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Heavy Reading: Cellular Technologies Will Play a Leading Role Advancing the Internet of ThingsNew White Paper and Webinar Explore How Commercial Service Providers are Preparing to Make the Most of the IoT Opportunity Worldwide WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cellular technologies are vital to the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), according to a recent global survey of commercial service providers, commissioned by InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDCC), a wireless technology research and development company. The study, conducted by Heavy Reading, found that evolving cellular standards and technologies, especially LTE-M, 5G and NB-IoT, were rated by CSPs as the most important in driving IoT’s long-term opportunity and growth. A Nov. 14 webinar, Cellular IoT: A Consensus Around Leadership Emerging, will discuss the drivers behind the findings and what it means for the future of IoT. A new white paper, IoT in a 4G/5G World, takes a closer look at how CSPs are preparing to take advantage of 5G to deliver extensive machine-type communications (mMTC) and low-latency mission-critical services, considered to be key components of the evolving IoT. While both large and small CSPs worldwide see IoT as a nascent technology and industry, there are regional differences in how CSPs are approaching new revenue-generating opportunities. The results of the survey showed that:
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