BROWSING: narrowband IoT

UK satellite broadband provider Inmarsat, with a new line in narrowband satellite IoT and a new parent in wings in the shape of US counterpart Viasat, has introduced a collaboration and solutions marketplace for partners to support its own entry into the satellite IoT...

Busy Dutch industrial IoT scale-up Hiber has announced it will use Inmarsat’s new ELERA satellite IoT network to expand its own low-power wide-area (LPWA) IoT network, which goes under the name Hiberband. The deal allows Hiber, founded in 2016, to “gain years in satellite...

AT&T adds second low-power, wide-area IoT network AT&T has officially launched its narrowband internet of things network in the U.S., which joins its existing LTE-M network to add a second low-power wide-area network option for IoT uses. In a blog post from Chris Penrose, SVP...

Plans call for NB-IoT to connect lighting systems, environmental sensors and flood monitoring In the crowded landscape of connectivity protocols for the internet of things, T-Mobile U.S. is betting on narrowband-internet of things (NB-IoT) given a successful test project in Las Vegas, Nev., that will...

The Chinese carrier is conducting 5G field trials with ZTE and Huawei in Guangzhou and Shanghai SHANGHAI--China Unicom has not yet defined a timeline for the commercial launch of 5G technology, Deputy General Manager of the Network Construction Department Ma Hongbing told reporters during Mobile...

2017 is expected to see greater use of LTE for public safety, neutral host models powering in-building plans and more NB-IoT deployments. Editor’s Note: With 2017 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications space on what...

SRG reports latest 3GPP meeting failed to reach a formal agreement on 5G standards timing, with AT&T and Verizon factions remaining at odds. The push to accelerate the “5G” standards process looks to have hit a temporary snag as the topic was...

In addition to precision agriculture, the Nordic telco is also working on a smart parking pilot in Oslo. Telecommunications operator Telia Norway launched precision agriculture services based on narrowband "internet of things" technology with the goal of providing farmers with a smart system for monitoring...

Cat M1 will allow operators to expand cellular-based IoT capabilities Swedish vendor Ericsson and U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm successfully executed network and device testing of data communications on Cat M1 for Australian operator Telstra. The demo, which took place at Ericsson headquarters in Sweden, used the MDM9206...