Huawei’s NB-IoT technology has won the gold medal for new technologies and products at the 2016 World Internet of Things Exposition (WIOT) in Wuxi, China. Huawei says this makes it the first company to win a significant award in the narrowband cellular IoT field. “Huawei has conducted lab and field tests with a number of […]
IoT “critical for success” for Australian businesses, says Vodafone
Vodafone Australia has revealed some Australia-specific data from the survey carried out for its global IoT Barometer, released in July, saying it shows that more than three quarters of Australian businesses believe embracing IoT to be critical for success in their industry. The survey was conducted by Circle Research in April and May 2016 and […]
u-blox claims first NB-IoT module
u-blox says the module is designed for use in applications such as smart buildings and cities, utilities metering, white goods, asset tracking and agricultural and environmental monitoring and that availability is “forthcoming”, but has not given a date. It says the module will operate for between 10 and 20 years from a single-cell primary battery. […]
GSA tips 20 NB-IoT networks by 2017
The Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) is tipping NB-IoT – one of several variants of 3GPP cellular standards developed for IoT and M2M applications – to become the dominant cellular technology for IoT applications, with 20 commercial networks in operation by 2020. The GSA has published a white paper The Evolution to Narrow Band Internet […]
Huawei’s Neul claims key role in NB-IoT
UK wireless technology company, Neul — acquired by Huawei in September 2014 – says the soon-to-be-ratified NB-IoT standard is largely based on its technology, which is being trialled in Australia by Melbourne’s South East Water utility for the monitoring of its sewage pumping systems – a service currently provided with NetComm gear and Telstra’s 3G-based […]
MWC day two brings more IoT news
Day two of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona saw another number of IoT related announcements. Nokia announced NB-IoT trials with Vodafone, and Ericsson with Verizon. Sigfox announced two new customers Nokia, Intel and Vodafone demo NB-IoT Nokia demonstrated NB-IoT technology at Mobile World Congress in collaboration with Intel and Vodafone, “marking a major milestone in the […]
Telstra upgrades LTE network for IoT support
Telstra has announced support for Category 1 (Cat 1) devices on its LTE network. Cat 1 will enable the network to support devices with much lower cost chips, $5 or less, according to Telstra, with battery life of up to 10 years and will enable the network to penetrate deeper into buildings. In a blog […]
Cellular vs LPWAN: the battle heats up
Several announcements and reports coinciding with the CES show in Las Vegas have thrown the spotlight on the intensifying competition between cellular and low powered wide area network technologies for the IoT market. These include: Announcement for Ericsson of “the ICT industry’s first complete cellular low-power wide-area offering, with backing from leading operator AT&T.” A […]
