The digital LPWAN battlefield? Orange will invest in Cat-NB1 and Cat-M1

thanks for the nice "battle" picture. I'm sure there will be implementation of all kind of technology for different application and customer/market needs. But from engineering point there are two major markets => two technologies. A) Fixed, non moving, IoT devices that earn money => NB-IoT B) pan continental or even globally moving #IoT devices that earn money => SigFox All other techs are proprietary and for local installations = low volume compared to (A) & (B). IMHO: LoRa & LoRaWAN will never work with more than a few hundred devices in close proximity & Who is there to give me the QoS to rely any business model on that? Looking forward any (new) rival technology that can give customers >1k or 10k devices in close area and the QoS to earn money without headaches all the time. I recommend bet on the two above or invent something really really smart from scratch.

......And it is the safest solution for IoT connectivity as it operates in licensed spectrum. Moreover the SIM-card offers secure connections thanks to the unique authentication and encryption of the data in transit....... James: EOD, it is embedded with SIM for security enhancement indeed even that LPWAM is used.

On 18 June 1815 the French Emperor Napoleon I lost the Battle of Waterloo against England and Prussia. In 2012, 3GPP had 700 members from over 60 countries, including network operators, service providers, administrators, users and manufacturers. This is already magic 7 more than 100. 85% of the LTE base stations at Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom in Germany are ready for LTE-Cat-NB1 (NB-IoT). The BTS are software defined radio. BTW, LoRaWAN BTS are carved in stone. They can not fix any problem. They can not expand features. Until today in good old Germany is already more SIGFOX coverage than LoRaWAN coverage. The SIGFOX team is running fast. Ir Jaap Groot it is time to use your field glasses. At Waterloo, there was field marshal Bluecher. Your Bluecher is called Weightless P. Weightless P is addressing them same customers than LoRaWAN. The artillery of today is called BTS. The artillery of the 3GPP members is already in position. In 2014 there were 28 700 LTE base stations in Germany, and at the end of the first quarter of 2015 these amounted to 31 500 BTS. At the same time, 61 600 UMTS base stations were in operation and 81 100 GSM base stations. In Germany, we have more LTE base stations than other LPWAN technologies have foot soldiers. To win a battle you need a mix of the foot soldier, artillery and cavalry. With propaganda (marketing) only nobody can win any battle.