Vodafone commits to NB-IoT amid LTE-M testing
Vodafone insisted its priority for low power wide area (LPWA) network technology remained NB-IoT, despite confirming it had undertaken “some limited testing” of LTE-M in Spain and the Netherlands.
Santiago Tenorio, head of network strategy and architecture, told Mobile World Live the company’s tests of LTE-M – which so far largely proved the LPWA technology of choice for North American operators as well as Europe’s Orange – had begun in the two markets where Vodafone already launched NB-IoT.
He explained LTE-M is: “a complementary technology to NB-IoT, which can be used in instances where our customers need LPWA with high data throughput or voice”. Read more…