LTE Cat. 1 makes strong comeback in IoT

The demand for LTE Cat 1 in IoT applications has slowly and steadily been gaining pace. One reason is that IoT product developers are always looking to "future proof" their solutions by anticipating their bandwidth requirements down the road, and Cat. 1 is the clear successor to Cat-M1. To support this demand, SIMCom has introduced a new line up of LTE Cat. 1 modules.

Only 10% of the M2M applications require high-speed connections, while 60% transmits a few dozen bytes a day and only need low-data rate speed connections. The remaining 30% of the M2M applications need a medium-data rate connection and can be serviced efficiently with LTE Cat. 1. Facing the LTE Cat.1 boom, SIMCom has launched a number of LTE Cat. 1 modules that offer the flexibility afforded by 10 Mbps downloads and 5 Mbps uploads.

The modules below can help to quickly upgrade from 2G/3G to 4G, while meeting multiple cost demands and technical requirements.

	Small sized LTE Cat. 1 module Ultra-compact: 24x24x2.3mm LGA LTE Cat. 1 + GSM FOTA, Audio, TSS, LBS Compatible with SIM800 / SIM7070

	Cost-effective LTE Cat. 1 module Size: 30x30x2.5mm LCC+LGA package LTE TDD/FDD/WCDMA/GSM FOTA, LBS, SSL Compatible with SIM7600

	LTE Cat. 1 global all-in-one module Size: 30x30x2.9mm LCC+LGA package 21 LTE bands, 7 different 3G bands, 2G fallback FOTA, Audio, TSS, LBS mPCIE version avaliable

	Complete multi-band Size: 24x27mm LGA LTE global coverage Multi-constellation GNSS receiver support mPCIE version avaliable