSF , to provide better IoT security .