Max Silber, vice president of mobility for MetTel, a New York-based solution provider and AT&T partner, after the telecom giant announced it's offering an IoT Starter Kit for prototyping IoT solutions, along with several resources that partners can use to determine their IoT readiness.

"For AT&T to be offering an IoT Starter Kit really gives us a turnkey path to delivering IoT solutions that include things like access to platforms, software development kits and connectivity."