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Annual Device update 450 MHz Alliance March 2020
Annual Device update 450 MHz Alliance
March 2020
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 3
2 Market Overview ............................................................................................................................................ 3
3 Spectrum of overview ..................................................................................................................................... 4
4 Devices market................................................................................................................................................ 4
4.1 Devices and Spectrum data from GSA (the Global mobile Suppliers Association) ..................................... 4
4.2 410 MHz and 450 MHz device listed by 450 MHz Alliance ....................................................................... 5
4.3 List of Handhelds devices ....................................................................................................................... 6
4.4 List of Routers and MiFi’s devices ........................................................................................................... 6
4.5 List of Modules......................................................................................................................................11
4.6 List of Utility meters ..............................................................................................................................12
4.7 List of Chipsets ......................................................................................................................................13
4.8 List of Other items .................................................................................................................................13
5 Device forecast...............................................................................................................................................14
5.1 CAT 4 and 6 ...........................................................................................................................................14
5.2 NB-IoT and LTE-M .................................................................................................................................14
5.3 Handheld ..............................................................................................................................................14
6 General outlook .............................................................................................................................................15
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1 Introduction
This report provides the global status of the 410 MHz and 450 MHz ecosystem with focus on the devices currently available and device forecast outlook. There are currently 13 LTE operations with commercial traffic and another 7 operation with trial networks. CDMA networks are still very dominant technology in the 410 MHz and 450 MHz and the regulatory work for converting the licenses are an obstacle in the progress of evolving to 4G. Europe is currently leading the evolution from CDMA to LTE with Asia moving The aim is to enable operators a simple entry to the 450 MHz ecosystem for their business and enable business for the supplier to provide equipment to the operators.
2 Market Overview
The contributing market for this report is Africa, Asia, Europe and South America, which is a small part of the total ecosystem. Pending spectrum allocation, the market of business and mission critical communication using 380 MHz, 410 MHz and 450 MHz should be about ten to fifteen percent of the total global market in these segments. The global deployments are spread over the whole world.
Figure 1. the world map of 380MHz, 410 MHz and 450 MHz deployment.
Deployments Consultation
North America 2 1
South America 7 1
Europe 26 5
Africa 23 1
Asia 16 5
Total 74 13
Table 1. number of countries per region and globally with 380 MHz, 410 MHz and 450 MHz.
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3 Spectrum of overview
The LTE bands available in the 380 MHz to 512 MHz are currently:
• Band 31
• Band 72
• Band 73
• Band 87
• Band 88 All bands are standardized to support LTE, LTE-M and LTE-NB (NB-IoT). Ongoing strategic work with TCCA and other parties in the ecosystem are progressing to identify spectrum allocation in the 380 MHz and 470 MHz bands.
4 Devices market
The range of devices in the 410 MHz and 450 MHz is fairly limited with main volumes in different router devices. Other types devices are modules for integrated solution both as miniPCIe and system on chip and handhelds. The routers types available are from simple consumer product to advance specialized industrial routers. The handheld devices are mainly rugged and robust smartphones. Most of devices supports multiband. Narrowband support with NB-IoT and LTE-M is being introduce and are expected to expand over the next twelve months.
4.1 Devices and Spectrum data from GSA (the Global mobile Suppliers Association) GSA snapshot for Sub 1 GHz Spectrum for LTE and 5G lists the spectrum allocations and the number of devices in each spectrum. There are 13 operation live globally and 125 devices available by third quarter 2019.
Figure 2. GSA table of Spectrum allocations in sub 1 GHz.
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Table 2. GSA table of devices supporting sub 1GHz spectrum bands Source: GSA (the Global mobile Suppliers Association). GSA have only reported Band 31. Several chipsets have support for Band 72 and the devices have it has option.
4.2 410 MHz and 450 MHz device listed by 450 MHz Alliance The annual inventory by 450 MHz Alliance collects information from all operator and supplier with any connect to the organization. The categories used are:
• Handheld mobiles
• Routers and MiFis
• Modules
• Utility meters (Electricity, gas, water..)
• Chipset
• Other (including wearables, cameras, antennas etc.) The products and devices reported to 450 MHz Alliance can be seen in figure 3 and included both the commercially available, engineering sample availability and the device in road map.
