Connecting the Dots – Determining the Winner in Low-Power Wide-Area Networks

March 09, 2017 | State of the Market Report

Three networking standards – Sigfox, LoRaWAN, and NB-IoT – have emerged to capture the low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) market. NB-IoT will likely win in terms of adoption, due to coverage and reliability, while LoRaWAN is likely to complement NB-IoT in niche cases; 5G is unlikely to disrupt the LPWAN space until at least 2028. However, NB-IoT is still in its nascent phase, with pilots just beginning – industry participants looking for LPWAN coverage today will have to work with the other LPWAN systems, but should look out for network operators that are on top of the latest market developments, or consider deploying private networks.

Coverage Areas

  • Digital Transformation
  • Industrial Internet of Things
  • Sensors

Table of Contents

  • Title page
  • Table of contents
  • Landscape
  • Sigfox
  • LoRaWAN
  • NB-IoT
  • Summary of the LPWANs
  • Analysis
  • Determining the winning LPWAN
  • Competition with 5G
  • Outlook and Recommendations

Lead Analyst

Tiffany Huang
Research Associate

Contributors

Isaac Brown
Categories Low-Power Wide-Area Networks
Related companies Sensus, Aclara, Archos, Sigfox, Telensa, Link Labs, WAVIoT, Nwave, NB-Iot, Lora

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