Vodafone and NB-IoT Luke Ibbetson Group R&D Director Vodafone
Our vis isio ion “ To connect every machine to transform ” lives and businesses
Vodafone 383m 24/7 >20m data connections 365 days devices managed established each support provided month 24 >400 >99% 750k OpCos covered by Large multinationals of incidents resolved new connections central support centrally billed each within SLA each month activated each month month function 3
Vod odaf afon one e M2M M Best in Class Network Coverage through owned Analysts recognise Vodafone as the clear leader and partner networks in M2M
Today’s M2M technologies only partially address some key ve vertica icals ls Environmental Monitoring Gas metering Latent market waiting for a low power solution Large homogenous market measured in millions Battery life and network coverage is critical Battery life is critical Fragmented channel to market in low volumes Large number of potential meter manufacturers Smoke and fire alarms Water metering Massive market measured in hundreds of millions Large homogenous market measured in millions Battery life and ability to test device is critical Battery life and propagation is critical High volume B2C play Large number of potential meter manufacturers Parking monitoring Liquid and pressurised fuels Market measured in hundreds of thousands Large homogenous market measured in thousands Battery life and low install cost are critical Asset is currently un monitored Low data throughput LPWA can reduce high losses and high churn Alarms and event detectors Smart Bins Market measured in hundreds of thousands Growing market with good business case Battery life is ultra critical Battery life and network coverage is critical Very low data throughput on check and trigger Complements our hi end connected bins Source: M2M Business Development 5
Narrow Band IoT (NB-IoT) has emerged as the licensed spectrum solution for LPWA NB-IoT Capabilities 7000m 62% of all M2M Scalability 6000m Connections in the (Up to 100k per cell) world by 2024 5000m Extended Range 4000m (+20dB link budget over GSM) LPWA 3000m Battery Life 2000m (>10years) 4G 1000m Device Cost 3G m 2G (<$5 per module) 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Machina Research Forecast – Jan 16
Proo oof of f of Con oncep ept wit ith Aguas uas de Valenc encia ia • Technology trial in partnership with Huawei (network and chipset) and u-blox (module and dev. board) • Live NB-IoT network deployment in Vodafone Spain using re-farmed G900 spectrum • Solution includes upgrade of Huawei SRAN access nodes and virtualized core deployment • Real water meter locations provided by Aguas de Valencia http://www.vodafone.com/content/index/what /technology-blog/nbiot-message.html Visit the Vodafone stand or the GSMA Innovation City stand
Vodafone Proof of Concept, Valencia Spain Proof of Concept/Pilot Coverage GSM +20dB Coverage 8
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NB-IoT Pilot and Commercial Rollout Timeline NB-IoT Ecosystem development Forum launched 10
Building the ecosystem for NB-IoT Testing and Certification Module Chipset Manufacturers Designers Consumers Open IoT Device Mobile Enterprise Labs Manufacturers Network Vertical Industries Operators City Corporations Developer Community Network Solution Infrastructure Providers Providers NB-IoT Forum
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