Tom Rebbeck, Research Director and Head of IoT and Enterprise research at Analysys Mason comments on the British telco O2 announcement that it will be trialling 3GPP-compliant Internet of Things connectivity tech in the UK in 2017.
"It's another sign of Telefónica hedging its bets – a small investment in Sigfox and some announcements, trials of NB-IoT in Chile and Spain, and it was part of the announcement at MWC of operators backing LTE-M. It's being more cautious than some other big operators like Vodafone, AT&T, DT and Orange, " Tom Rebbeck told The Register.
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