In part one of the tests, we fled the summer heat into a Munich subway tunnel. We had already announced the test at the eye level of a small terrier, the larger German shepherd and the insde of a ladies’ handbag. As good engineers, my colleagues in Munich always seek the most extreme tests and […]
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The new benchmark in LPWA indoor penetration is underground
Light indoor penetration and deep indoor penetration with LPWAN is yesterday’s news. The new record for the penetration through walls and floors was achieved in Munich on August 10, 2018 with NB-IoT. Due to the great heat in the office, our Munich team continued the NB-IoT tests in the Munich subway tunnels. With NB-IoT you […]
The LPWAN game changer – 1 Euro per SIM card and year
The Germans are the masters of long words and long sentences with the verb at the end (frustrating simultaneous translators the world over). German datasheets are 30% longer, or in a font size so small they are hard to read. But, Germans are capable of short stories as well. To cut a long story short, […]
SIM card and eSIM for 1 Euro per year at Embedded World
The LPWAN world is about to be turned upside down, and this is your chance to be part of it. SIM cards for 1 Euro 10 Euro, running time 10 years, 500 MB => 50 MB per year, 1 Euro per year, about 8 cents a month! Additional data volume bookings possible 500 MB upload […]
Thrilling public US LPWAN Champion Hurdle – 2018-02-11
T-Mobile on NB-IoT was the winner in a thrilling public US LPWAN Champion Hurdle. T-Mobile entered the NB-IoT horse trained by parent company, Deutsche Telekom in Germany. The surprise second place was taken by Verizon, also ridden on an NB-IoT horse. The runners up in the first LPWAN race of 2018 were the unlicensed riders. […]
LPWAN cell coverage comparison
Why does the number of LPWAN base stations count? Short answer, it counts a lot. Whilst the CAPEX and BoM might be relatively insignificant for gateway hardware, deployment and maintenance of a base station is a whole new thing altogether. So let’s look at the logistics of deploying a network with multiple base stations and […]
NB-IoT networks worldwide 2017-11-1
NB-IoT networks worldwide In nominal data, 15 economies would have GDP above $1 trillion, 62 have above $100 billion and 177 have above $1 billion. Top five economies account for approximately 53.82 %, whereas top ten accounts for approx. 67.19 %. top 20 economies add up to over 80%. 92 smallest economies only contribute 1 […]
NB-IoT coverage in NL, 4471 BTS in band 8 – Captain N.B. episode 5
NB-IoT coverage in NL Ground Control to the #LPWAN shuttle: “Captain N.B. , Wow you leaked the NB-IoT secret of Dutch! Unbelievable, they run 4471 base station tranceivers in band 8 on 41,543 km2 surface. This is 0.929 km2 in average per BTS. This is the best LPWAN BTS density in Europe for sure. Over and […]
Close to 100 German cities got NB-IoT coverage – Captain N.B. episode 4
Close to 100 German cities got NB-IoT coverage – Ground Control to the #LPWAN shuttle: “Captain N.B. you worked hard today. Within 24 hours, you made a basic scan of the LPWAN coverage in Germany. You found close to hundred cities with NB-IoT coverage. Please be so kind and provide us with some more details […]
Space shuttle LPWAN and its Captain N.B.
As the captain of the space shuttle #LPWAN N.B boldly leads his crew to the outlying regions of the (mostly) nice blue planet called Earth where no man expected to find a wireless network before. Often, the recurring characters of S. and L.W. support him in reaching his mission goal on the proviso that they […]