Wireless China Industry Summit 2016 was held on September 7.
According to Shen Shaoai, deputy general manager of Technology Department of China Telecom, China Telecom will give priority to NB-IoT deployment on upper 800MHz band in the standalone mode to assist in the development of LPWA IoT services and conduct networking of NB-IoT & LTE based on 800MHz band in the ratio of 1 to 1 in the regions in demand of these services, which can promote in-depth coverage and reduce the risk of interference.
He also said, "Relying on LTE, China Telecom will be able to support eMTC and meet the need of medium-speed IoT services. The core network can be accessed to LTE EPC or proprietary core IoT."