Figure 3. Global 450 MHz device status.
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4.3 List of Handhelds devices The total amount of handhelds is fourteen (14), nine (9) of these are commercially available. The list below shows the devices reported. Table 3. List of know handheld devices and commercial status
Manufacture Product name Commercial status
Aorotech M5 Commercially available
AsiaTelco R1 Engineering or prototype samples available
AsiaTelco V1 Engineering or prototype samples available
Huawei EP681 Commercially available
Huawei EP681-D04A Commercially available
Huawei EP682 Commercially available
Huawei EP820 Commercially available
Huawei EP821-D04a Commercially available
Huawei EV751 Status unknown
Nexpring Co.,Ltd NPD10 (PPDR / DMR handset) Engineering or prototype samples available
RugGear RG760 Commercially available
Unitac Technology Limited PT200 Engineering or prototype samples available
ZTE - Callta GH650/GH651 Commercially available
ZTE - Callta GH880 Commercially available
4.4 List of Routers and MiFi’s devices The total amount of Routers and MiFi’s is one hundred and forty-six (146), one hundred and thirty-one (131) of these are commercially available. The list below shows the devices reported. Table 4. List of know handheld devices and commercial status
Manufacture Product name Commercial status
Advantech WISE-4210-S231NA Commercially available
Advantech WISE-4220-S231 Commercially available
Advantech WISE-42xx Commercially available
Advantech WISE-4471-UA Commercially available
Advantech WISE-44xx Commercially available
Advantech WISE-46xx Commercially available
ANDRA amiROUTER Engineering or prototype samples available
Anktion (Fujian) Technology Co., Ltd.
TDD 410MHz CPE Commercially available
Asia telco U270 Commercially available
Asia telco G271 Commercially available
Asia telco L150W Commercially available
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Asia telco U270v Commercially available
AsiaTelco ALM-G271 Commercially available
AsiaTelco ALR-U270 Commercially available
AsiaTelco AOL-PE216 Commercially available
CeLa Link Corporation 4G LTE Indoor Router / CLR-M20 Commercially available
Cellient M50 Commercially available
Cellient M60 Commercially available
Cellient R40 Commercially available
Cellient R60 Commercially available
Conel LR77 v2 F Commercially available
Conel Spectre v3 Commercially available
DIGI WR21 Commercially available
DIGI WR31 Commercially available
DIGI WR44 Commercially available
D-Link DWR-921 Commercially available
E-Lins H685EW-W Commercially available
E-Lins H720 Commercially available
E-Lins H820 Commercially available
Encore Networks EN2000 Commercially available
Encore Networks EN2000 Industrial Commercially available
Encore Networks EN2000 Automotive Commercially available
Encore Networks EN4000 Commercially available
Encore Networks EN4000IE - Industrial Edge Commercially available
Garderos R-2752 Commercially available
Garderos R-3600 Series Commercially available
Garderos R-3700 Series Commercially available
Garderos R-7758 Commercially available
Garderos R-xx31 (nxLAN/xDSL/CDMA450/WLAN) / R-7700/7800 Series
Commercially available
Garderos R-xx37 (nxLAN/xDSL/CDMA450) / R-4700/7700/7800/7900 Series
Commercially available
Garderos R-xx42 (nxLAN/4G/CDMA450/WLAN) / R-2700/3700 Series
Commercially available
Garderos R-xx45 (nxLAN/2xCDMA450/WLAN) / R-2700/3700/4700 Series
Commercially available
Garderos R-xx48 (nxLAN/4G/CDMA450) / R-2700/3700/7700/7800 Series
Commercially available
Garderos R-xx49 (nxLAN/2xCDMA450) / R-2700/3700/7700/7800 Series
Commercially available
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Garderos R-xx71 (nxLAN/CDMA450/WLAN) / R-2700/3600/3700/7700/7800 Series
Commercially available
Garderos R-xx73 (nxLAN/CDMA450/2xWLAN) / R-2700/3700/4700 Series
Commercially available
Garderos R-xx77 (nxLAN/CDMA450) / R-2700/3600/3700/7700/7800/7900 Series
Commercially available
Garderos R-xx22 (nxLAN/4G/WLAN) / R-2700/3600/3700/7700/7800 Series
Commercially available
Garderos R-xx24 (nxLAN/4G/2xWLAN) / R-2700/3700/4700 Series
