Sprint said it will complete its deployment of LTE Cat 1 technology across its nationwide network by the end of July. At IoT World 2017, the operator also unveiled plans to deploy LTE Cat M in mid-2018, followed by LTE Cat NB1.
Sprint will be partnering with Ericsson on the rollouts.
LTE Cat 1 is designed to support low-power applications on the Sprint network such as vehicle telematics and industrial IoT applications. LTE Cat M1 and LTE Cat NB1 are designed to support many other applications requiring ultra-low throughput and power consumption such as industrial sensors, asset trackers, or wearables.