{"id":22635,"date":"2017-03-02T12:41:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T12:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/?post_type=news&#038;p=13541"},"modified":"2017-03-02T12:41:33","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T12:41:33","slug":"mobile-iot-network-made-battery-speed-cost-sectors-cusp-transformation-lpwa-mwc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/news\/mobile-iot-network-made-battery-speed-cost-sectors-cusp-transformation-lpwa-mwc\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mobile IoT: A Network which has been made for Battery, Speed and Cost\u2019 \u2013  the sectors on the cusp of transformation at MWC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, the Internet of Things will make one of its biggest advances. As the Mobile IoT (licensed LPWA solutions) launches in Korea, Spain, the UK, the US and countless other countries across the globe, the steady flow of relatively low cost, high\u00a0battery devices into everyday life will begin.<br \/>\nThis new family technologies (EC-GSM-IoT, LTE-M &amp; NB-IoT) which according to Analysis Mason, is expected to be have 5 billion of connections by 2022, is enabling mobile network operators to substantially improve the services they can provide businesses. As such, it\u2019s no surprise that\u00a0it formed\u00a0the centrepiece of this year\u2019s event, drawing in dozens of sectors all looking to demonstrate or investigate how it\u00a0can transform their everyday operations.<br \/>\nHow will it do this? According to Dr. Alexander Lautz, Senior Vice President for M2M, Deutcshe Telekom, at yesterday\u2019s industry seminar, the key reason is battery life: \u201cif we are able to offer our customers a solution which only requires a battery change once every four years, we enable new business models both through function and cost saving\u201d.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/RM2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/RM2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/RM2.png 650w, https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/RM2-300x148.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis point was echoed by Christopher Gibbs, Head of Asset Management for supply chain solutions provider, RM2.\u00a0The company has manufactured an IoT LTE-M module device for integration into their composite pallets, and can do so with the knowledge that battery life can last up to ten years<em>.\u00a0<\/em>For Gibbs, the adoption of Mobile IoT technology represent as fundamental leap\u00a0for the logistics industry: \u201cunlike GPS, LTE-M can operate in a steel container or in hard to reach or concealed locations, which means the industry can now track individual pallets rather than just freight containers.\u201d Importantly, LTE-M, like other Mobile IoT technologies, will allow for RM2 to track pallets directly from the manufacturing process right through their\u00a0lifecycle, resulting in vastly reduced recall costs and the ability to provide regular information on location and status.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ITron.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ITron.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ITron.png 650w, https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ITron-300x148.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUtilities is another sector that looks to be radically altered by the introduction of Mobile IoT. Itron, one of the market leaders for energy and water management in North America and EMEA, is rolling out open-standards networks and sensing technologies, and expect it to significantly\u00a0improve the efficiency of everyday operations and safety.\u00a0According to Itron\u2019s Senior Product Manager, Tom Park, Mobile IoT has the potential to greatly reduce consumption of energy through \u2018distributed intelligence\u2019, meaning that this technology enables resources to more easily flow during times of need. For\u00a0Park, \u201cGas sensing technologies are very well suited to these new Mobile-based technologies.\u201d The Itron technology is available to all third parties to leverage this innovation to develop new industrial and utility software applications and for embedded sensing.<br \/>\nThese are just two of many sectors that stand to make huge gains through Mobile IoT. Dr. Lautz explained that after opening the technology to the developer community, the German operator had at least 15 live use-cases, including smart lighting and waste management, and expected many more tome shortly.<br \/>\nBut what gives licensed LPWA an advantage over propriety solutions? According to Verizon\u2019s Executive Director for Device Technology, Christopher Schmidt, the security and reliability afforded by the SIM is unparalleled. \u00a0On top of this, operators have a long list of trusted industry partners: \u201cchipset and module vendors, already know it (the operator technology) and understand how to fine-tune existing technology\u2026 this is a network which has been made for battery, speed and cost.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, the Internet of Things will make one of its biggest advances. 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