T-Mobile completes NB-IoT trial across Las Vegas
T-Mobile has announced completing a series of live network tests of narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) connectivity in the City of Las Vegas in partnership with Qualcomm and Ericsson.
The carrier used multiple sites of its live commercial LTE network in Las Vegas for the tests, as well as 200KHz of Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum along with Qualcomm’s global multimode LTE IoT modem.
“Connecting the IoT — and virtually everything — requires wireless technologies that can scale up to high-performance IoT and also scale down to low-complexity IoT application needs. New LTE narrowband technologies support lower power consumption, improved coverage, and increased device density,” said Qualcomm VP of Product Management Vieri Vanghi. Read more…