SHANGHAI – Canadian industrial Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions company BeWhere Inc. is teaming up with Huawei to develop Mobile IoT Low Power Wide Area (M-IoT LPWA) applications to enable the deployment of smart cities technologies.
The LPWA sensor prototype was developed in Canada by BeWhere and uses Huawei's Boudica 120 chipset, the world's first 3GPP-based NB-IoT commercial chipset. It will be showcased in the Huawei booth at the Mobile World Congress in Shanghai.
The companies said Wednesday that the partnership reflects a next generation collaboration to bring together customers, technology providers, and partners from various industry verticals to explore future mobile application scenarios, drive business innovations, and build an open ecosystem.
"We are thrilled to partner with Huawei on the development of the next generation M-IoT," said BeWhere CEO Owen Moore, in the news release. "We look forward to continuing our collaboration on both the creation and distribution of innovative and disruptive technologies that will revolutionize the IoT industry."
“Huawei Canada is pleased to be working with BeWhere to develop M-IoT solutions and applications that will make cities smarter and more livable”, added Huawei Canada VP Steve Lu. “As we work with our Canadian operator partners to develop solutions and applications, it is great to have a Canadian-led solution to help make these solutions a reality. We are excited about the future of M-IoT and look forward to conducting field trials with our partners."
