Abstract: Within last five years the wireless Internet of Things (IoT) progressively became an acclaimed technology. However, the IoT dates back to the origin of radiocommunications. Indeed its inventor Guglielmo Marconi made his first successful wireless communication on 8th Dec. 1895 at his father's country estate at Pontecchio where he succeeded in sending a wireless command to a ring bell over a distance of 2 and a half km.Throughout the last century many  (short-mid range) wireless communications for remote sensing and controls were developed until 1995 when they were in a bit of chaos and there were limited applications, because of the regulatory concept of  Low Power Devices. Finally the new concept of Short Range Devices (SRDs) was introduced, also thanks the European I-ETS 300 220 interim standard (1993).The speaker will first explain how radiocommunications in Europe evolved within last 30 years, thanks dramatic changes of Regulations and Standards to promote and support technology innovations to be on time in the market.Secondly the talk will offer insights and examples for the SRDs huge number of applications, including IoT, ranging from a simple wireless remote control push button to one of the most sophisticated one, like wireless medical systems. The European IoT and Smart Metering solutions market perspective will also be part of the talk: as a matter of fact, the market for energy saving and citizens’ healthy and effective live, are generating in the EU something like 30 Billion Euro/yearly turnover, a business employing about 1 million entrepreneurs and employees. This means the SRDs is the second market for wireless after only the mobile cellular terminals one. Bio: Enrico Tosato is currently the Chairman of the European Telecommunications Standardisation Institute (ETSI) group for Short Range Devices (ERM TG28) to which he was appointed first time 28 years ago. He is considered the main architect of the evolutionary concept from Low Power Devices to Short Range Devices which resulted by the first I-ETS 300 220 interim standard (1993). This was fully supported by a creation of a new associated regulatory Short Range Devices (SRD) concept usage which he was able to persuade CEPT (European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations 48 countries) and the EU Commission, especially thanks his proposal for a new CEPT “SRDs Recommendation. This become in 1997 the successful ERC/REC 70-03, commonly named as the “bible” of SRD; he is still involved in the continuous maintenance of ERC/REC 70-03 also throughout sophisticated technical spectrum sharing studies published as CEPT ECC Reports; for many of them he has been the main author, granting coherence with the ETSI Harmonised Standards. The SRD concepts in ERC/REC 70-03 are today well used even in the other part of the world, for example in the Asia-Pacific region, thanks to the fact they are adopted by the United Nations ITU. Enrico Tosato, toward this goal, was the main negotiator with the other ITU Regions of the world.Enrico Tosato has authored in excess of 90 deliverables and documents such as CEPT ECC Reports (spectrum sharing), ETSI Standards and conference papers, and received this year the ETSI Fellowship award for his outstanding service.