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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...

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...

“There’s nothing you can’t do with LTE” – talking ports and private networks with Druid Software

The rise of private cellular networks has been a key narrative recently in the story of industrial transformation, propelled by the emergence of advanced data analytics (AI), distributed sensing and processing infrastructure (IoT), and super-fast connectivity (5G). Irish firm Druid Software has helped to...

Walgreens to implement Theatro’s IoT platform nationwide

Walgreens, one of the largest drugstore chains in the U.S. has selected Theatro, a provider of voice-controlled mobile platform as a service for the hourly workforce. Under the terms of the contract, Walgreens is implementing Theatro’s enterprise-wide solution at all of its 9,560 stores, with the first...

UK water utility connects to Vodafone’s NB-IoT network to stop leakages

South East Water is connecting digital water meters, sensors and acoustic loggers on underground mains water pipes to Vodafone’s NB-IoT network in the UK. The arrangement is part of a year-long trial of the technology to monitor and fix water leakage, in line with...

“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...

Ingenu’s second-coming: claims $2bn pipeline, contract wins, slates rivals

IoT provider Ingenu has relaunched with a ‘2.0’ message about the suitability of its low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology for sundry industrial sectors, with a platform-as-a-service offer and a number of contract wins in the Asia Pacific region. The San Diego based company has also...

LoRaWAN has the edge on NB-IoT, and Sigfox has retreated, says Proximus

Device availability, network flexibility, and technical features give LoRaWAN the edge on NB-IoT today, reckons Proximus. But competition between the two IoT technologies will grow closer, it expects. Meanwhile, Sigfox is missing in action, having apparently retreated from the kinds of metering and smart-city...

What IoT applications does LoRaWAN serve best? Senet suggests 19

LoRaWAN supports a broad set of IoT applications, applicable to a wide variety of vertical markets. Below is a comprehensive list of 19 use cases, as provided by LoRaWAN provider Senet, which offers LoRaWAN infrastructure in 80 countries. Check out the new report on...

Three NB-IoT deployment models – and why NB-IoT performance is not what it should be

Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) is a cellular-based low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology. Specified in Release 13 of the 3GPP in June 2016, it coexists with GSM and LTE in licensed frequency bands. NB-IoT is associated with simple sensor applications, which make up most of the burgeoning...

T-Mobile US launches asset tracking solution via NB-IoT network

T-Mobile US announced it will start selling what it claims to be the first asset tracking solution in the United States, the telco said in a release. T-Mobile US partnered with Roambee for its BeeAware asset tracking IoT offering. The solution will be offered via...

Why co-evolution of 4G & 5G matters, suggestion on 5G migration: ZTE

  ZTE considers that the co-evolution of 4G and 5G networks is a key issue as these two technologies will be sharing many resources and will be offering each other a strong support in the next decade. This is why, ZTE believe that it is essential...

Sensoneo implements smart waste monitoring solution in the US

Cloud communications platform company Twilio said that it is powering its first commercial narrowband internet of things deployment in the United States by Sensoneo, a smart waste management solution provider. Sensoneo solutions use smart waste monitoring sensors which enable cities and businesses to optimize waste collection. Sensoneo’s...

Narrowband, private, and powerline – questions of connectivity for smart grids

Note, this article is serialised from a report on the state of the smart energy market. It continues from a previous post.Go here for the last post; go here for the full report. The case for industrial IoT in the power market, both sides of the meter,...

Asia’s largest markets to reach 966 million smart electricity meters in 2024

The installed base of smart electricity meters in Asia’s four main markets will reach almost 966 million in 2024, up from 613.4 million last year, according to a new a research report from Sweden-based IoT analyst firm Berg Insight. The study revealed that the installed base of smart electricity...

Wind Tre to complete 5G trial with ZTE before end-2019, targets NB-IoT

  Italian carrier Wind Tre expects to fully complete a 5G trial with Chinese vendor ZTE before the end of this year, the operator’s CTO Benoit Hanssen told RCR Wireless News. “Since 5G deployment picked up speed in 2017, the Italian government has piloted 5G in...

LoRa shoots for 75% of IoT market, versus 25% for 5G; aims for stars with satellite constellation

Three quarters of the IoT market will be given over to low-power wide-area (LPWA) network solutions, compared with just one quarter for high-bandwidth low-latency 5G applications. So says the LoRa Alliance, which continues to push its line about being the key technology in low-power...

Cellular IoT to outgun 5G, says Ericsson, offering early snapshot of industrial 5G, private networks

The number of cellular IoT connections, mostly to machines, will continue to outrun the number of 5G connections, mostly to people, for at least five years. Ericsson predicts cellular IoT connections will reach 4.1 billion by 2024, compared with 1.9 billion 5G connections. According...

Connecting agriculture: LoRa, NB-IoT, LTE, and 5G – once and future kings of smart farming (part 3)

As we have heard, the UK’s 5G RuralFirst project is trying to do with 5G (or 5G-related tech) what the telecoms industry has failed to do with previous generations, and connect the unconnected, including farming communities looking for a digital edge. It is transformative...

LoRa and Sigfox get five-year boost with LTE-M and NB-IoT failures

LoRa and Sigfox have maintained and extended their market-share lead over their cellular equivalents LTE-M and NB-IoT, as the latter technologies have been “plagued by network hardware and connectivity module issues. LoRa has been boosted by the rollout of private networks, and Sigfox remains...

Deutsche Telekom intros NB-IoT-connected bins for sensitive documents

Deutsche Telekom has teamed up with logistics company Rhenus and the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (Fraunhofer IML) to develop an NB-IoT connected smart bins for disposing of sensitive documents. An NB-IoT sensor in the containers issues a signal to Deutsche Telekom’s cloud-based...