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.

Smart city projects come from a year in which they were not a priority. Municipalitas, provincial governments and the nation, for obvious reasons privileged the health and recovery of the local economy. Since the beginning of 2021, there has been a renewed interest in automating and sensorizing drains, lighting, traffic lights, waste collection, security and other public services, not only because the new normal allows to restart stagnant initiatives, but also because of the activation of NB networks -IoT of the three mobile operators nationwide.

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