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E058 Polte's Ed Chao | What is Cloud Location over Cellular?

IoT For All Podcast · 23 Mar 2020 · 37m

What this episode covers

Ed Chow, CEO of Polte, explains Polte's Cloud Location over Cellular (C-LoC) technology, which leverages existing cellular infrastructure to provide location data without GPS. He contrasts this with GPS's high power consumption and indoor limitations, highlighting C-LoC's ability to offer building-level accuracy (30-70 meters) both indoors and outdoors. Chow discusses the shift toward 5G Massive IoT (Cat-M1, NB-IoT) to enable sub-$5 trackers for enterprise asset tracking, such as pallets and dollies, and emphasizes the importance of ecosystem partnerships with chipmakers like Sequans and Altair.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Polte, Sequans, Altair, Nortel, Bell Labs, Metro PCS, T-Mobile, Link Labs, Nimble Link, Fleet Tilla
Products
GPS, Bluetooth
Chips
Cat-M1, NB-IoT, LTEM

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