<s>
LTE-M	B-Device
or	O
LTE-MTC	O
(	O
"	O
Long-Term	O
Evolution	O
Machine	O
Type	O
Communication	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
low-power	B-General_Concept
wide-area	I-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
radio	O
communication	O
technology	O
standard	O
developed	O
by	O
3GPP	O
for	O
machine-to-machine	O
and	O
Internet	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Things	I-Operating_System
(	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
)	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LTE-M	B-Device
includes	O
eMTC	B-Device
(	O
"	O
enhanced	O
Machine	O
Type	O
Communication	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
LTE	B-Device
Cat-M1	I-Device
,	O
whose	O
specification	O
was	O
frozen	O
in	O
3GPP	O
Release	O
13	O
(	O
LTE	O
Advanced	O
Pro	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
June	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Competing	O
3GPP	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
technologies	O
include	O
NB-IoT	O
and	O
EC-GSM-IoT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
advantage	O
of	O
LTE-M	B-Device
over	O
NB-IoT	O
is	O
its	O
comparatively	O
higher	O
data	O
rate	O
,	O
mobility	O
,	O
and	O
voice	O
over	O
the	O
network	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
requires	O
more	O
bandwidth	O
,	O
is	O
more	O
costly	O
,	O
and	O
cannot	O
be	O
put	O
into	O
guard	B-Algorithm
band	I-Algorithm
portion	O
of	O
the	O
frequency	B-Algorithm
band	I-Algorithm
for	O
now	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
LTE	O
Release	O
12	O
Cat-0	O
modem	O
,	O
an	O
LTE-M	B-Device
model	O
is	O
claimed	O
to	O
be	O
80%	O
less	O
expensive	O
(	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
bill	O
of	O
materials	O
)	O
,	O
support	O
up	O
to	O
18	O
dB	O
better	O
coverage	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
battery	O
lifetime	O
that	O
can	O
last	O
up	O
to	O
several	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
Global	O
Mobile	O
Suppliers	O
Association	O
reported	O
that	O
over	O
100	O
operators	O
had	O
deployed/launched	O
either	O
NB-IoT	O
or	O
LTE-M	B-Device
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
February	O
2022	O
,	O
GSMA	O
had	O
listed	O
LTE-M	B-Device
as	O
being	O
launched	O
on	O
60	O
commercial	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
