The mobile evolution has transformed into a digital revolution. People around the world, along with hundreds of objects surrounding them, will be connected to networks as well as to one another, through significantly faster, more robust and secure wireless communications. A range of industrial sectors will ride on this transformative digital wave, from automotive, healthcare and energy, to urban infrastructure, agriculture, and entertainment. To facilitate this inevitable change, reliable networks running on technology standards enabling them will be needed. This brings to center stage the critical role of the the patent system that incentivizes technology innovation and the antitrust laws that ensure that market competition facilitating innovation is safeguarded.