The term IOT encompasses a broad range of use cases.  As such the diversity of the requirements of these uses cases mean that demands on communication platforms are equally diverse.  With the increasing number of communication technologies being introduced, having a fundamental understanding of capabilities and features of such are crucial to both the long-term and short success of IoT applications.  This workshop will take an agnostic approach to IoT technology and cover topics such as 2G phase out, 3G, 4G, NB-IoT, Cat-M and LoRaWAN. Further discussion will include a look at an end-to-end Value Stack and the various layers it includes.