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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Mobile operators to conquer the Smart Cities business with NB-IoT

Up until now, with 2G, 3G or 4G, large-scale projects of IoT for Smart Cities were not entirely viable: the cost of the device (from US$ 15 to US$ 20 for 2G) and the life of the batteries were the main barriers. With NB-IoT deployments of Telefónica (the first to launch the network, in 2019), Claro (was added in mid-2020) and Telecom (is in final tests, with a debut scheduled for the second quarter), they can offer US$ 5 devices for a mass deployment at US$ 8 per unit.


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