Communications chip maker Sequans will join with Ericsson to demonstrate new communications protocol , LTE category 0 , at the Super Mobility Week in Las Vegas . Category 0 LTE is about 60 % cheaper and more power efficient than regular LTE ( or L G , in common parlance ) ; and with a speed of top up to 1Mbps , category 0 is a perfect fit for IoT devices . Sequans expects category 0 to hit the market next year . Other low - power , wide - area data chips have already hit the market , with Sigfox leading the way in 2012 in the race to become the de facto IoT ##00 standard .
Communications chip maker Sequans will join with Ericsson to demonstrate new communications protocol, LTE category 0, at CTIA Super Mobility Week in Las Vegas. Category 0 LTE is about 60% cheaper and more power efficient than regular LTE (or 4G, in common parlance); and with a speed of top up to 1Mbps, category 0 is a perfect fit for IoT devices. Sequans expects category 0 to hit the market next year. Other low-power, wide-area data networks have already hit the market, with Sigfox leading the way in Europe in the race to become the de facto IoT communications standard.