US based startup UbiquitiLink plans to launch a network of low earth orbit satellites that will support communications to and from standard cellphones and IoT devices using NB-IoT over most of the earth’s surface. In terrestrial networks cellphone range is limited to about 35kms but this is a fixed limit built into the technology, not […]
How LTE will evolve to meet the demands of IoT
Nokia has released a white paper LTE M2M Optimizing LTE for the Internet of Things detailing how Rel-12 and Rel-13 of the 3GPP’s LTE standards will cater for the specific requirements of IoT and M2M: large numbers of devices, increased coverage, low cost devices, long battery life and high reliability. It looks at the changes […]
