NB-IoT

The availability of LTE network coverage in a customer location is not a true indication of a fully operational NB-IoT or LTE-M service. IoT devices are typically installed in remote locations such as basements and garages where the network signals …

The availability of LTE network coverage in a customer location is not a true indication of a fully operational NB-IoT or LTE-M service. IoT devices are typically installed in remote locations such as basements and garages where the network signals …

  The U.S. carrier launched a nationwide NB-IoT network in July 2018   Swiss firm u‑blox says that T‑Mobile US has certified its LTE Cat NB1 SARA‑N410 module to run on the carrier’s narrowband internet of things network. U-blox said …

At its ‘Business Summit’ in Dallas this week, AT&T put major focus on its LTE-M network. Use cases are multiplying, it said. “I hear about new possibilities every day. Use cases are taking off – from asset tracking to connected healthcare, …

  Ericsson said the new technology will allow the carrier to expand its LTE footprint across the country   Swedish vendor Ericsson and Australian carrier Telstra said they have successfully deployed and tested narrowband internet of things data connections up …

AT&T has introduced a flat-rate full-fat LTE-M data plan in the US of £30 per month for unlimited data. The One Rate subscription applies only to AT&T-approved IoT LTE-M devices, and to single devices at a time – data cannot …

  Vodafone will use its new “Sensing4Farming” platform for the NB-IoT project with Bodegas Emilio Toro   Vodafone has signed an agreement with Spanish wine producer Bodegas Emilio Moro to develop what it describes as the “winery of the future”, …

  Vodafone announced plans to deploy new infrastructure in the U.K., Romania and Hungary   Vodafone has confirmed plans to double the number of European sites in its narrowband Internet of Things network footprint by the end of 2019. The …

A trio of diminutive multi-band low-power wide-area (LPWA) antennas has been announced at MWC Americas, promising further miniaturisation of IoT devices, alongside international roaming for applications like asset tracking. A new range of antennas from Irish antenna company Taoglas, suitable …

AT&T will make IoT modules with integrated SIMs available on its LTE-M network in the first half of 2019. The carrier is working with German internet-of-things (IoT) module manufacturer Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) to integrate a next-generation SIM into a chipset by …

US carrier AT&T is in talks with the city of Los Angeles about a public-private partnership to deploy small cells, 5G connectivity, and internet-of-things technologies in order to enhance civic operations. AT&T said the deal will make the city “one …

Well established North American and European manufacturers of M2M and IoT devices have seen their share of global shipments slip by 15 per cent in the last 12 months as Chinese vendors have flooded the market with low-value 2G kit, …

AT&T has launched its first GPS asset tracker on its LTE-M network. Besides location tracking, it also packs in sensors for measuring humidity, temperature, light exposure, and impacts and breakages. The Asset Tracker One (AT1), which works with AT&T’s Fleet …

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Deutsche Telekom said the system will be linked to the IoT for bridges, tunnels, building and other concrete infrastructure at the airport   Düsseldorf Airport, one of the most important German hubs in international air traffic, has teamed with Deutsche …

  The Slovakian firm said the sensors are ready for the NB-IoT network recently launched by T-Mobile US   Sensoneo, a Slovakian provider of smart waste management solutions, has been testing its waste fill-level sensors in several locations across the …

The internet of things (IoT) is gathering momentum in the enterprise space. Analyst firm Machina Research anticipates there will be three billion low-power wide-area (LPWA) connections by 2025, and Analysys Mason forecasts LPWA technologies will generate $5 billion globally in …

With the announcements by three major U.S. telecom carriers this year, and significant activity taking place in China, narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) has come out of the shadows in a big way. The announcements by AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile that they …

Finnish network operator Elisa is combining its efforts in artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and 5G technologies to stimulate operational excellence in the enterprise market, and drive forward Finland’s industrial transformation. Elisa has selected 13 startups from …

By the Köln Ost junction on the A3 motorway in the North Rhine-Westphalia region in Germany, a group of engineers has mocked-up a 25,000 square-metre roadway network with a mash-up of internet-of-things (IoT) technologies in order to find ways to …

The European market for cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) communications will grow to 416.5 million connections by 2023, from 86 million at the end of 2017, according to ABI Research. This growth, of 384 per cent, will come with the launch of …

A report by Navigant Research said the Asian country ended March with a total of 496 million installed smart meters   China continues to lead the global smart meter market with 496 million meters installed at the end of the …

The LoRaWAN movement has something of the do-it-yourself ethos of punk music in the late 1970s. The Things Network (TTN), an Amsterdam-based LoRaWAN curation project, is one of its leaders, offering a simplified set of ‘internet-of-things’ (IoT) connectivity solutions and …

The adoption of cellular internet-of-things (IoT) technologies is not being slowed by the high price of chipsets, but by the complexity of their design, reckons chip supplier Nordic Semiconductor. Module design is the ultimate barrier to adoption of licensed low-power …

AT&T will go after the broad industrial ‘internet-of-things’ (IIoT) market with an expanded connectivity portfolio as it unfolds its new narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network across the US and Mexico through 2019. “We’re just getting started on unlocking the promise of the …