Ministry of Industry and a paper document to the fiery NB-IoT market, become more hot.
Notice to the end of 2017, China NB-IoT base station scale to reach 400,000, NB-IoT the total number of connections to more than 20 million. By 2020, NB-IoT base station size to reach 1.5 million, NB-IoT the total number of connections to more than 600 million, to achieve universal coverage for the country.
Boudica chip using the module manufacturers are:
1、mobile communication (Quectel)
Shanghai Yuanyuan Communication Technology Co., Ltd
NB-IoT Module Model: BG96
BC95 module
Size 19.9 × 23.6 × 2.2mm, output power 23dBm, sensitivity -129dBm, LCC package, 3GPP Rel-13 and enhanced AT command.
BC95 Model:
BC95-B20: 800MHz, band20, facing Europe
BC95-B5: 850MHz, band5, for China, South Korea
BC95-B8: 900MHz, band8, for China, Europe, South Korea
Domestic operators, mobile Unicom support 900, telecommunications support 850
Applications: remote meter reading, intelligent home, intelligent lights, parking, smoke alarm and other fields, the future can also be in the logistics monitoring, environmental monitoring, security monitoring, car networking, intelligent covers and other industries.
M5310 is China Mobile's independent research and development of NB-IOT industrial grade communication module, the world's similar products in the smallest size, only 19 × 18.4 × 2.7mm, saving cloth area of more than 30%. The module supports eSIM technology and OneNET platform protocol, which makes it suitable for wireless connection of Internet of things, can effectively solve the problems of the current Internet of things for smart meter reading, intelligent parking, intelligent buildings, smart home and other industries.
Lierda Technology Group Co., Ltd
NB-IoT Module Model: NB05-01 / NB08-01
Ledda based on Boudica chipset developed NB05-01 and NB08-01 two NB-IoT module, the module size is 20x16x2.2mm, receiver sensitivity: -128dBm, transmit power: 23dBm, power consumption is less than 5 microamps.
software support:
3GPP TR 45.820 and other AT extension instructions
U-blox is a leading provider of global wireless and positioning modules and chips.
NB-IoT Module Model: SARA-N201
U-blox module
Specific information is unknown
Qualcomm "won the hearts of people"
And Huawei's "specific" is not the same, Qualcomm is "bother." It is not only focused on NB-IoT, in view of the uncertainty of the future market, Qualcomm to take multi-mode multi-frequency secure way (similar to "all Netcom", see: interpretation of high-pass multi-mode chip). At the end of October 2015, Qualcomm introduced LTE modems MDM9207-1 and MDM9206, which support LTE Cat M1 (eMTC), but through the software update upgrade, can support support NB-IoT / eMTC dual mode.
Qualcomm chip manufacturers are:
1、move away from the communication
Shanghai Yuanyuan Communication Technology Co., Ltd
NB-IoT Module Model: BG96
2、ZTE
Shenzhen Zhongxing Science and Technology Co., Ltd
NB-IoT Module Model: ME3612
3、a technology side
Shenzhen City side Technology Co., Ltd
NB-IoT Module Model: N20
The N20 is available in LGA and is only 26x23x2.8 mm in size. Supports up to 250Kbps transfer rate. N20 low-power design, the end product only a AA battery device can work for ten years. Industrial grade quality, to meet in a variety of harsh external environment stable operation. Very suitable for water meter meter copy, wisdom of the city, environmental protection and other fields.
4、shift Ke communication
Shanghai move Ke Communication Technology Co., Ltd
L700 is a multi-mode IOT module, which supports multiple frequency bands, and its size is 30.0 × 30.0 × 2.6mm. Its use of LCC package, cost-optimized SMT form, high integration allows users to easily design their own applications and can feel the module's small size, low power consumption and high mechanical strength brought about by the benefits. L700 also integrates a high sensitivity of the GNSS, can support GPS / BEIDOU / GLONASS positioning system, making it particularly suitable for a variety of IOT products and equipment.
5、the core of communication
Core Technology Wireless Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
NB-IoT Module Model: SIM7000C
The SIM7000C is available in an SMT package with a size of 24 * 24 mm and GNSS support. Can support eMTC, NB-IoT and GPRS, even if the network coverage is incomplete, there is no NB-IoT and eMTC signal coverage, you can automatically switch to use the GSM network, and fully guarantee the stability of the connection and application reliability. SIM7000C mainly for the domestic market, can be applied to the car, positioning, intelligent meter reading, security monitoring, remote control, equipment, asset management and other fields of things.
