Airtel, Vodafone Idea preparing for commercial NBIoT services; expand pilots in India

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Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) are now preparing to launch commercial narrow-band IoT or NBIoT service in India in the coming months having brought various partners on board to develop a complete device and sensor ecosystem . Both telcos are in currently in various stages of pilot runs in different circles.

Airtel is now picking up around 20,000 sites in Karnataka and Chennai to conduct NB-IoT trials. “We'll be going with a pilot in a denser way rather than just a few trial sites..in a couple of months, we will be commercially rolling out,” Ajay Chitkara , Director and CEO, Airtel Business, told ET. Vodafone Idea Limited, on the other hand, has already conducted commercial pilot in eight cities in India, and is now hoping to win its first commercial NB-IoT deployment deal in the coming weeks.

Airtel, Vodafone Idea preparing for commercial NBIoT services; expand pilots in India - ET Telecom
 
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