With over 40 million devices able to communicate and share data via the Internet of Things ( IoT ) in the UK alone , Ofcom will reserve a proportion of VHF wireless spectrum for future use by these devices . BR licences will continue to be available until the new dedicated IoT/M2M licence product is launched later in 2016, according to the policy statement. BT plans to replace its existing " business radio " ( BR ) licences with specific IoT / machine - to - machine ( M2 M ) licences in order to make it clear to stakeholders that the new spectrum will be used for both voice - only communications and data transfers . The planned spectrum allocation will enable devices to connect wirelessly over long distances , benefiting those in remote parts of the UK .
With over 40 million devices able to communicate and share data via the Internet of Things ( IoT ) in the UK alone , Ofcom will reserve a proportion of VHF wireless spectrum for future use by these devices . BT plans to replace its existing " business radio " ( BR ) licences with specific IoT / machine - to - machine ( M2 M ) licences in order to make it clear to stakeholders that the new spectrum will be used for both voice - only communications and data transfers . The planned spectrum allocation will enable devices to connect wirelessly over long distances , benefiting those in remote parts of the UK .