Commercially available
Garderos R-xx28 (nxLAN/4G/2xWLAN) / R-2700/3600/3700/7700/7800/7900 Series
Commercially available
Garderos R-xx52 (nxLAN/2x4G/WLAN) / R-2700/3700/4700 Series
Commercially available
Garderos R-xx58 (nxLAN/2x4G) / R-2700/3700/7700/7800 Series
Commercially available
Garderos R-xx62 (nxLAN/xDSL/4G/WLAN) / R-7700/7800 Series
Commercially available
Garderos R-xx68 (nxLAN/xDSL/4G) / R-4700/7700/7800/7900 Series
Commercially available
Gemtek Outdoor split CPE Engineering or prototype samples available
Goodmill w24h-I Commercially available
Goodmill w24h-S Commercially available
Goodmill w24e-R (Ruggedized) Commercially available
Goodmill w24e-R (Train) Commercially available
Huawei B593s-162 Commercially available
Huawei eA780-208 Commercially available
Huawei eA280-204 CPE Commercially available
InHand Networks InRouter 915 Commercially available
Intelliport IPS-130 Commercially available
Intelliport IPS-133 LTE Bridge Pro Commercially available
Intelliport IPS-231 LTE WIFI Router Pro Commercially available
Intelliport IPS-236 LTE On-Board WIFI Router Pro
Commercially available
Intelliport IPS-237 LTE WIFI Router Rail&Road Engineering or prototype samples available
Intelliport IPS-238 Non-Stop IoT Gateway (LTE-M)
Available in road map or planned releases
Intelliport IPS-330 Industrial LTE Router Commercially available
Maestro E708G-Tandem Engineering or prototype samples available
Maipu MPX1800 Engineering or prototype samples available
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Microtik LtAP mini Commercially available
Microtik wAP ac 4G Commercially available
Microtik LtAP 4G Commercially available
Microtik SXT 4G Commercially available
Microtik LHG 4G Commercially available
NET-Automation NETBEE Commercially available
netModule NB1600 Commercially available
Nexpring Co.,Ltd NP21N (Router) Commercially available
Nexpring Co.,Ltd NS21N (MiFi) Commercially available
Notion M02 Commercially available
Notion R02 Commercially available
Notion R05 Commercially available
Peplink BR1 Commercially available
Peplink BR1 IP55, IP67 Commercially available
Peplink BR1 slim Commercially available
Peplink BR1 mini Commercially available
Peplink BR1 m2m Commercially available
Peplink BR1 ENT Commercially available
Peplink BR1 Pro Commercially available
Peplink HD2 Commercially available
Peplink HD2 mini Commercially available
Peplink HD2 IP67, Dome Commercially available
Peplink HD4 Commercially available
Peplink HD4 IP67 Commercially available
Peplink HD4 MBX Commercially available
Peplink MediaFast Commercially available
Peplink Hotspot Commercially available
Power Plus Communications
Smart CDMA Router Commercially available
Power Plus Communications
Smart LTE Router Commercially available
PySENSE Sp. z o.o. PM-RS485-LITE Commercially available
Robustel R3000-4L Commercially available
Robustel R3000-4L450 MR20 Commercially available
Robustel R3000-L4L Commercially available
Robustel R3000-Q4L450A MR21 Commercially available
Robustel R3000-Q4L450B MR22 Commercially available
SAE IT-systems GmbH & Co. KG
FW-5-GATE-450 Commercially available
Smawave SDC210-a Commercially available
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Smawave SRG211-a Commercially available
Smawave SRP210-a Commercially available
Unitac Technology Limited FX835ID Engineering or prototype samples available
Unitac Technology Limited FX850 Status unknown
Unitac Technology Limited FX200 Available in road map or planned releases
Unitac Technology Limited FX400 Available in road map or planned releases
Unitac Technology Limited FX835 Commercially available
Unitac Technology Limited FX836 Commercially available
Unitac Technology Limited IR100 Commercially available
Unitac Technology Limited IR200 Available in road map or planned releases
Unitac Technology Limited MF890 Commercially available
Vida Router Pro Available in road map or planned releases
Vida Router Slim Available in road map or planned releases
Vida Split outdoor Available in road map or planned releases
Vida MiFi Available in road map or planned releases
