Sprint Business makes exciting new announcements at Mobile World Congress LA #MWC19

Sprint Business has made some exciting announcements at the ongoing  Mobile World Congress in LA. This includes  the addition of Sprint Curiosity added NB-IoT to its offering, Sprint’s expansion of true mobile 5G, and a new partnership and multi-year project with Arizona State University to combine innovation with 5G with Curiosity IoT.

Sprint Expands True Mobile 5G to Cover Approximately 16 Million People Within Nine Metro Areas

Sprint has expanded its True Mobile 5G service to now cover approximately 16 million people — previously approximately 11 million — within our nine metropolitan areas. Where Sprint 5G is available, customers with 5G devices are experiencing dramatically faster speeds, with initial 5G performance results showing a nearly 6X increase in average download speed compared to LTE.

Sprint and Arizona State University to Combine Innovation with 5G and Curiosity™ IoT

Sprint is working with Arizona State University to help drive economic, educational, technological and social growth for an entire region of Arizona, leveraging the power of Sprint’s True Mobile 5G and Curiosity IoT’s advanced dedicated network and operating system. The multiyear project will enable massive 5G campus connectivity, create new IoT curriculum, and kick-start joint scientific research.

Sprint Extends CuriosityTM  to Include Private IoT Networks

Sprint announced it would launch a private network solution — in partnership with Ericsson — that brings IoT to the Edge on its groundbreaking Curiosity™ IoT Core and Curiosity™ OS. The solution design, purpose-built for IoT, enables enterprise customers to manage IoT applications that have critical requirements, such as low latency or local breakout, without the need to traverse the macro network. Data from devices is turned into intelligence locally, creating benefits for a variety of verticals, such as manufacturing, public safety and mining, to reach the other on-premise devices or application services.

NB-IoT Now Available on Sprint’s Curiosity™ IoT

Sprint announces the availability of NB-IoT on its Curiosity™ IoT platform. A complement to the nationwide Cat-M rollout, NB-IoT further expands low-power wide area network access to its dedicated, virtualized and distributed network and operating system, purpose-engineered for IoT. The combination of CAT-M and NB-IoT brings flexibility to address the unique demands of diverse connected device use cases. With the rollout of NB-IoT, Sprint is meeting the needs of small and medium businesses, enterprises and government entities in how to connect, manage and secure its people, places and things.

Monday, Oct. 21, 2019

MWC19 Los Angeles starts tomorrow but Sprint is getting the news rolling today. Check out today’s two announcements (and stay tuned for more):

Sprint Adds Two Products to Indoor Small Cell Portfolio for Home and Small Business

Sprint unveiled two new indoor small cell solutions to improve data coverage and speeds in residences and businesses. The devices are a small femtocell, Pebble, for improved indoor voice and data coverage,  and a new “Silver” version of the award-winning Sprint Magic Box.

Silver is designed to improve data coverage and speeds.

Vuzix Announces Smart Glasses Remote Worker Connectivity Bundle on Sprint Curiosity™ IoT

Sprint and Vuzix Corporation today announced the launch of a turnkey Vuzix Smart Glasses Remote Worker Connectivity Bundle. It consists of cellular connectivity bundle on the Sprint Curiosity™ IoT core network, including an Inseego MiFi 8000 hotspot, Vuzix Remote Assist, a see-what-I-see SaaS solution, and one of three Vuzix smart glasses options – Vuzix M300XL, Vuzix Blade or Vuzix M400. The Vuzix Smart Glasses and the Inseego MiFi 8000 hotspot will come pre-kitted and connected to the Sprint Curiosity™ core IoT network, providing a turnkey solution for enterprise customers and their remote workers.