6、Long is still technology
Long Shang Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
NB-IoT Module Model: A9500
A9500 is the end of the year 2016 launched the industry's first narrow-band all Netcom module, while supporting eMTC / NB-IoT / GPRS, support the three major operators network B3 / B5 / B8 / B39, to achieve the true sense of the whole network. Size of 26.0 × 24.0 × 2.5 mm, power consumption 50μA, support standard AT instruction set. Has a number of things in the field of application of a mature landing program, including intelligent water meters, intelligent gas meter, intelligent parking lock, smart covers, intelligent cross-box and intelligent lights and so on.
7、understand the communication
Shenzhen Lenovo to understand the Communications Limited
NB-IoT Module Model: C1100
C1100 supports NB-IoT, eMTC and EGPRS multi-mode, in addition to embedded integration, e-SIM global services and so on. Can be applied to smart home, wisdom, medical, intelligent city, intelligent environmental protection, smart car and other industries. In April this year, China Unicom terminal industry chain summit, understand the communication announced in June to achieve one million mass production.
8、the United States and Georgia smart
Shenzhen, the United States and Georgia Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd
NB-IoT Module Model: SLM150
While supporting NB-IoT and eMTC mode, the uplink downlink rate is less than 375Kbps, size 22.5X26.5X2.3mm.
SLM150 band
9, Qi Jun together
Xiamen Qi Jun of Science and Technology Co., Ltd
Main NB-IoT Module Model: ML3500
ML3500 is released in May this year, to achieve "NB-IoT + eMTC + EGPRS" three-mode, and also support the three major operators Band3, Band5, Band8 NB-IoT module, can be applied to remote meter reading, Environmental monitoring, intelligent street lamps, intelligent parking, intelligent agriculture and other fields.
Chip war burning more intense
As the underlying chip, this area does not form a large number of market participants, but does not mean that there is no competition. Huawei, Qualcomm is involved in the development of NB-IOT rules of the manufacturers, to lead the lead. While RDA, Intel, MediaTek, ZTE Microelectronics and other companies are planning to mass production during the year.
Domestic Datang, Spreadtrum and other manufacturers are also in the layout. Even the ARM is also ready to grab NB-IoT this boom, this year at the beginning, the breath of the acquisition of two rich cellular communications standard technical experience of the company Mistbase and NextG-Com, can be described as menacing. The future, with more NB-IoT chip manufacturers involved, will enter the price competition state. This is a good thing for the whole industry. Analysis of the industry, the current NB-IoT chip in the production level of about one million, the price of 5 US dollars / month, in the million to 100 million production level price can be reduced to 1 US dollars / month. Supporting module prices, the current NB-IoT communication module in more than 100 yuan. I believe that by 2018 Q1, according to the chip, the module manufacturers production matching plan, the price will have a larger decline.
Domestic, with the Ministry of Industry issued a document, NB-IoT into a large-scale deployment period, which will allow NB-IoT chip, module prices have declined. At the same time, the operator module subsidy policy will also greatly reduce the product price. Such as China Telecom invested 300 million yuan in the three modules on the subsidy 20 yuan / module around. Chips and modules in the short term will reduce the cost, thus replacing the traditional GSM, GPRS communication module scene, to accelerate the application of the floor.
Notice to the end of 2017, China NB-IoT base station scale to reach 400,000, NB-IoT the total number of connections to more than 20 million. By 2020, NB-IoT base station size to reach 1.5 million, NB-IoT the total number of connections to more than 600 million, to achieve universal coverage for the country.
NB-IoT technical advantages are wide coverage, low power consumption, and the realization of these two goals is the key to the terminal chip. It is the core of the entire industry chain of technical difficulties, it requires chip manufacturers have deep technical accumulation and huge investment in resources. Once the chip to achieve mature commercial conditions, you can bulk delivery and application innovation across the industry play a huge role in promoting.
Here we comb, the current NB-IoT chip competition pattern, which chip manufacturers introduced the NB-IoT chip? Which modules did they get to support? When can the mass production?
