--- title: GSMA Mobile IoT Initiative underway with China at forefront of LPWA development - Developing Telecoms description: The GSMA’s Mobile IoT Initiative has kicked off with the launch of multiple commercial rollouts of Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) solutions by several of the world’s leading mobile operators. canonical_url: https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/enterprise-ecosystems/7155-gsma-mobile-iot-initiative-underway-with-china-at-forefront-of-lpwa-development.html language: en-GB date: 2017-06-28T11:09:53Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/enterprise-ecosystems/7155-gsma-mobile-iot-initiative-underway-with-china-at-forefront-of-lpwa-development.html. Schema.org structured data included at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. markdown-tokens: 1496 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/enterprise-ecosystems/7155-gsma-mobile-iot-initiative-underway-with-china-at-forefront-of-lpwa-development.html. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Structured data** as JSON-LD may be found at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. The GSMA’s Mobile IoT Initiative has kicked off with the launch of multiple commercial rollouts of Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) solutions by several of the world’s leading mobile operators. The participants include AT&T, China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom, Verizon and Vodafone. China Mobile and China Unicom have launched NB-IoT across several key cities with China Telecom launching NB-IoT networks across the country. In addition to these deployments, the GSMA also announced that its Mobile IoT Innovators programme, which is designed to encourage the development of new LPWA solutions, has reached over 500 members, underscoring the growth of the wider IoT ecosystem. “The Mobile IoT initiative encouraged the market to adopt licensed LPWA networks and we are now seeing this work come to fruition with multiple commercial deployments around the world, as well as the availability of hundreds of different applications and solutions,” commented Alex Sinclair, Chief Technology Officer, GSMA. “It is clear that the market sees the benefit of adopting solutions that offer flexibility, security, lower costs, and cover all use cases, and we look forward to seeing other operators follow in the near future.” Mobile operators are enhancing their licensed cellular networks with NB-IoT and LTE-M technologies, which utilise globally agreed 3GPP standards to scale the Internet of Things. These new Mobile IoT networks are designed to support mass-market IoT applications such as smart meters, environmental sensors and consumer electronics, that are low cost, use low data rates, require long battery lives and often operate in remote locations. Both technologies will be further evolved in 3GPP’s Release 15. #### China at Forefront in Development of LPWA Market According to analyst house Gartner, China is set to be one of the leading LPWA markets, accounting for 486 million of the estimated 3.1 billion connections globally by 2025. It is also at the forefront in the global development of Mobile IoT in terms of both network launches and a record number of ecosystem developer partners. China Mobile has launched NB-IoT networks in several key cities including Yingtan, and China Unicom has rolled-out NB-IoT networks in Shanghai as well as the main urban areas in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Fuzhou, for a number of different solutions across smart parking, smart fire sensors and smart meters. China Telecom has announced the roll-out of nationwide NB-IoT networks. China is also leading in the development of new innovative solutions based on Mobile IoT technology as a part of the GSMA’s Mobile IoT Innovator community. Of the 546 global companies currently developing new solutions based on Mobile IoT technology, over 215 are from China. 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