{"id":11685,"date":"2016-06-29T02:02:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T01:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/?p=11685"},"modified":"2025-11-12T16:24:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:24:24","slug":"new-gsma-report-predicts-chinese-iot-market-will-exceed-one-billion-connections-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/press-release\/new-gsma-report-predicts-chinese-iot-market-will-exceed-one-billion-connections-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"New GSMA Report Predicts Chinese IoT Market will Exceed One Billion Connections by 2020, Underpinned by Licensed Low Power, Wide Area Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><em>Low Power, Wide Area Connections Driving Huge Market Growth in China; GSMA\u2019s Mobile IoT Initiative Helping Mobile Operators to Accelerate Commercial Solutions<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shanghai<\/strong>: China\u2019s machine-to-machine (M2M) market will reach one billion connections by 2020, with the majority coming from the developing Low Power, Wide Area (LPWA) market, according to a new report released today by GSMA Intelligence and The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT). The report, <em>\u2018Mobile Operators and Digital Transformation\u2019,<\/em> highlights that China is currently the world\u2019s largest M2M market with approximately 100 million cellular M2M connections, a figure that is expected to increase to 350 million by 2020. However, an additional 730 million connections will be enabled by LPWA technology, taking the total figure to just over one billion. By 2025, it is expected that 50 per cent of the world\u2019s 28 billion connected devices will be suitable for connection by LPWA networks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith government support, China has quickly become the world\u2019s largest M2M market, and LPWA will play a fundamental part of its future growth, presenting new opportunities for key industry sectors and for operators to provide connectivity across the country,\u201d said Alex Sinclair, Chief Technology Officer, GSMA. \u201cThe GSMA\u2019s Mobile IoT Initiative is working with China\u2019s mobile network operators to deliver commercial LPWA solutions in licensed spectrum to accelerate adoption and transform the development of the Internet of Things in areas such as agriculture, automotive and utilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LPWA networks are designed for M2M applications that have low data rates, require long battery lives and operate unattended for long periods of time, often in remote locations. The GSMA Mobile IoT Initiative has coalesced the industry behind global technology standards in licensed spectrum for the LPWA market, which have now been published by 3GPP. Three complementary technologies \u2013 Narrow Band IoT (NB-IoT), EC-GSM-IOT\u00a0and LTE Machine Type Communication (LTE-MTC)\u00a0 \u2013 will cover all LPWA use cases, ensuring customer choice and helping the IoT market to flourish.<\/p>\n<p>Licensed LPWA networks complement and extend conventional wide area networks, which make use of 2G and 4G cellular technologies, as well as local area networks such as WiFi, Bluetooth and Zigbee. These licensed standards allow operators to optimise their existing mobile network infrastructure through an upgrade to EC-GSM-IoT for 2G networks and LTE-MTC for LTE networks, while NB-IoT can use both 2G and 4G spectrum. Backed by 36 global mobile operators, device makers and chipset, module and infrastructure companies, the GSMA Mobile IoT initiative is working to accelerate the development of LPWA solutions and is supporting multiple global pilots with full commercial solutions expected in market later this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LPWA at Mobile World Congress Shanghai <\/strong><br \/>\nThere will a number of demonstrations of LPWA technology at the GSMA Innovation City at Mobile World Congress Shanghai, located in Hall N3 (Stands A38 and E37) at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. Visitors will be able to experience how LPWA networks in licenced spectrum are connecting up everything from pets to street lighting. It will be open during Mobile World Congress Shanghai exhibition hours from Wednesday, 29 June through Friday, 1 July.\u00a0 For more information, visit <u>www.mwcshanghai.com\/innovation-city\/<\/u>. The GSMA will also host an IoT Summit on Thursday, 30 June at The Kerry Hotel, Shanghai where delegates will hear from leading industry experts on the latest on Mobile IoT industry applications and technologies. For more information or to register, please visit www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/events\/.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get Involved at Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016<br \/>\n<\/strong>For more information on the 2016 Mobile World Congress Shanghai, including how to attend, exhibit, partner or sponsor, visit\u00a0www.mwcshanghai.com. Follow developments and updates on Mobile World Congress Shanghai through our social media channels\u00a0\u2013\u00a0follow us on Twitter at @GSMA and use #MWCS16, get regular updates through our LinkedIn Showcase Page at\u00a0www.linkedin.com\/company\/mobile-world-congress-shanghai, and follow us on Facebook at\u00a0www.facebook.com\/mwcshanghai. In China, you can follow us\u00a0on Sina Weibo\u00a0http:\/\/weibo.com\/mwcshanghai\u00a0or on the GSMA account on WeChat. For additional information on GSMA social channels, visit www.mwcshanghai.com\/register-plan\/networking\/social-media.<\/p>\n<p>To download the GSMA Intelligence report, \u2018Mobile operators and digital transformation\u2019 please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmaintelligence.com\/research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follow this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">-ENDS-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Translation:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/GSMA_mIoT_China.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simplified Chinese<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the GSMA<\/strong><br \/>\nThe GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting nearly 800 operators with almost 300 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations in adjacent industry sectors. The GSMA also produces industry-leading events such as Mobile World Congress, Mobile World Congress Shanghai and the Mobile 360 Series conferences.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit the GSMA corporate website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/\">www.gsma.com<\/a>. Follow the GSMA on Twitter: @GSMA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contacts: <\/strong><br \/>\nAva Lau<br \/>\n+852-2533 9928<br \/>\nalau@webershandwick.com<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Meredith-Hardy<br \/>\n+44 7917 298428<br \/>\nCMeredith-Hardy@webershandwick.com<u> <\/u><\/p>\n<p>GSMA Press Office<br \/>\npressoffice@gsma.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Low Power, Wide Area Connections Driving Huge Market Growth in China; GSMA\u2019s Mobile IoT Initiative Helping Mobile Operators to Accelerate Commercial Solutions Shanghai: China\u2019s machine-to-machine (M2M) market will reach one billion connections by 2020, with the majority coming from the developing Low Power, Wide Area (LPWA) market, according to a new report released today by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"algolia_discover_type":[6627],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.0 (Yoast SEO v22.6) - 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