South Korean mobile network operator LG U⁺ has certified Telit Cinterion’s NE310L2 series of NB-IoT modules for power- and cost-sensitive IoT applications.

Featuring Sony’s Altair ALT1255 NB-IoT chipset, the NE310L2 has low power consumption and a compact footprint.

LG U⁺ certification enables immediate use of the NE310L2 for smart meters, industrial sensors, asset trackers and other battery-operated, cost sensitive LPWA NB-IoT applications on one of Korea’s largest networks.

The NE310L2 (www.telit.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/TC_NE310L2_Product_Brief.pdf) is the first low-power wide area (LPWA) NB-IoT module based on Sony’s Altair ALT1255 chipset (altair.sony-semicon.com/products/alt1255) to be approved by LG U⁺ (www.lguplus.com). The NE310L2-W1 module has a 13.1 by 14.3mm footprint, making it suitable for space-constrained IoT devices such as smart meters, medical and fitness wearables, home automation, and asset trackers. Features include:

• Power saving mode (PSM) and extended discontinuous reception (eDRX) to lowers power consumption for battery-operated devices.
• 23dBm output power (Power Class 3) to increase uplink coverage reliability and performance.
• Pin-to-pin compatibility with the rest of Telit Cinterion’s xE310 family, enabling integrators to design a single PCB layout and deploy any combination of 2G and 4G technologies.
• Temperature range of -40 to +85˚C to enable reliable operation in extreme applications such as automated metering infrastructure (AMI), smart agriculture and industrial sensors.

“Certification by LG U⁺ means IoT specialists, systems integrators and device OEMs serving the Korea market can take advantage of the Telit Cinterion NE310L2 and the Sony’s Altair ALT1255 chipset,” said Steven Kim, senior sales director at Telit Cinterion. “The NE310L2 deftly balances performance, flexibility, power efficiency, size and durability, making it the ideal choice for a wide variety of IoT applications, ranging from wearables to utility meters to industrial sensors.”

Telit Cinterion (telit.com) is an end-to-end IoT enabler with a portfolio of enterprise-grade wireless communication and positioning modules, cellular MVNO connectivity plans and management services, edge-cloud software and data orchestration, and IoT and industrial IoT platforms.