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#247933 3-Mar-2019 15:14
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I'm studying and looking closely at GPS trackers that use CAT M1. The 4G tracker I like the look of atm is TK319-L which is available on Aliexpress or Ebay. I want to use the tracker to locate vehicles.

 

I hear CAT M1 has significant advantages in a number of areas including power saving. Also Spark turned on CAT M1 recently.

 

 

 

Do I need a special or certain SIM to use CAT M1? or will any 4G SIM do it?

 

 

 

TK319-L can work with 4G LTE Cat M1. It support HSDPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHZ

 

LTE bands: Global bands: 1,2,3,4,5,8,12,13,17,18,20,25,26,28 & 29

 

It appears Spark can supply the service? ..and there's others on-selling the service i.e. M2Mone.co.nz 

 

Who's good?

 

 

 

Monthly data? Given CAT M1 is very frugal on data is 50mb/month reasonable? I've no proper idea of the answer but I'll need to start somewhere.

 

 

 

M2Mone.co.nz have something called a "M2M & IoT Starter kit" for $26+gst, 3 month prepaid with 50mb/month data. Is this the correct service to suit the TK-319-L?

 

 

 

Please throw some light onto the situation, discuss or recommend etc.. Thanks.

 

 

 

 


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  #2213722 9-Apr-2019 15:59
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Apologies for the late reply, we do not restrict ability to use the Cat M1 network by Sim card type.  Effectively you could use current Spark SIMs.

 

However we recommend getting our M2M evaluation starter kit to get started if your IoT application is business related :)

 

https://spark.m2m.com

 

Cat M1 devices must support 700Mhz (Band 28) to work effectively on our network.  In the future 1800MHz (Band 3) and 850MHz (Band 5) will also be ideal.

 

As for RCM, anyone who imports, distributes, manufacturers, installs or sells, an electrical, electronic or radio product should get RCM certification


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