Huawei: NB-IoT and LTE-Cat1/Cat4 industry chains are more mature

On July 1, Huawei's vice president of wireless product line Xiang Fang said at the Future Internet of Things Forum held at the same time as "GSMA Thrive" that based on the predictions of third-party statistical agencies, consulting agencies and China's three major operators, the future cellular Internet of Things will be composed of NB-IoT, LTE-Cat1/Cat4 and 5G NR. It is expected that NB-IoT, LTE-Cat1/Cat4 and 5G NR will account for 60%, 30% and 10% of the connections respectively.

Xiang Xiang said that the narrowband Internet of Things NB-IoT is the foundation for building China's "Internet of Everything Digitalization"; and globally, the development of NB-IoT has also entered the fast lane.

At the same time, the direction points out that the end-to-end maturity of the NB-IoT-based industrial ecosystem will support the industry to move towards 1 billion LPWA connections.

Specifically, HiSilicon and Qualcomm have already released NB-IoT chips, and Unisoc will also launch the NB2 Only chip 8811 in the second half of the year. Shanghai Yimiao Communication and MediaTek both have relevant chip reserves to support them. In terms of NB-IoT modules, Shanghai Yimiao Communication, the world's largest module supplier, plans to ship 30% of its 35,000,000 modules to the world this year, which means that global demand is increasing rapidly.

In addition, Xiang Xiang also said that the LTE-Cat1/Cat4 industry chain is relatively mature and is the main carrier of broadband Internet of Things, with a large market space. From the perspective of application areas, broadband Internet of Things will continue to develop rapidly in industries such as automotive, sharing economy, and wearables.