TIM prepares to launch nationwide commercial NB-IoT service

Italian operator TIM says it’s the first in Italy to make its network ready for NB-IoT services, which will be offered at the end of this month.
75% of the TIM network is apparently up and running with NB-IoT technology, which is one of the more advanced flavours of narrowband wireless available. This means 5,000 municipalities will be able to live the internet of things dream in a couple of weeks.
Quite what form that will take, however, remains to be seen. It’s one thing having acc