Narrow-Band IoT Adoption Grows as IP Options Narrow
Cellular as a method to communicate with the IoT is on a tear for obvious reasons. It’s long-range with no concerns about the lesser reach of Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, it needs no added infrastructure since it already works with 2G/3G/4G (and ultimately 5G I presume) and it’s designed for ultra-low power, supporting those devices expecting to run on a coin-cell battery for 10 years. Commercial cellular IoT networks are blossoming across the world, with a total of 69 launches by 33 operators in 34 counties as of Q4, 2018; and NB-IoT represents 80% of all deployments.
