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Commissioned by Agentschap Telecom, Dialogic analysed the current and future impact of Internet of Things devices on the radio spectrum. It is expected that there will be up to 52 million IoT devices active in the Netherlands in 2024 across licensed and unlicensed spectrum. Networks using unlicensed spectrum will particularly face challenges.
By 2024, we anticipate that there will be between 8.6 and 52.1 million LPWA IoT devices in the Netherlands. The majority of these devices will be used in agriculture and smart building applications. Monitoring the trade flows of these devices is not a simple task due to the diverse value chains of LPWA IoT devices.
The rollout of LPWA IoT connectivity in licensed bands is expected to proceed gradually. Networks using the LTE-M1 and LTE-M2 standards, providing good power control and simultaneous access, are not expected to face issues with simultaneous use in the near future. However, this is anticipated for technologies in unlicensed spectrum. The 863-870 MHz band, particularly some frequencies around 868 MHz, prove to be the most popular for these technologies.
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