Verizon Reveals Cat 1 LTE Network for IoT

Verizon announced this week that its LTE network now makes the value proposition for connecting Cat1 IoT applications on LTE in the U.S. as affordable as alternative technologies while taking advantage of LTE reliability.

The company said it is giving developers on its recently announced ThingSpace platform an expanded set of APIs and application enablement platforms (AEP), including the integration of Bug Labs' dweet APIs and freeboard visualization engine. These new tools are designed to help developers quickly and easily connect devices to the Internet, publish the data and create real-time interactive dashboards and control panels visualizing that device data.

“Our goal is to help accelerate market adoption for IoT by making the ecosystem as accessible as possible for developers to bring their solutions to market,” said Mark Bartolomeo, VP, IoT Connected Solutions, Verizon. “Between our ThingSpace APIs and an expanded set of Cat1 devices deployed on our LTE network we are providing this largely underserved market with the tools needed for endless IoT solutions to be deployed at scale.”

Chipset platforms currently certified on Verizon's LTE network include Sequans and Altair. Earlier this year, Encore networks certified the world's first Cat1 IoT router solution on Verizon's LTE network.

“By incorporating Bug Labs' AEP capabilities into ThingSpace, it's the first time that developers and customers can use Verizon to manage their devices at both the application and network levels – allowing for the creation of new innovations to be delivered to more people,” Bartolomeo added.

Verizon provides global IoT coverage in more than 100 countries with plans to expand its footprint in the coming months to nearly 200 countries.