Podcast: IoT quality of experience starts with the connection – Is it Licensed or Unlicensed

When you are installing IoT, if you are not using licensed wireless, you are gambling with your customers experience and critical data. Brian Ray, CTO for Iota Communications, explains the differences, which are significant, to Don Witt of The Channel Daily News, a TR publication. Iota Commercial channels include Smart Building/Smart Energy and Iota Networks which focuses on the technology for OEM, Telcos and other IoT wireless solutions. Brian Ray Brian continues to explain the ramifications of using licensed or unlicensed spectrum as well as advantages to ensuring your spectrum is licensed.  For example, using a licensed spectrum has two significant benefits: greater reliability and better performance. Why? Think of it like a crowded room: As more and more people are packed in and talking simultaneously, it becomes harder to hear. Unlicensed spectrum users are competing with other users for priority. As an unlicensed user, you have no protection from interference on the part of other parties. The Iota Network is the backbone and enabler of all of the  IoT solutions the company offers from Smart Buildings to Smart Energy. Purpose built for the Internet of Things, they are the first IoT network employing FCC licensed spectrum. Hop on board! Their goal is to help businesses leverage technology and connectivity to reduce cost, increase efficiency and advance sustainability. Their dedicated carrier-grade network is purpose built to enable low-cost, long-range connectivity in even the most challenging of environments. This connectivity powers a data collection, analysis and visualization process that provides actionable insights, drives sustainability and profitability, and positively impacts our planet. For more information, go to: https://www.iotacommunications.com/