iot journal logoIoT Journal – September 9, 2016 – This summer, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a consortium of telecommunications standards bodies, decided to standardize Narrow-Band Long-Term Evolution (NB-LTE) technology (also referred to as NB-IoT or Cat-NB1), which is a variant of LTE cellular technology optimized to meet the performance requirements of Internet of Things nodes. The term “narrow band” refers to the use of a small slice of the cellular radio spectrum to transmit short packets of data to and from a large number of devices deployed across a wide area. Read more>>