(Long Term Evolution-MTC [Machine Type Communication]). A type of low power wide area network (LPWAN) radio technology standard to enable a wide range of cellular devices and services (specifically, for machine-to-machine and Internet of Things applications). The specification for eMTC is LTE Cat-M1. The advantage of LTE-M over NB-IoT is its comparatively higher data rate, mobility, and voice over the network; however, it requires more bandwidth, is more costly, and cannot be put into guard band frequency band at this time.
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