5G RedCap: What Reduced Capability Means for IoT Deployments

5G RedCap: What Reduced Capability Means for IoT Deployments

When 5G arrived, it came with extraordinary promises: multi-gigabit speeds, sub-millisecond latency, and the capacity to connect billions of devices simultaneously. For smartphones and fixed wireless broadband, those promises made sense. For the vast majority of IoT applications — the sensors, trackers, meters, and monitors that form the backbone of connected industry — they were largely irrelevant, and the cost and complexity of full 5G modems …