As the IoT becomes ever more diffuse and politically charged, it might seem that the last thing anyone needs to address fragmentation is another industry alliance. However, the Wireless IoT Forum says its mission is just that – to counter fragmentation by creating a common platform that will bring scale and unity to the sector, because it will be heavily driven by operator requirements. The new Forum is not as broad-ranging as its name suggests. It will focus on the low power wide area (LPWA) segment of the IoT, avoiding the battles over short range wireless connections in the home (though it will have to take efforts like Thread and Bluetooth Low Energy into account). It will cover licensed and…