Introduction

Nordic Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in short-range wireless and low-power cellular IoT. Nordic pioneered ultra-low-power wireless and helped develop Bluetooth Low Energy, a widely-adopted wireless technology. The company’s award-winning Bluetooth LE solutions have made it the market leader, and are complemented by ANT+, Thread, and Zigbee products. Nordic’s reputation is built on the supply of leading-edge wireless technologies and development tools that shield designers from RF complexity. This approach extends to Nordic’s latest technology, cellular IoT. Launched in 2018 after four years of development, this NB-IoT and LTE-M solution leverages cellular infrastructure to extend the IoT.