NTT Docomo has adopted Chinese firm Robustel’s R1510 industrial cellular IoT gateway to help users solve their connectivity problems with secure and scalable IoT and M2M services.

This will be used for the Japanese operator’s IoT managed service bundle combining communication devices, connectivity and maintenance in a complete offering. This service has wide-reaching applications beyond the IoT industry, functioning as an alternative for anyone using ISDN, PSTN and 3G networks as they are scheduled to be shut down in the future.

The R1510 IoT router is an industrial LTE router offering connectivity with various interfaces. With thousands of units regularly being shipped worldwide, it has been certified by over 20 mobile network operators in Japan, USA, Europe and south-east Asia. It can thus be quickly deployed in IoT projects not only in Japan but also globally.

The router has an industrial ruggedised housing that can be used in harsh environments with an operating temperature from -25 to +75˚C. In addition to the two Ethernet interfaces, it can support digital inputs and outputs as well as wifi in client and access point modes.

The Robustel RCMS cloud manager service is a modular IoT cloud software platform compatible with all Robustel products. RCMS is designed from the ground-up to empower Robustel users to build their IoT products in a manner that is scalable and cost effective, and can evolve quickly with the market.

Designed to work hand in hand with RobustOS, RCMS unlocks the potential of the firm’s products giving users a range of monitoring, management and control functions.

With its modular design, RCMS enables new APPs to be added to the platform without interfering with core behaviour, to create functionality and allow for integration with third-party applications.

With its local distribution partner Paltek in Yokohama, Robustel has established an operational support system to match the service of NTT Docomo, offering local maintenance, warranty and support systems which have been critical in its adoption.

Since its foundation in 1982, Paltek has been selling domestic and overseas semiconductor products to Japanese electronics manufacturers, as well as providing contract design services for hardware and software. In June 2021, Paltek became a group company of Restar Holdings.

Robustel designs and manufactures industrial-quality wireless IoT modems, routers and gateways for predominantly focused cellular (3G, 4G, LTE and 5G), wifi and LPWAN (Cat-M1, NB-IoT, LoRaWan and Bluetooth) networks. It also architects edge computing, cloud software and end-to-end IoT to complement its hardware.

Robustel works with more than 70 distribution partners and services more than 100 countries; it maintains a dedicated local presence in Germany, Australia, Japan, UK, Hong Kong and the Netherlands.