Sydney, Australia, Sept. 4, 2018: Australian company NetCommWireless today announced a new Industrial IoT (IIoT) product to allow businesses to connect all low power, low bandwidth devices to LTE networks.
With the new ‘NetComm NTC-100’, businesses will be less dependent on proprietary unlicensed networks in the area to manage and control these devices remotely, said the company in an announcement.
Els Baert, NetComm Director of Marketing and Communications,said in the statement, “This is the first low power, low bandwidth device introduced to our industrial IoT portfolio and the only device of its kind to integrate a dual technology LTE module using Cat M1 and NB-IoT technologies to economically track and monitor low-cost applications that were traditionally too costly to connect.
“This will accelerate the uptake of Industrial IoT by providing diverse industry sectors with the chance to connect and cost-effectively manage large fleets of small, low-value assets everywhere where there is an LTE network available.”
Businesses across all industry sectors can now connect devices with the new standards developed by 3GPP: Cat M1 and NB-IoT. Widely available LTE networks support these applications by adding low bandwidth capabilities to extend range and battery life.
The new NetComm NTC-100 is the first commercially available modem to support Cat M1 and NB-IoT connections to any device that needs network connectivity, giving businesses a new way to remotely manage, control and gather data from their devices, claimed Netcomm. The device also features remote management capabilities to query status information, run advanced diagnostics, troubleshoot and execute commands via SMS.
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