AT&T has signed separate roaming agreements with Bell, Rogers and TELUS to extend its LTE-M Roaming to Canada for Internet of Things.
Bell, Rogers and TELUS operate cellular networks that cover most of the 37 million people in Canada. Each have LTE-M up and running across their national 4G LTE networks. In addition to enabling AT&T customers to roam into each of their respective regions in Canada, these reciprocal agreements also enable Bell, Rogers and TELUS to expand their LTE-M footprint into the U.S.
This will allow low-power IoT devices such as smart wearables, kitchen appliances, trackers, patient monitors and alarm panels to operate continent-wide in tandem with AT&T.
AT&T launched LTE-M across the U.S. in 2017, followed by Mexico. We also launched a nationwide NB-IoT network in the U.S. in the second quarter of 2019 and expect to begin deployment in Mexico by the end of 2019. NB-IoT is a complementary low-power IoT network.
AT&T’s LTE-M network and roaming agreements now cover the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Combined with existing roaming agreements covering parts of Europe, AT&T claims that its enterprise customers now have access to the largest LTE-M ecosystem in the world.
Simon Winggrove, Director of Strategy and Incubation, BT
More and more of our enterprise customers are launching IoT applications across international boundaries. Having access to the first North American footprint for LTE-M through these roaming agreements will help them simplify deployments, scale their IoT plans, and put them on the path to 5G,” said Chris Penrose, President, Advanced Mobility and Enterprise Solutions, AT&T. “This is an important milestone toward a globalized IoT.
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