NB IoT, nRF9160 SiP. sim card/antenna?

RE: NB IoT, nRF9160 SiP. sim card/antenna?

Amanda Hsieh — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 08:56:51 GMT

Hi,

Based on iBasis network coverage it does not mention India, or more importantly that LTE-M or NB-IoT support has not yet been deployed in India: https://www.gsma.com/iot/deployment-map/

So when using the iBasis SIM in your smartphone it was using another technology than LTE-M/NB-IoT to communicate.

-Amanda H.

RE: NB IoT, nRF9160 SiP. sim card/antenna?

Carl Richard — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 08:50:52 GMT

No problem!

I don't know too much about about deployment status of NB IoT in India, but from what I could find there will be an effort to provide it nationally during 2019/2020.

From what I know only Telia and Telenor provides NB-IoT in Norway.

RE: NB IoT, nRF9160 SiP. sim card/antenna?

Chirag Panchal — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 08:41:23 GMT

thanks a lot Carl,

One last question may be that could be for sales representative - if you could answer will be beneficial for me. I am from India, do you know any near future possibility to use NB IoT in India - Vodafone / Jio ? which companies offers NB-IoT sim cards in your country ?

RE: NB IoT, nRF9160 SiP. sim card/antenna?

Carl Richard — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 08:24:56 GMT

Hi!

I don't know about the nRF9160 SiP alone, but the nRF9160 DK comes with an iBasis SIM card to be inserted in a socket on the board. There is also support for eSIM, but it requires an extra component. Take a look here.

When it comes to antennas; the DK uses separate antennas for LTE and GPS, but I don't know whether that is required or not.

Note that the DK has support for alternative, external antennas as well.

I recommend that you take a look at the documentation for nRF9160 and its DK here.