" For big , broad scale deployments I 'm putting my money behind Narrowband IoT " said Andrew Morawski , head of Vodafone 's IoT business , who is not concerned about the headway made by supporters of Sigfox and LoRa technology in wireless networks . He said narrowband IoT is likely to open a new market in the arena for wireless operators worldwide , and added that this technology benefits from security and reliability . Interesting, the company is covering its bases, securing both nationwide LTE-M and LoRaWAN as the two main pillars for its IoT network. Sigfox aims to cover 100 + cities with its IoT network by year - end and it says its LoRa IoT has already achieved this and plans to add 100 more .
" For big , broad scale deployments I 'm putting my money behind Narrowband IoT " said Andrew Morawski , head of Vodafone 's IoT business , who is not concerned about the headway made by supporters of Sigfox and LoRa technology in wireless networks . He said narrowband IoT is likely to open a new market in the arena for wireless operators worldwide , and added that this technology benefits from security and reliability . Sigfox aims to cover 100 + cities with its IoT network by year - end and it says its LoRa IoT has already achieved this and plans to add 100 more .