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O2 UK launches LTE-M network on 50 cell sites, more to follow

As IoT devices and applications continues to rise, O2 is confident that LTE-M will continue to support that increase Telefonica’s O2 UK has launched its 4G-based LTE-M networks of 50 of its cell sites, claiming to be the first in the UK to do so....

US Cellular launches LTE-M network on 90% of cell sites to support IoT

The LTE-M network is designed to support simple, low-power or battery-limited IoT devices Amid the rising interest in IoT adoptions for industrial and commercial applications, US Cellular announced that is has launched its LTE-M network, specifically for IoT applications, on 90% of its cell sites,...

Rogers, Fleet Complete launch fleet management solutions

  Canadian telecom operator Rogers Communications and Fleet Complete announced a strategic partnership to provide local businesses with a full range of commercial fleet management and asset tracking solutions. This collaboration will deliver connected technologies, including vehicle and asset GPS tracking, to businesses that own and...

More industrial Wi-Fi 6, fewer IoT platforms, new mMTC entrants – it ain’t gonna happen

ABI Research has poured water on the idea Wi-Fi 6 will gain mass adoption in the IoT space in the near-term. It has also said a few dominant chipset vendors will squeeze out new entrants in the IoT market, that low-power wide-area tech standards...

Sequans rounds-up flurry of IoT chip deals for consumer trackers, private networks

Chip maker Sequans has announced a series of IoT and LTE approvals, including certification with T-Mobile, new devices for private networks, and a new tracking unit with Telstra. The company’s Monarch dual-band LTE-M/NB-IoT solutions have been approved by various operators, including in the US, Japan,...

Annual sales of cellular IoT gateways spiral 18.5%; US vendors dominate forecast

Annual shipments of cellular IoT gateways will reach eight million in 2023, with compound growth (CAGR) of 18.5 per cent per annum in the intervening period, according to IoT analyst house Berg Insight. Global shipments stood at around 3.4 million units in 2018, worth...

Verizon on 2020: “IoT is a generational aspiration – the future is now and it’s exciting”

Steve Szabo, head of global products and solutions for IoT, Verizon Business: "Digital transformation is a hot topic, but it is not a new topic. And it is, itself, transforming. "In 2000, the degree to which a company could consider itself on a path to digital...

LTE-M, NB-IoT and the remote update challenge (Reader Forum)

LTE-M and NB-IoT networks are being cited as the next evolution for cellular IoT deployments. These new, low-power, low-cost networks will enable a new wave of IoT use cases while providing additional benefits to existing connected solutions. But LTE-M and NB-IoT networks are highly...

‘Enterprises care about the insights, not the data’ – Arm on co-creation in industrial IoT

This interview, with Niall Strachan, director of product at UK-based Arm’s Pelion IoT business, is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report, called 'Crossing the IT/OT divide – co-creation, co-configuration, and how to bring industrial IoT to scale'. Go here for the...

Nordic Semi on 2020: ‘Lazy-teenager’ battery design is the game-changer for IoT

Peder Rand, product manager for cellular IoT, Nordic Semiconductor: “At the start of 2019 the only thing operating on cellular networks around the globe were mobile phones, plus a few hundred million 2G-based devices. Security alarms are an example of these, where cellular was used...

Cellular IoT to hit five billion connections by 2025, with LTE/5G taking a quarter

The number of cellular IoT connections will reach five billion by the end of 2025, from 1.3 billion by the end of 2019, according to Ericsson. Around a half will be NB-IoT and LTE-M connections, and around a quarter will be on LTE and...

Three UK tests NB-IoT and LTE-M ahead of nationwide rollout

Three UK has said it is piloting NB-IoT and LTE-M as a first step in a nationwide rollout of cellular-based low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology in support of wholesale customers including ARM, Arkessa, AT&T, Wireless Logic and Mobius in the UK. It said the rollout...

