Telit Provides Cat M1 IoT Module for NTT Smart Cities Trial
The Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town trial reportedly is designed to highlight Telit’s global footprint in advancing cellular low-power wide-area (LPWA) technologies such as LTE Cat M1 and Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) to enable a wider range of IoT applications.
The ME910C1-J1 features Telit’s simWISE technology, a solution that replaces the traditional SIM card and tray with module-embedded SIM technology. NTT DoCoMo is using the ME910C1-J1 at the Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town, a joint public-private community development project in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. One usage example is that services delivering packages to homes can now track the cargo by getting a notification that the package has been delivered.
“The Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town will show the world not only what the future of smart cities looks like, but also the fundamental role that low-power wide-area (LPWA) wireless technologies will play in enabling that future,” said Derick Tsang, APAC region president, Telit. “We’re honored that NTT DoCoMo chose the Telit ME910C1-J1 to showcase how LPWA technologies such as LTE Cat M1 and NB-IoT can improve the way people work, live and play.”