GSM network

The first electrical energy smart meter, using 4.5G NB-IoT communication technology, has been successfully tested, say Huawei and Janz CE.

Cellular operators battling for new subscribers by improving their services have driven up ‘population coverage’ – the percentage of people with access to a GSM network – to over 90% in most major economies. This is great news for a large chunk of the M2M and IoT industries where this level of coverage is enough.