Huawei from the beginning of 2014 into NB-IoT chip research and development, launched in 2015 based on pre-standard chip prototype products. In September 2016, three months after the 3GPP standard was announced, Huawei, which was the dominant party, launched the NB-IoT commercial chip and was the industry's first officially commercial NB-IoT chip.
Boudica chip using the module manufacturers are:
1、mobile communication (Quectel)
Shanghai Yuanyuan Communication Technology Co., Ltd
NB-IoT Module Model: BG96
BC95 module
Size 19.9 × 23.6 × 2.2mm, output power 23dBm, sensitivity -129dBm, LCC package, 3GPP Rel-13 and enhanced AT command.
BC95 Model:
BC95-B20: 800MHz, band20, facing Europe
BC95-B5: 850MHz, band5, for China, South Korea
BC95-B8: 900MHz, band8, for China, Europe, South Korea
Domestic operators, mobile Unicom support 900, telecommunications support 850
Applications: remote meter reading, intelligent home, intelligent lights, parking, smoke alarm and other fields, the future can also be in the logistics monitoring, environmental monitoring, security monitoring, car networking, intelligent covers and other industries.
2、in the transport of things Limited
NB-IoT Module Model: M5310
M5310 module
M5310 is China Mobile's independent research and development of NB-IOT industrial grade communication module, the world's similar products in the smallest size, only 19 × 18.4 × 2.7mm, saving cloth area of more than 30%. The module supports eSIM technology and OneNET platform protocol, which makes it suitable for wireless connection of Internet of things, can effectively solve the problems of the current Internet of things for smart meter reading, intelligent parking, intelligent buildings, smart home and other industries.
Lierda Technology Group Co., Ltd
NB-IoT Module Model: NB05-01 / NB08-01
Ledda based on Boudica chipset developed NB05-01 and NB08-01 two NB-IoT module, the module size is 20x16x2.2mm, receiver sensitivity: -128dBm, transmit power: 23dBm, power consumption is less than 5 microamps.
software support:
3GPP TR 45.820 and other AT extension instructions
Embedded UDP, IP, COAP and other network protocol stack
U-blox is a leading provider of global wireless and positioning modules and chips.
NB-IoT Module Model: SARA-N201
U-blox module
Specific information is unknown
Qualcomm "won the hearts of people"
And Huawei's "specific" is not the same, Qualcomm is "bother." It is not only focused on NB-IoT, in view of the uncertainty of the future market, Qualcomm to take multi-mode multi-frequency secure way (similar to "all Netcom", see: interpretation of high-pass multi-mode chip). At the end of October 2015, Qualcomm introduced LTE modems MDM9207-1 and MDM9206, which support LTE Cat M1 (eMTC), but through the software update upgrade, can support support NB-IoT / eMTC dual mode.
Qualcomm chip manufacturers are:
1、move away from the communication
Shanghai Yuanyuan Communication Technology Co., Ltd
NB-IoT Module Model: BG96
BG96 module
The BG96 is available in LGA packages and supports NB-IoT / eMTC dual mode, while the BG96 is designed to be compatible with the removable NB-IoT BC95 module for flexible product design and upgrades. Its size is 22.5 × 26.5 × 2.3mm, to meet the terminal equipment for small size module product needs. Maximum up and down the rate of 375Kbps, AE power is very suitable for wearable equipment, intelligent metering and other low-speed applications.
2、ZTE
Shenzhen Zhongxing Science and Technology Co., Ltd
NB-IoT Module Model: ME3612
The ME3612 supports the NB-IoT / eMTC / EGPRS communication standard, which provides maximum 66 Kbps upstream and 34 Kbps downstream rates in the NB-IoT system, supporting the NB-IoT global mainstream carrier band. The module supports multiple network protocols (PPP, CoAP, TCP / UDP, OMA LWM2M, MQTT) and a variety of low power modes (PSM, eDRX). These protocols and functions allow it to be used in applications such as smart meters, smart parking, asset tracking and wearable devices.
3、a technology side
Shenzhen City side Technology Co., Ltd
NB-IoT Module Model: N20
The N20 is available in LGA and is only 26x23x2.8 mm in size. Supports up to 250Kbps transfer rate. N20 low-power design, the end product only a AA battery device can work for ten years. Industrial grade quality, to meet in a variety of harsh external environment stable operation. Very suitable for water meter meter copy, wisdom of the city, environmental protection and other fields.
