u-blox, a global leader in wireless and positioning modules and chips, is collaborating with Vodafone and many different companies across the IoT ecosystem to demonstrate the power of Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) technology at Mobile World Congress, the mobile industry’s premier event, held in Barcelona on 27 February – 2 March 2017 (https://www.mobileworldcongress.com/).
Each listed demo will run on a u-blox SARA-N2 NB-IoT module to illustrate various use cases of NB-IoT. Announced in June 2016, SARA-N2 was the world’s first cellular radio module compliant to the 3GPP Release 13, NB-IoT (LTE Cat NB1) standard, a new Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technology for applications that require small amounts of data, over long periods, in hard to reach places. SARA-N2 supports wide geographic coverage and 10+ years of battery life on a primary single-cell battery, thus reducing deployment and maintenance costs. Based on u-blox’s very small SARA form factor, it offers easy migration between u-blox GSM, HSPA and CDMA modules, while enabling future-proof, seamless mechanical scalability across technologies.
Representative examples of what to see and where:
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| 1 | Accent Systems: | – Real time geolocation of luggage and pallets. | · CS50 Congress Square Catalonia Pavillion; B39.
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| 2 | Accenture: | – The Accenture IoT Device Platform, containing the u-blox NB-IoT module, enables the rapid prototyping and development of IoT use cases. | · Contact Phil Vann at the Accenture booth, Hall 2, 2H20. Also Vodafone booth Hall 6, B30.
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| 3 | HappyOrNot®: | – NB-IoT Smiley Terminal™ and customer experience data analytics. | · Hall 6, B30; GSMA Innovation City’s Connected Living programme, Hall 4; FIRA main entrance.
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| 4 | Pessl: | – Holistic Farm Management with IoT. | · Hall 6, B30.
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| 5 | TST Sistemas: | – Waste container management. | · Hall 6, B30.
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| 6 | Vodafone Automotive: | – Tracking. | · Hall 6, B30.
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| 7 | Webthings: | – Bus route passenger counting. Environmental sensors (gases, air quality, temperature, humidity). | · Hall 6, B30.
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