Altair adds cloud positioning to NB-IoT/LTE-M chip; Japan approves Altair and Sequans IoT chips

Israeli firm Altair Semicondictor will embed ‘cloud location over cellular’ (C-LoC) software into its ALT1250 dual-mode NB-IoT and LTE-M chipset. It has worked with C-LoC technology firm Polte Corporation on the initiative. Altair claims the ALT1250 dual-mode cellular IoT chipset is the market’s smallest, enabling...

What is mMTC in 5G NR, and how does it impact NB-IoT and LTE-M

The cellular IoT ecosystem, the cellular community would have us believe, is growing fast. The GSMA counted 89 NB-IoT networks and 34 LTE-M launches as of October 2019, with several operators running both technologies in tandem, at doubling in 12 months.  The number of NB-IoT...

What is MIOTY? All about telegram splitting and LoRaWAN bashing

BehrTech is a Toronto-based industrial IoT connectivity provider claiming a “disruptive” streak in the burgeoning low-power wide-area (LPWA) networking market. The company has just issued a (privately commissioned, independently researched) report that says its novel telegram-splitting ultra-narrowband (TS-UNB) technology is better than LoRaWAN. Indeed, it...

Telus launches online IoT shop for Canadian businesses

Canadian telecom operator Telus has launched the Telus IoT Shop in Canada, a self-serve online portal that enables businesses to purchase and manage prepaid IoT connectivity. According to Telus, purchasing IoT connectivity has previously meant committing to volume requirements, credit checks and other processes that...

Telstra claims more than 3.2 million devices are connected to its IoT network

Australian carrier Telstra has more than 3.2 million devices are now connected to the telco’s IoT network, Gerhard Loots, head of Telstra’s IoT business, said in a blog post. The executive also said that an average of 2,000 devices are being connected to the network every day....

LPWA matchup | LoRaWAN vs Sigfox vs NB-IoT vs LTE-M: billion-$ question (round 4)

Note this is a serialised version of an editorial report, called LPWA connectivity in IoT – who is winning what?’. It is continued from a previous instalment, which can be found here. The full report, including additional content, is available for download here. A billion,...

LPWA matchup | LoRaWAN vs Sigfox vs NB-IoT vs LTE-M: trading blows (round 3)

Note this is a serialised version of an editorial report, called LPWA connectivity in IoT – who is winning what?’. It is continued from a previous instalment, which can be found here. The full report, including additional content, is available for download here. Let’s take...

LPWA matchup | LoRaWAN vs Sigfox vs NB-IoT vs LTE-M: power play (round 2)

Note this is a serialised version of an editorial report, called LPWA connectivity in IoT – who is winning what?’. It is continued from a previous instalment, which can be found here. The full report, including additional content, is available for download here. Not everyone...

Why is LoRaWAN better than Sigfox, NB-IoT, LTE-M? LoRaWAN provider Senet counts the ways

Why is LoRaWAN better than Sigfox, NB-IoT, and LTE-M? It is not a query based on a statement of fact, to be clear; just a loose question, asked here of a partisan subject (whose bias is reflected in the enquiry), in the form of...

Operators will struggle to monetize 5G, NB-IoT, LTE-M in M2M market, says report

Cellular M2M value-added service revenues will account for only 14 per cent of the total revenues gained on the top of straight cellular M2M connection revenues, in the next five years. And 3G and 4G connections – as opposed to either 5G, or twin...

LPWA matchup | LoRaWAN vs Sigfox vs NB-IoT vs LTE-M: down for the count (round 1)

Note this is a serialised version of an editorial report, called 'LPWA connectivity in IoT – who is winning what?’. The full report, including additional content, is available for download here. Is there a more tribal field in the internet-of-things (IoT) space than low-power wide-area...

“NB-IoT is cheap in China – from as little as $3 per module,” says Huawei

Cellular IoT technologies are expected to take the lion's share of the low-power wide-area (LPWA) market, but it has been a bumpy start – outside of China, at least. Rival non-cellular technologies LoRaWAN and Sigfox have stolen a march in other territories. Here, we...