BEIJING, May 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm
Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced today that its subsidiary,
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., plans to commence the first
eMTC/NB-IoT/GSM (LTE Cat M1/NB1 and E-GPRS) multimode field trials
in China, with China Mobile
Research Institute (CMRI) and China's leading smart bike sharing company,
Mobike. The field trials' plans contemplate making use of China
Mobile's 2G/4G multimode network and Mobike's smart lock, supported
by the Qualcomm Technologies' MDM9206 global multimode LTE modem
for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The LTE connectivity and
integrated GNSS position-location capability in the MDM9206 LTE
modem is designed to help Mobike customers accurately identify an
available bike, accelerate the unlock process of the smart lock and
assist with real-time management – all while providing Mobike with
continuous monitoring of the bike's status. The trial between
Qualcomm Technologies, Mobike and CMRI, marks an important step in
the effort by leading wireless and consumer services companies to
bring the benefits of global multimode LTE for IoT, to millions of
users and large number of industrial enterprises.
In addition, the MDM9206 global multimode LTE modem together
with Qualcomm Technologies' low-power Bluetooth solution is planned
to be used in the smart Mobike Preferred Location (sMPL) platform
to support sub-meter level positioning, helping Mobike monitor the
real-time location and overall status of its bikes including
quantity, position, and traffic information from different
regions. This platform is also designed to provide operations
personnel with smart instructions for the delivery, scheduling,
operation and maintenance of the bikes.
"China Mobile Research Institute has been actively boosting the
development of IoT and exploring new IoT business opportunities,"
said Madam Huang Yuhong, the DGM of China Mobile Research
Institute. "This planned field trials with Qualcomm Technologies
and Mobike will further expand the applications for LTE IoT
(eMTC/NB-IoT) in areas such as smart bike sharing and smart travel.
We will conduct cross-industry integration and innovation to boost
ubiquitous IoT solutions and the smart IoT life by jointly working
with the China Mobile 5G Joint Innovation Center, and taking full
advantage of China Mobile's vast GSM network and technology
leadership in eMTC/NB-IoT."
"We are committed to providing IoT-optimized solutions that
address demands from our customers to bring a new range of
applications and services built on the reliability, efficiency and
global scale of LTE IoT cellular connectivity," said Way-Shing Lee,
vice president, technology, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
"Through this cooperation with China Mobile Research
Institute and Mobike on the first multimode eMTC/NB-IoT field trial
in China, we can showcase a highly
connected and efficient system for a new IoT application such as
Mobike's bike sharing platform."
"Mobike pioneered the world's first smart bike sharing platform,
and we are committed to addressing the challenge of short-trips
with innovative technologies and solutions and bringing bikes back
to the city. Currently, more than 4.5 million smart bikes operate
on the Mobike system, which are equipped with the exclusive,
independently researched and developed smart locks. Using
connectivity capabilities such as those of the MDM9206 LTE modem
with integrated GNSS supporting GPS BeiDou and Glonass, Mobike has
become one of the largest mobile IoT systems in the world," said
Joe Xia, co-founder and CTO of
Mobike. "Mobike is pleased to work with leading enterprises in
global communications and IoT industries like Qualcomm Technologies
and China Mobile Research Institute in order to deliver IoT
applications and services for end users while taking full
advantages of the latest technology breakthroughs."
The MDM9206 LTE modem is designed to support global Category M1
and NB1/GSM multimode. The IoT-optimized narrowband LTE
technologies help the MDM9206 modem to support cost-efficient,
low-power, low-bandwidth, multi-year battery life and greater
coverage for the next-generation of IoT products and services as
compared to previous LTE generations. The MDM9206 LTE modem also
provides leading-edge location performance, including an integrated
A-GNSS solution, support for cellular and Wi-Fi positioning. The
Cat M1 and NB1 LTE modes designed in the MDM9206 modem bring many
enhancements and optimizations to LTE that will help reduce IoT
device complexity for IoT platforms like Mobike with quicker time
to commercialization of their products.
Additionally, Cat M1 and NB1/GSM multimode will enable IoT
platforms such as Mobike to develop IoT products that can function
in a diverse set of operator deployments worldwide, maximizing the
products' global reach and scalability. The new technologies also
can use existing LTE infrastructure and spectrum, coexisting with
today's mobile broadband services, while providing a superior
solution to proprietary technologies for low-power wide area
networks.
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm's technologies powered the smartphone revolution and
connected billions of people. We pioneered 3G and 4G – and now we
are leading the way to 5G and a new era of intelligent, connected
devices. Our products are revolutionizing industries, including
automotive, computing, IoT, healthcare and data center, and are
allowing millions of devices to connect with each other in ways
never before imagined. Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing
business, QTL, and the vast majority of our patent
portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of
Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, all
of our engineering, research and development functions, and all of
our products and services businesses, including, our QCT
semiconductor business. For more information, visit Qualcomm's
website, OnQ blog, Twitter and Facebook pages.
About China Mobile Research Institute
China Mobile Research Institute (CMRI) is directly under China
Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC). The CMRI specializes in
broad research and technology areas of Telecommunications and IT
fields, including wireless access technology, future network
technology, strategic research, service technology, Internet of
things research, IT and Big Data, industry and market research,
operational support, etc. Its mission is to become the engine to
drive innovations within China Mobile and to be a world-class
industry research lab contributing to the entire ICT industry
About Mobike
Mobike is the world's first and largest smart bike-sharing
company. Its mission is to bring more bikes to more cities, using
its innovative technology to make cycling the most convenient and
environmentally-friendly transport choice for urban residents.
Using specially designed bikes equipped with GPS, IoT chips and
proprietary smart-lock technology, Mobike enables users of its
smartphone app to find a bike near them and unlock it simply by
scanning a QR code. After reaching their destination, the user
parks the bike by the roadside and locks it, automatically making
the bike available to other Mobike users nearby. The company
officially launched its service in Shanghai in April
2016 and in less than a year since then has expanded the
service to over 80 cities across China and internationally, operating nearly
4.5 million smart Mobikes. For more information, visit:
mobike.com.
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Technologies, Inc
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