Sprint is changing the IoT business. Sprint is deploying the LTE-M network nationwide using current 5G network reforms, which are scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. In addition, it builds a virtualized core network and builds a distributed edge network to help it handle the millions of IoT devices running on its network.
Most of Sprint's IoT customers use the company's CDMA 3G network, which is challenging because not many companies are willing to build CDMA modules for Sprint's 1900 MHz and 800 MHz bands.
In the first half of the year, Sprint announced that it will increase its capital expenditure budget to build a nationwide 5G network and will launch the company's 2.5 GHz spectrum in the first half of 2019. Ricky Singh, head of Sprint's IoT product and solutions division, said in an interview that the company is preparing for 5G and has added LTE-M.
An important factor driving Sprint's restart of the Internet of Things is the leadership of Ivo Rook, who joined Sprint in December as senior vice president of the Internet of Things. Rook is also a strategic advisor to Sprint and its parent company, SoftBank. Rook has been with Vodafone for seven years and was the CEO of Vodafone's IoT business. Vodafone's IoT Group has generated $1 billion in revenue and connected more than 50 million devices.
Rook's vision is to create a network-independent IoT platform that will include Sprint's LTE-M network, WiFi, and OneWeb satellites.
To this end, Sprint is developing an operating system that enables customers to manage IoT devices across a variety of networks. Singh said the combination of the operating system and the global SIM strategy will provide Sprint's IoT customers with global information. The operating system should be available in the fourth quarter of this year.
A few weeks ago, Sprint launched the IoT plant and described it as an online marketplace where companies can get off-the-shelf IoT solutions and then deploy them quickly. Singh said there is currently no way to help small companies that want to deploy an IoT solution but don't have enough technical support.
He added that the IoT facility allows a small business to select its sensors, gateways and other components, package them and send them to them. Sprint's network provides data backhaul.
Singh said that more than 500,000 developers have visited the IoT factory, and these developers can sell their IoT solutions through the factory if other similar companies want to use it.
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