Viprinet Multichannel VPN Router 310 Commercially available
Viprinet Multichannel VPN Router 522 Commercially available
Viprinet Multichannel VPN Router 2620 Commercially available
Virtual Access GW1000 Commercially available
Virtual access GW1042 Commercially available
Virtual Access GW2027 Commercially available
Virtual Access GW3344 Commercially available
Virtual Access NB1600 Commercially available
Virtual Access GW2028 Substation Gateway Commercially available
Virtual Access GW1042M Commercially available
Virtual Access GW2300 with PoE+ Commercially available
Virtual Access GW2024P with Mini RTU Commercially available
Virtual Access SG1000 with HMI/RTU Commercially available
WM Systems Modem Commercially available
WM Systems M2M Router Commercially available
WTW-electronic IoT linkbox Commercially available
ZTE - Callta WF821 LTE Indoor Wi-Fi CPE Solution
Commercially available
ZTE - Callta WF820 LTE Outdoor Data CPE Solution
Commercially available
ZTE - Callta Outdoor CPE GD601 Commercially available
ZTE - Callta CPE GD501 Commercially available
ZyXEL LTE3300 Commercially available
ZyXEL LTE400 Commercially available
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4.5 List of Modules The total amount of modules is twenty-four (24), seventeen (17) of these are commercially available. The list below shows the devices reported. Table 5. List of know modules and commercial status
Manufacture Product name Commercial status
AsiaTelco LM41 LGA Commercially available
AsiaTelco LM66 Commercially available
AsiaTelco LP41 Commercially available
CeLa Link Corporation 4G LTE Module / CLM-415 Commercially available
Cellient MPL-200 Commercially available
Gosuncn GM100 Commercially available
HUCOM Wireless WPD-600N Commercially available
Microtik R11e-4G Commercially available
Nexpring Co.,Ltd NM11N (Mini PCI type) Commercially available
Notion M63 Commercially available
NTMore NTLM-500 Commercially available
Quectel BC950N-N1 Engineering or prototype samples available
Quectel BG95-M4 Engineering or prototype samples available
Seowon SLF-120P03G Commercially available
SIMCOM WIRELESS SIM7070E Commercially available
SIMCOM WIRELESS SIM7070R Engineering or prototype samples available
Smawave MG3126 Commercially available
Smawave MLG5952B Commercially available
Telit CE910-SL Commercially available
Telit ME310G1 Available in road map or planned releases
u-blox SARA-R540S Available in road map or planned releases
Unitac Technology Limited ML620 Commercially available
Unitac Technology Limited ML660 Engineering or prototype samples available
Unitac Technology Limited ML660P Engineering or prototype samples available
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4.6 List of Utility meters The total amount of integrated utility meters is ten (10), eight (8) of these are commercially available. The list below shows the devices reported. Table 6. List of know integrated utility meters and commercial status
Manufacture Product name Commercial status
ANDRA CM-45L Commercially available
Intelliport IPS-510 Electricity Meter Gateway (NB-IoT, LTE-M)
Engineering or prototype samples available
Intelliport IPS-520 Gas Meter Gateway (NB-IoT, LTE-M)
Engineering or prototype samples available
Power Plus Communications CDMA Smart Meter Gateway Commercially available
Power Plus Communications LTE Smart Meter Gateway Commercially available
WM Systems WM-E1S, Narrow Band modems for Honeywell / Elster Alpha A1500, A1700, A1800 and the A1140/A1160 electricity meters
Commercially available
WM Systems WM-E1SL, Narrow Band modems for Landis+Gyr E350 / E450 electricity meters (ZMD310, ZMD410 types)
Commercially available
WM Systems WM-E2S, Narrow Band modems for Itrón ACE6000, ACE8000 and ACE SL7000 electricity meters
Commercially available
WM Systems WM-E2SL, Narrow Band modems for Landis+Gyr E350, E450, E550 (type ZxG 3xx and ZxG 4xx) electricity meters
Commercially available
WM Systems WM-E3S, Narrow Band modems for Honeywell / Elster AS220/AS230/AS300 and AS1440, AS3000/AS3500 electricity meters
Commercially available
