LPWA Networking: A Key Enabler for IoT Opportunities
This IDC Technology Assessment reviews the main options available to mobile operators for offering LPWA connectivity services."Any mobile operator with a substantial enterprise business should be evaluating the deployment of low-power/wide-area (LPWA) coverage," said John Delaney, Associate VP of Mobility Research for IDC Europe. "This report takes a detailed look at the main options that are available to mobile operators for offering LPWA connectivity services. It examines the pros and cons of these options and the factors that will come into play when mobile operators choose between them. It reviews the ways in which European mobile operators are approaching the question of LPWA connectivity and provides some in-depth case studies of major European operators' LPWA strategies and deployments."
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- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Situation Overview
- IoT Applications Need a New Kind of Connectivity
- The Growing Need for Low-Power Networks
- IoT Applications and Connectivity Requirements
- Emerging Technologies for Low-Power/Wide-Area Connectivity
- Dedicated LPWA Networks in Unlicensed Spectrum
- Sigfox
- LoRa
- Adapting Mobile Networks for Low-Power Applications
- LPWA Upgrade for 2G (GSM) Networks
- EC-GSM
- LPWA Upgrades for 4G (LTE) Networks
- LTE-M
- NB-IoT
- Future Outlook
- Choices and Timelines for LPWA Connectivity Deployment
- History and Characteristics of LPWA Technologies
- Number of LPWA Connections: Current and Forecast
- LPWA Activities of European Mobile Operators
- Bouygues
- Deutsche Telekom
- Digita
- KPN
- Orange
- Proximus
- SFR
- Swisscom
- Tele2
- Telefónica
- Telia
- TIM
- Vodafone
- Case Studies in LPWA Strategy for Mobile Operators
- KPN
- The Low-Power IoT Opportunity
- Low-Power IoT Applications
- LPWA Network Strategy
- Orange
- The Low-Power IoT Opportunity
- LPWA Network Strategy
- Dedicated LPWA
- LPWA on Cellular
- Low-Power IoT Applications
- Telefónica
- The Low-Power IoT Opportunity
- LPWA Network Strategy
- Dedicated LPWA
- LPWA on Cellular
- Vodafone
- The Low-Power IoT Opportunity
- Low-Power IoT Applications
- LPWA Network Strategy
- Essential Guidance
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- Related Research
- Synopsis