Following a nationwide roll-out, China Telecom currently operates the world’s largest NB-IoT network. Last summer, the mobile network operator announced a 200 million yuan ($32m) push to promote early development of NB-IoT applications that run on its network.
Perry Zhang, Principal Strategic Partnerships at u‑blox, said: “This is the first time that China Telecom has included a NB-IoT u‑blox product in its online offering.
“Aside from increasing our visibility in China, this benefits our Chinese customers by qualifying them to receive financial support towards their purchase.”
Additionally, the u‑blox SARA-N200 NB-IoT module has passed China Unicom’s certification test.
The SARA-N200 is also in mass production.