Nokia, Ericsson, and Intel Announce Support for Narrow-Band Long-Term Evolution Technology

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Sep 10, 2015 — 1 min read

The three telecommunications giants, Nokia, Ericsson, and Intel, have jointly announced their support for Narrow-Band Long-Term Evolution (NB-LTE) technology as the ideal wireless connectivity solution for the growing Internet of Things (IoT) market segment. NB-LTE is an optimized variant of the widely deployed 4G LTE technology, offering low implementation cost, ease of use, and power efficiency. The companies plan to work together to develop and bring to market the products needed for the commercialization of NB-LTE, with a focus on improving people's lives through a programmable world where billions of devices are connected.

Key Takeaways:

Nokia, Ericsson, and Intel jointly announced their support for NB-LTE technology as the ideal solution for the IoT market segment.
NB-LTE is an optimized variant of 4G LTE technology, offering low implementation cost, ease of use, and power efficiency.
The companies plan to work together to develop and bring to market the products needed for the commercialization of NB-LTE.
Nokia aims to improve people's lives through a programmable world where billions of devices are connected.
Ericsson is driving the ecosystem to accelerate IoT growth and ensuring a global foundation for a vast range of new IoT applications.
Intel intends to support commercial roll-out of the technology with a roadmap for NB-LTE chipsets and product upgrades beginning in 2016.

Statistics:

90% of the world's population is covered by cellular networks.
The IoT market segment is expected to benefit from the standardization of NB-LTE technology.
Intel's growing LTE portfolio will add NB-LTE chipsets and product upgrades beginning in 2016.
Nokia and Ericsson will provide network upgrades to support an extension of existing LTE networks with NB-LTE optimized for low-power Machine-to-Machine communication.

Sources:

Nokia press statement, September 11, 2015
Ericsson press statement, September 11, 2015
Intel press statement, September 11, 2015
GlobeNewswire via COMTEX, September 11, 2015
Comtex SmarTrend Alert, September 7, 2015

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