Confused by comms options?
Don’t know the difference between 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, LPWAN, 3GPP, LTE-M, NB-IoT, and NR?
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NB-IoT passes tipping point
As of June 2020 GSMA had identified 94 NB-IoT networks and 37 networks LTE-M networks switched on.
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i2O ships first 4G NB-IoT logger
i2O, the smart water network solutions company, has today shipped its first 4G NB-IoT (Narrow Band Internet of Things) logger. NB-IoT is a low power wide area network (LPWAN) technology from mobile phone companies that is now being switched on in a number of countries. It is designed to enable industrial devices to have access to wider and deeper network coverage with longer battery life and lower cost, at scale.
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The future isn’t LPWAN
IDC FutureScape’s report that contains its Worldwide Internet of Things 2017 Predictions includes this:
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Smart water networks will endure when the IoT bubble bursts
In its latest Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, the analyst firm Gartner places the Internet of Things (IoT) at the top of the life cycle phase it calls the ‘Peak of Inflated Expectations’. Beneath the hype there lies a reality: the IoT is delivering value in practical and unsensational ways that will endure.
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