Sprint Uses 5G Network Preparations to Overhaul IoT Business
Sprint is in the midst of revamping its IoT business. The company is taking advantage of its current 5G network overhaul to deploy a nationwide LTE-M network that it plans to have complete by year-end. In addition, it’s architecting a virtualized core network and building a distributed edge network that will help it handle the millions of IoT devices that could ride on its network.
The majority of Sprint’s IoT customers use the company’s CDMA 3G network, which is challenging because there aren’t a lot of module companies willing to make CDMA modules for Sprint’s 1900 MHz and 800 MHz spectrum bands.