U.S. telecom giant AT&T has completed its nationwide 4G LTE-M IoT network roll-out ahead of schedule, the company announced, adding that it will expand the IoT network into Mexico as the next step.
U.S. telecom giant AT&T has completed its nationwide 4G LTE-M IoT network roll-out ahead of schedule, the company announced, adding that it will expand the IoT network into Mexico as the next step.
AT&T launched its LTE-M network trial last October, in San Francisco, California and another trial is in Columbus, Ohio.
Telecom company Verizon, however, became the first company to launch commercial LTE-M network in the U.S. two months ago.
After losing the first-mover advantage in the country, AT&T plans to take the advantage in the Mexico market, to help it compete with Verizon.
“We plan to deploy LTE-M across Mexico by the end of 2017 to create a North Am...