News tagged: NB-IoT

18 April, 2022

Batelco and Ericsson sign MoU for 5G technologies and innovations in Bahrain

Batelco and Ericsson have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on 5G technologies and innovations in line with the Kingdom of Bahrain’s digital economy vision. This latest MoU is part of Batelco’s efforts to enhance its network capabilities to achieve future goals for 5G technology, in addition to supporting development programs for new use cases that highlight the potential of 5G for consumers and enterprises.

03 March, 2022

Alif Semiconductor and OQ Technology to deploy NB-IoT connectivity for hybrid terrestrial-satellite networks

California, USA, and Luxembourg, Europe, 3 March 2022 – Alif Semiconductor, a global provider of microcontrollers and fusion processors, and IoT satellite operator OQ Technology have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on a narrowband internet-of-things (NB-IoT) solution for hybrid terrestrial satellite networking. Alifs fingertip sized, highly integrated cellular enabled IoT devices will allow users to roam freely between mobile networks on the ground and OQ’s IoT satellite constellation anywhere in the world.

21 July, 2021

Rising demand sees Vodafone expand narrowband IoT coverage to reach 98% of UK geography

Vodafone has doubled the number of sites in its Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) network to meet increasing demand for Internet of Things (IoT) services. Vodafone NB-IoT coverage now reaches 98% of the UK geography.

25 May, 2021

TEOCO delivers increased automation and planning efficiency with latest ASSET release

TEOCO, the provider of analytics, assurance and optimisation solutions to over 300 communication service providers (CSPs), has rolled out a number of upgrades to its ASSET network planning tool, bringing with it a variety of new innovative features and capabilities. (more…)

30 March, 2021

Nokia expands Mobily partnership with enterprise IoT network in Saudi Arabia

Nokia announced the completion of a narrowband ‘Internet of Things’ (NB-IoT) network deployment in L 800 band as part of its strategic partnership with Mobily. (more…)

05 February, 2021

LTE and 5G wireless standards still evolving with each new 3GPP release

Despite the impact of COVID-19, momentum for enhancements to LTE and 5G standards continue with additional releases from the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). (more…)

26 March, 2020

Nokia WING chief says it’s not too early to add 5G and edge capabilities for IoT

Nokia launched WING, its Worldwide IoT Network Grid, in 2017 to provide organisations with a single global supplier of connectivity, edge and other resources with the aim of accelerating and simplifying global deployments for communications service providers (CSPs) and their enterprise customers. George Malim recently spoke to Ankur Bhan, the head of the Nokia WING business, to catch up on the unit’s progress.

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10 September, 2019

iBasis and Nordic ‘remove question marks on eSIM NB-IoT and LTE-M’ tech with successful field-testing in 24 countries

Nordic Semiconductor claims that, in conjunction with iBasis, a provider of communications solutions for operators and digital players worldwide, it has completely invalidated any question marks over cellular IoT and eSIM technology used in NB-IoT and LTE-M Low Power Wide-Area (LPWA) use cases. This follows reports of successful field-testing across 30 countries using a single eSIM from iBasis. (more…)

19 June, 2019

No need for industry to wait for 5G

5G continues to climb up the hype side of the inflated expectations curve and extravagant claims are being made about early deployments, says freelance technology writer, Bob Emmerson. (more…)

17 May, 2019

Viettel claims to demonstrate the first 5G connection in Vietnam

Viettel and Ericsson claimed to demonstrate the first 5G connection in Vietnam. Speed test result shows Viettel’s 5G connection, which runs on Ericsson products and test devices, runs at 1.5-1.7 Gbps. The connection utilises the 3.7-3.8Ghz (C-Band) and 27.5-28.5 Ghz (mmWave) frequency. (more…)