Wireless carriers shouldn’t expect much business from utilities. At least, not yet
Utility companies, like local water and electricity providers, traditionally build their own private wireless networks. And that tendency shows no signs of changing in the short term despite the increasing availability of low-power wireless IoT networks from carriers. In the longer term, though, several factors will determine the balance between how deeply utilities rely on commercial wireless carriers and how much they keep in house.
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