Encore Networks, Friday announced that its EN family of routers are certified on Verizon's celular Internet-of-Things(IoT) network. The operator, Tuesday unveiled the availability of world's first Cat1 LTE network features for IoT which the operator says is ideal for use cases deployed earlier on 2G.
According to Encore Networks, CAT1 LTE provides a migration path for customers with existing 2G M2M/IoT deployments to move from slow speed and high latency 2G to 10Mbps with 4G CAT1 LTE with lower costs and lower power consumption. CAT1 LTE devices are a more affordable and transportable alternative to other technologies, said Encore.
Before LTE, 2G dominated M2M and IoT applications such as kiosks, VoIP, digital signage, business continuity, point-of-sale and ATM's. 2G, however, requires more radio spectrum per bit transmitted than LTE. CAT1 LTE is a resource-efficient use of that spectrum for lower speed IoT and M2M devices that can seamlessly coexist with faster, higher-category LTE connections on the same cell towers, said the company.
Peter Madsen, President of Encore Networks
Working with Verizon, and utilizing the Sequans chipset, we are able to bring to market the industry’s first CAT1 routers. The upside, of course, is the significant growth of shipments of IoT and M2M devices ultimately making CAT1 LTE the preferred M2M technology for IoT.
