Effortless Connectivity
How Enterprises are Preparing for Next Generation Cellular IoT

As cellular IoT deployments expand, enterprises are facing new decisions around coverage, reliability, scalability, security, and connectivity management. ABI Research, in collaboration with Pelion, surveyed cellular IoT users across energy, healthcare, logistics and transport, manufacturing, and smart buildings and cities in the United States and United Kingdom.

This whitepaper explores what these organizations prioritize when selecting connectivity providers, the challenges they encounter when scaling deployments, and how procurement preferences are changing. It also examines the growing role of eSIM, multi-network connectivity, and MVNOs as enterprises prepare for larger and increasingly international IoT footprints.

Topics Covered

• Enterprise IoT Priorities: The business goals driving cellular IoT deployments, including reducing operational downtime and improving operational visibility
• Connectivity Provider Requirements: Why coverage, reliability, and future-proofed SIMs rank among the leading evaluation criteria
• Provider Performance Gaps: Where customers report shortcomings in IoT expertise, deployment services, security, connectivity management, support, and pricing
• Scaling Challenges: Managing deployments outside core coverage areas, unstable connectivity and capacity, multiple Connectivity Management Platforms, and coverage limitations
• Security and Compliance: How security incidents, regulatory requirements, and the cost of non-compliance are influencing connectivity decisions
• Changing Procurement Models: The role of IoT solution providers, systems integrators, hardware partners, and online marketplaces in connectivity purchasing
• MVNO Adoption: Why approximately 60% of respondents would consider an MVNO for future IoT deployments, including commercial flexibility, global multi-carrier access, and expanded connectivity management functionality

Download the whitepaper to explore how enterprises are preparing to scale cellular IoT deployments and what they expect from the next generation of connectivity providers.