But, when it comes to a lightweight edge device processing and transmitting small packets of data, speed isn’t nearly as important as say, monthly or yearly operating costs. In our personal lives, we might not have the time or patience to wait for our web pages to load or videos to buffer. It’s no surprise that always-on connectivity, independent of ethernet or Wi-Fi is attractive option for innovators looking to connect devices where internet access or Wi-Fi signal isn’t available, or who need a failsafe option in case of internet failure. Cellular Connections For IoTĪs the market for IoT has grown, the adoption and use of cellularly connected devices have followed suit. Though it may seem counterintuitive given its slow speeds, Cat M1 wireless is an example of those advancements, and a powerful tool in the evolving connectivity of people, places and things. This sea change in internet access paved the way for advancements in integrating cellular technology into the wider computing landscape, well beyond the phone in your pocket. Smartphones changed the game of internet access and opened the floodgates of information and productivity. Before smartphones became the norm, accessing the internet for information or to get work done was relegated to your desktop workstation or Wi-Fi hotspots. The keystone of the massively impactful leaps forward that are Industry 4.0, edge computing and the Industrial IoT, is cellular data. But, in the world of Industrial IoT, the value of data is its quality over time, not necessarily its quantity or speed of transfer. In the modern world of Gigabit internet speeds (equal to a million kilobits), that probably sounds virtually useless. You read that correctly, KILOBITS Per Second. Cat M1 was designed specifically for IoT projects, with an average upload speed between 200 kbps and 400 kbps. Category M1, or Cat M1 wireless (sometimes also abbreviated LTE-M) is a low-power wide area network (LPWAN) cellular technology.

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