Detecon
Global Low Power Wide Area Network Coverage, Rollouts & Trends
Internet of Things (IoT) got a new strong momentum since beginning of 2018 with growing number of Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) rollouts. New use cases and implementations showing strong trend, where customers moving from Proof of concepts to Commercial usage of LPWAN.
Detecon LPWAN Radar brings on a quarterly basis unique centralized view on major mobile IoT/sensor networks - LoRaWan, Sigfox, NB-IoT and LTE-M. Primary focus is on country coverages and new rollouts, but it will also cover related solutions and trends.
Detecon International GmbH. is one of the leading consultants in the area of Telecom-munication, Digitization, Internet of Things and IoT networks. Based in Germany/Köln with presence across the whole Word, Detecon helps Telcos and Industrial clients with their digitization challenges.
September 2018
Alliance Member Public Networks
Other LoRaWAN Deployment
35 countries with public network coverage
58 countries with other LoRaWAN deployment
Unlicensed
Alliance Member Public Networks
Other LoRaWAN Deployment
Unlicensed
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Unlicensed
Sigfox covering
50 countries
www.sigfox.com 9/2018
partial coverage
full coverage
Licensed
32Countries withmobile IoT
29 with NBIoT
11 with LTE-M
www.gsma.com 9/2018
LTE-M Networks
NB-IoT Networks
LTE-M National
NB-IoT National
LTE-M & NB-IoT Network National Deployment
www.lora-alliance.org 9/2018
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• Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone Group complete successful NB-IoT roaming trial in Europe. The trial was performed using global SIMs from Deutsche Telekom on Vodafone Spain’s network and global Vodafone SIMs on T-Mobile Austria’s network and commercial NB-IoT modules.
• Ericsson expects most global operators to deploy both NB-IoT and LTE-M in parallel from 2019. Operators would no longer be deciding between the two technologies as has been the case over the past two years.
• AT&T announced plans to roll out a new NB-IoT network in the US and Mexico, a move it said will add more deployment options to complement the offerings already available on its LTE-M network.
• GSMA announces winners of 2018 Asia Mobile Awards: China Telecom and Huawei for NB-IoT and IoT platform commercialization
• Telit provides LTE-M Module for NTT DoCoMo smart cities trial in the Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town trial.
NB-IoT and LTE-MAustralia
Telstra
Australia
Vodafone
Austria
T-Mobile
Belarus
Velcom
Belgium
Orange
China
China Mobile
China
China Telecom
China
China Unicom
Croatia
T-Mobile
Czech Republic
Vodafone
Denmark
TDC
Denmark
Telia
Finland
DNA
Finland
Elisa
Finland
Telia
Germany
T-Mobile
Germany
Vodafone
Greece
T-Mobile
Hong Kong
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Hong Kong
China Mobile
Ireland
Vodafone
Italy
Telecom Italia
Italy
Vodafone
Netherlands
Vodafone
Norway
Telia
Poland
T-Mobile
Singapore
M1 Singapore
Singapore
SingTel
Slovakia
T-Mobile
South Africa
Vodafone
South Korea
Korea Telecom
South Korea
LGU+
Spain
Telefonica
Spain
Vodafone
Sri Lanka
Dialog Ataxia
Sri Lanka
Mobitel
Sweden
Telia
Taiwan
APTG
Taiwan
ChunghwaTelecom
Taiwan
FarEasTone
Thailand
AIS
Thailand
True Corporation
The Nether-lands
T-Mobile
Australia
Telstra
Belgium
Orange
Japan
KDDICorporation
Mexico
AT&T
Netherlands
KPN
North America
AT&T
North America
Verizon
Singapore
SingTel
Sri Lanka
DialogAtaxia
Taiwan
APTG
Turkey
Turkcell
UAE
Etisalat
NB-IoT
LTE-M
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Sigfox
• Sigfox Connect - the fl ag ship event of Sigfox will take place 24-25 of October 2018 in Berlin expecting more than 150 booths and 2000 visitors from the IoT industry.
• French tire manufacturer Michelin, together with compatriot IoT connectivity provider Sigfox, has launched a new solution for tracking sea-freight containers.
• Sigfox USA announces Coverage as a Service (CaaS), a simple self-install kit including a base station that provides coverage where a customer needs it.
• LITE-ON cooperates with STMicroelectronics to bring Ultra-Low-Power Sigfox-Verifi ed Modules to the IoT Market.
• Sigfox has signed network contract in several new countries in the middle of the year according to Detecon market information. Public announcement from Sigfox is expected at the beginning of Q4/2018
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Australia
Defi nium Technologies
Austria
Microtronics Engineering
Belgium
Proximus
Brazil
Everynet
Canada
Eleven-x
China
Beijing SensoroTechnology
Cook Islands
KotahiNet
Czech Republic
Ceske Radiokomunikace
Estonia
Levikom Eesti
Finland
Digita
France
Objenious
Germany
digimondo
Hungary
Antenna Hungaria.Co.
India
SenRa Tech
Ireland
Trinity College Dublin
Italy
A2A Smart City
Japan
Nippon
Luxembourg
Proximus
Netherlands
KPN
New Zealand
KotahiNet
Norway
IoT Networks
Oman
Ooredoo Oman
Russia
Enforta
Saudi Arabia
Machines Talk
Slovakia
Slovanet
Slovenia
Solvery Lynx
South Africa
FastNet
South Korea
Dreamline
Sweden
Blink Services
Switzerland
Swisscom
Taiwan
GemtekTechnology
Thailand
CAT Telecom
Tunisia
Ooredoo Tunisia
United States
Stream Technologies
United States
machineQ countries with public LoRa network coverage
• LoRaWAN™ LIVE & LoRa Alliance Members Meeting will take place in Tokyo, Japan on 23-25 October 2018. LoRaWAN LIVE will be a special 1-day program focused on advancing business development opportunities across LPWA ecosystem and will be open also for end-users of LoRaWAN.
• Google Cloud joins LoRa Alliance as sponsor member, backing the open LoRa standard. Google Cloud’s participation in the LoRa Alliance should strengthen the effort to realize value from IoT data.
• SenRa, a PAN India LPWAN provider, has partnered with PNI Sensor to bring smart parking solutions to cities across India. The solution combines LoRaWAN™ technology, connectivity and an end-to-end Smart Parking solution, for precision location, motion tracking and sharing of data associated with open parking spaces.
• Orange Moldova and the water utility SA Apa Canal cooperating to create and implement a new smart waste consumption solution including also fast detection and reporting of leaks and malfunction based on LoRaWAN in Moldova.
• Actility has struck a deal with mapping and location company HERE Technologies to integrate HERE’s positioning capabilities into its own LoRaWAN management platform. It should mean that users can “pinpoint” their assets accurately and continuo-usly in both indoor and outdoor environments.
LoRa
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