T-Mobile to Launch Spectrum-Efficient Narrowband Network for IoT

T-Mobile will launch a narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network in 2018, starting in Las Vegas, then going nationwide, it said Monday. T-Mobile said it completed tests of the NB-IoT with Qualcomm and Ericsson earlier this year. “Because NB-IoT uses very little spectrum to carry data with greater efficiency and performance, it is already the globally-preferred standard to power the rapidly expanding world of IoT applications,” said a news release. “With extended battery life and increased connectivity in hard to reach places, NB-IoT lights up new capabilities for businesses and cities to connect massive numbers of devices at lower cost with small and steady streams of data.”