Nordic Semiconductor announced at this week’s MWC in Barcelona an expansion of its low-power cellular IoT products and technologies designed to deliver secure, global connectivity as networks and satellite NTN evolve. 

“Nordic is building the next era of cellular IoT, and we are expanding our portfolio to give developers the most trusted, power-efficient and scalable connectivity platform for billions of devices worldwide,” said Vegard Wollan, CEO of the Norwegian electronics company. “Our goal is to make globally connected products easier to build, deploy and scale, from chip to cloud.”

Built on the foundation of Nordic’s nRF91 series, the expansion includes two more cellular product series – the nRF92 and nRF93 – alongside updates to the nRF91 series.

The nRF92 is said to be the smallest, highest-integrated and most power-efficient cellular product, integrating a high-performance application MCU with low-power edge AI through Nordic’s Axon NPUs (neural processing units), multi-constellation GNSS receiver, wifi locationing and sensor co-processing. This will enable possibilities for applications such as smart meters, trackers, labels, industrial sensors and wearables with multi-year battery life. Lead customer sampling is underway, with general availability planned for early 2027.

The nRF93M1 modules deliver higher throughput (10Mbit/s downlink and 5Mbit/s uplink), robust performance, global LTE support and built-in wifi location capabilities while maintaining low power consumption and compact form factor. Optimised for asset tracking, gateways, fleet management, security devices, metering and consumer devices, it offers an easy-to-integrate alternative to LTE Cat 1bis designs. It is fully integrated with nRF Cloud, along with FOTA, observability, remote debugging and location services. Lead customers are currently developing products and general availability is due in mid-2026.

The nRF9151 LTE-M and NB-IoT module now includes 3GPP-compliant GEO and LEO satellite NTN connectivity for logistics, smart agriculture, energy and remote infrastructure applications. In addition, it will include sub-GHz fallback to maintain connectivity when public networks are unavailable.

Nordic is also introducing the nRF91M1 compact, easy-to-use smart modem module for those seeking a simple and fast way to add cellular connectivity. It offers Nordic’s low-power modem stack, AT-command interface and secure cloud integration. It is suitable for the traditional host-modem architecture and for achieving rapid time to market.

Nordic is collaborating with customers on 5G eRedCap technologies that will enable broader application coverage in the future. These efforts form part of Nordic’s long-term strategy to deliver low-power cellular products across the full spectrum of IoT use cases.

“This expansion marks a defining moment for Nordic’s long-range strategy,” said Oyvind Birkenes, executive vice president at Nordic Semiconductor (www.nordicsemi.com). “A unified, market-leading portfolio spanning across these technologies gives developers clarity, confidence and a long-term roadmap they can rely on, even as networks and requirements evolve worldwide.”