4、shift Ke communication
Shanghai move Ke Communication Technology Co., Ltd
L700 is a multi-mode IOT module, which supports multiple frequency bands, and its size is 30.0 × 30.0 × 2.6mm. Its use of LCC package, cost-optimized SMT form, high integration allows users to easily design their own applications and can feel the module's small size, low power consumption and high mechanical strength brought about by the benefits. L700 also integrates a high sensitivity of the GNSS, can support GPS / BEIDOU / GLONASS positioning system, making it particularly suitable for a variety of IOT products and equipment.
5、the core of communication
Core Technology Wireless Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
NB-IoT Module Model: SIM7000C
The SIM7000C is available in an SMT package with a size of 24 * 24 mm and GNSS support. Can support eMTC, NB-IoT and GPRS, even if the network coverage is incomplete, there is no NB-IoT and eMTC signal coverage, you can automatically switch to use the GSM network, and fully guarantee the stability of the connection and application reliability. SIM7000C mainly for the domestic market, can be applied to the car, positioning, intelligent meter reading, security monitoring, remote control, equipment, asset management and other fields of things.
6、Long is still technology
Long Shang Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
NB-IoT Module Model: A9500
A9500 is the end of the year 2016 launched the industry's first narrow-band all Netcom module, while supporting eMTC / NB-IoT / GPRS, support the three major operators network B3 / B5 / B8 / B39, to achieve the true sense of the whole network. Size of 26.0 × 24.0 × 2.5 mm, power consumption 50μA, support standard AT instruction set. Has a number of things in the field of application of a mature landing program, including intelligent water meters, intelligent gas meter, intelligent parking lock, smart covers, intelligent cross-box and intelligent lights and so on.
7、understand the communication
Shenzhen Lenovo to understand the Communications Limited
NB-IoT Module Model: C1100
C1100 supports NB-IoT, eMTC and EGPRS multi-mode, in addition to embedded integration, e-SIM global services and so on. Can be applied to smart home, wisdom, medical, intelligent city, intelligent environmental protection, smart car and other industries. In April this year, China Unicom terminal industry chain summit, understand the communication announced in June to achieve one million mass production.
8、the United States and Georgia smart
Shenzhen, the United States and Georgia Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd
NB-IoT Module Model: SLM150
While supporting NB-IoT and eMTC mode, the uplink downlink rate is less than 375Kbps, size 22.5X26.5X2.3mm.
SLM150 band
9, Qi Jun together
Xiamen Qi Jun of Science and Technology Co., Ltd
Main NB-IoT Module Model: ML3500
ML3500 is released in May this year, to achieve "NB-IoT + eMTC + EGPRS" three-mode, and also support the three major operators Band3, Band5, Band8 NB-IoT module, can be applied to remote meter reading, Environmental monitoring, intelligent street lamps, intelligent parking, intelligent agriculture and other fields.
Chip war burning more intense
As the underlying chip, this area does not form a large number of market participants, but does not mean that there is no competition. Huawei, Qualcomm is involved in the development of NB-IOT rules of the manufacturers, to lead the lead. While RDA, Intel, MediaTek, ZTE Microelectronics and other companies are planning to mass production during the year.
Domestic Datang, Spreadtrum and other manufacturers are also in the layout. Even the ARM is also ready to grab NB-IoT this boom, this year at the beginning, the breath of the acquisition of two rich cellular communications standard technical experience of the company Mistbase and NextG-Com, can be described as menacing. The future, with more NB-IoT chip manufacturers involved, will enter the price competition state. This is a good thing for the whole industry. Analysis of the industry, the current NB-IoT chip in the production level of about one million, the price of 5 US dollars / month, in the million to 100 million production level price can be reduced to 1 US dollars / month. Supporting module prices, the current NB-IoT communication module in more than 100 yuan. I believe that by 2018 Q1, according to the chip, the module manufacturers production matching plan, the price will have a larger decline.
Domestic, with the Ministry of Industry issued a document, NB-IoT into a large-scale deployment period, which will allow NB-IoT chip, module prices have declined. At the same time, the operator module subsidy policy will also greatly reduce the product price. Such as China Telecom invested 300 million yuan in the three modules on the subsidy 20 yuan / module around. Chips and modules in the short term will reduce the cost, thus replacing the traditional GSM, GPRS communication module scene, to accelerate the application of the floor.