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4.7 List of Chipsets The total amount of chipsets is seventeen (17), nine (9) of these are commercially available. The list below shows the devices reported. Table 7. List of know chipsets and commercial status
Manufacture Product name Commercial status
Altair Semi ALT1250 (Cat-M1, Cat-NB2) Commercially available
Altair Semi ALT3800 (Cat-4) Commercially available
ASR Micro 1602/3601 (Cat-M, Cat-1) Engineering or prototype samples available
ASR Micro 1603/3603 (Cat-M, Cat-1) Available in road map or planned releases
ASR Micro 1802/1825 (Cat-4), 1826 (Cat-6) Available in road map or planned releases
GCT GDM7243ST (Cat-4) Commercially available
GCT GDM7240B Commercially available
HiSilicon HiSilicon Balong 710 +ADI (450) Commercially available
HiSilicon Hi2115 (Cat-NB1) Status unknown
Mediatek MT2625 (Cat-NB1) Engineering or prototype samples available
Qualcomm 9205 (Cat-M1, Cat-NB2) Commercially available
Qualcomm MDM9310 Commercially available
Qualcomm MDM9215 Commercially available
Qualcomm MDM9x15 Commercially available
Sequans Cassiopeia platform (Cat-1/4/6) Status unknown
u-blox UBX-R5 Engineering or prototype samples available
Unisoc UIS8910DM (Cat-1) Available in road map or planned releases
4.8 List of Other items The number of other suppliers of 450 MHz related product is fourteen (14), all of these are commercially available. The list below shows the suppliers which was the only input reported. Table 8. List of know Antennas and commercial status
Manufacture Product Commercial status
2J antennas Antennas Commercially available
Amphenol Procom Antennas Commercially available
EAD Antennas Commercially available
Kathrein Antennas Commercially available
Laird Antennas Commercially available
Linx Technologies Antennas Commercially available
Panorama Antennas Commercially available
PCTel Antennas Commercially available
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Poynting Antennas Commercially available
Scan-Antenna Antennas Commercially available
Smartec Antennas Commercially available
Taoglas Antennas Commercially available
Telewave Antennas Commercially available
Unictron Antennas Commercially available
5 Device forecast
Within the 450 MHz Alliance annual forecasts are gathered from the operators currently operating in spectrum of 380-512 MHz. This is done on a non-committed basis and for a five years term.
5.1 CAT 4 and 6 The forecast for LTE CAT 4 and CAT 6 modules and routers in the 410 MHz and 450 MHz bands are provided by seven operators in Asia, Europe and South America.
Regions Y 2020 Y 2021 Y 2022 Y 2023
Europe 60.000 390.000 480.000 575.000
Southeast Asia 50.000 50.000 50.000 100.000
South America - - - -
Total 110.000 440.000 530.000 675.000
5.2 NB-IoT and LTE-M The forecast for LTE NB-IoT and LTE-M modules and routers in the 410 MHz and 450 MHz bands are provided by nine operators in Asia, Europe and South America.
Regions Y 2020 Y 2021 Y 2022 Y 2023
Europe 300.000 2.050.000 3.000.000 3.450.000
Southeast Asia 50.000 50.000 100.000 100.000
South America 300.000 400.000 400.000 400.000
Total 650.000 2.500.000 3.500.000 3.950.000
5.3 Handheld The forecast for LTE handhelds in the 410 MHz and 450 MHz bands are provided by eight operators in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America, forecasts are given with the condition that the handhelds fulfill the requirement of the operator.
Regions Y 2020 Y 2021 Y 2022 Y 2023 Y 2024 Y 2025-29
Total 12.700 35.750 80.000 87.500 125.000 920.000
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6 General outlook
The evolvement toward LTE of the spectrum in 380 MHz to 512 MHz is expected to increase. Bandwidth and coverage requirements for private and closed network as well as public network for rural communication are getting more interest and with this also an increased interest for the lower spectrum bands. With only twenty active operation and spectrum allocated in over seventy country the expansion can be very fast. The ongoing consultations and the interest from government and companies are likely to drive the ecosystem even faster.
