Ericsson says that, along with Qualcomm it has “executed network and device testing of data communications on Cat-M1,” for Telstra at its headquarters in Sweden. Cat-M1 is a variant of 3GPP LTE standardised in 3GPP Release 13. It will deliver maximum upstream and downstream bandwidths of 1Mbps using 1.4MHz of spectrum. The protocol has […]
Telstra picks Icontrol for smart home offering
John Chambers, executive director home and premium services at Telstra, said the platform would connect a range of devices through an app. It will have its first public display at the Technology and Gadget Expo on 25-26 June at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. In a press release Telstra said: “The Telstra Smart Home […]
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 […]
Telstra to trial LPWAN for IoT in Melbourne?
We’ve reported earlier suggestions that Telstra could be rolling out a low powered wide area network for IoT applications, and there’s new evidence from Telstra itself almost certainly confirming that to be the case, and soon. Telstra is mounting an Internet of Things Challenge in Melbourne in November and on its web page for the […]
NNN Co calls for $800m LoRaWAN network for Australian agriculture
National Narrowband Network Company (NNN Co) — which is rolling out is own low power wide area network for IoT based on the LoRaWAN technology — is calling on the Government to spend $800m to build a LoRaWAN network covering 2.5m square kilometres to support IoT applications for Australian agriculture. It argues that If the […]
Telstra talks up IoT
The Internet of Things featured prominently in Telstra’s AGM presentation today, which probably came as something of a surprise to many in the audience, because IoT is not something that Telstra has said much about to date. Perhaps the most surprising piece of information, from CEO Andy Penn, was that “the Internet of Things … […]
Is Reps’ inquiry into smart infrastructure or smart ways to build infrastructure?
Question: what does ‘Smart ICT’ mean to you? I really don’t know, and a Google search did not throw up any clear and consistent definition. This is a bit of a worry because the Australian Government has launched an entire inquiry into “The role of Smart ICT in the design and planning of Infrastructure” without […]
EIU surveys Aussie M2M market
Telstra Wholesale has released a report commissioned from the Economist Intelligence Unit into the M2M market in Australia saying it reveals slow uptake of M2M in Australia. The report Land of Sweeping Change: Powering Australian Business Towards A Connected Future “assesses the landscape for M2M in Australia, in particular existing ‘gaps’ between the view of […]
