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Mobile World Congress made it look like IoT connectivity networks including 5G, LTE-M and LTE-NB are right around the corner. Things, however, are not always what they appear. The real timelines may not be as close as operators, network providers and chip vendors would like us to believe.
LTE -M in US, NB-IoT outside, 5G only 2020. Good insights .
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Mike Krell is an analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy covering the Internet of Things (IoT)
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If you attended Mobile World Congress last week, as I did, you probably expect to see 5G networks and applications take over the world next week, next month, or at a minimum next year. Under the radar, and if you looked closer, you also saw signs of the new 4G extensions focused on Internet of Things connectivity, LTE-NB1 (formerly NB-IoT) and LTE-M1, which seem to be on this “same” timeline. In the world of IoT, 5G as well as LTE-NB and LTE-M, are critical to carriers being able to offer connectivity options tailored for IoT applications at acceptable price-points, to really make the magic of every device being connected a reality.
Mike Krell(Source: Mike Krell, Moor Insights & Strategy)
The truth is that developing and deploying new network standards is not an easy task. It takes time to specify, develop, test and deploy new networks. It takes even more time for the hardware and software ecosystem that uses the networks to evolve. Standards development is a messy business, with many large multi-national enterprises involved putting billions of dollars on the line. And, it always takes longer than expected. So when can we really expect to really see the benefits of these new networks?
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5G, LTE-M1 and LTE-NB1 have all made great strides in the last year, but the truth is we have a long, long way to go before these technologies are fully deployed and able to produce significant IoT revenues for the companies involved.
5G, though gaining the majority of the press, and probably all the marketing, is much further off than either LTE-M or LTE-NB. What we are seeing today is initial chip announcements from the likes of Qualcomm and Intel , as well as the announcement of 5G trials from a variety of chip vendors, network providers and operators including.
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