LPWANS WILL TAKE ON CELLULAR FOR IoT APPLICATIONS

摘要

While traditional cellular networks have dominated the market for M2M connectivity, this is about to change, according to Beecham Research analysts in a report called 'Low Power Wide Area Networks for IoT Applications Market Report and Forecast'. Offering low power, low cost and long range, Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAMs) enable a far wider range of M2M and IoT applications than those currently constrained by budgets and distance from a power source. Beecham Research expects that by 2020 LPWANs will provide 26% of the total IoT connectivity market with 345 million connections, marking an end to the near-monopoiy of traditional cellular networks for machine connectivity. "LPWANs represent the most dynamic and potentially game-changing development in the M2M/IoT market," said David Parker, senior analyst at Beecham Research and author of the report. "The lower speeds of LPWANs are the trade-off for longer range, offering networks optimised for machine connectivity with much lower deployment costs than traditional cellular networks. LPWANs will both compete and collaborate with cellular and other network technologies to stimulate market growth with more connectivity options for end users."