Vodafone Spain Completes Commercial Trial Of Pre-Standard NB-IoT

Vodafone Spain, Huawei and u-blox have completed the first successful commercial trial of pre-standard NB-IoT (Narrowband Internet of Things).

NB-IoT is a new technology that will extend the utilization of Internet of Things (IoT) by making it more efficient to connect objects requiring a long battery life and are located in hard to reach areas to the Internet by ways of mobile connectivity. Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) technology will connect more objects to the Internet of Things. Able to be deployed over existing mobile networks, NB-IoT has strong industry support as an LPWA technology in licensed spectrum.

Vodafone and Huawei successfully integrated the technology into the operator’s existing mobile network in Spain and then sent the first pre-standard NB-IoT message to a u-blox module installed in a water meter.