Assets That Move Deserve Tracking That Moves With Them.

Sphere’s NB-IoT Asset Tracking solution delivers nationwide asset visibility for equipment, vehicles, and shipments in transit – using cellular NB-IoT networks with no private gateway infrastructure. Ideal for assets that span multiple facilities, regions, or supply chain partners.

Nationwide

Coverage (No Gateway)

10 Years

Tag Battery Life

$0

Gateway Infrastructure Cost

Sub-$1

Monthly Cost per Tag

Why This Matters Now

Enterprises with assets in transit – rental equipment, leased vehicles, shipped goods, field tools – have no cost-effective way to track them once they leave a facility. GPS is too expensive at scale. LoRaWAN requires gateway infrastructure at every location. Bluetooth has no range. The result: assets disappear into a black hole the moment they leave the building.

1. Transit Is a Tracking Black Hole

Once an asset leaves a facility, most companies lose real-time visibility entirely. Equipment gets lost, rental fleets aren’t returned, and cold chain violations go undetected.

2. GPS Cellular Costs Are Prohibitive

Tracking 500 assets via GPS at $25/month per device costs $150K/year in connectivity alone – making ROI nearly impossible for low-to-medium value assets.

3. No Infrastructure = No Tracking

LoRaWAN and Bluetooth require local infrastructure at every location. For assets moving between dozens of sites, partners, and customers, that’s simply not feasible.

What Sphere Delivers

NB-IoT or Narrowband IoT is a cellular standard designed specifically for IoT devices – offering nationwide coverage via existing LTE towers, sub-$1/month connectivity, and 10-year battery life on a single charge. Sphere’s NB-IoT Asset Tracking platform combines pre-certified NB-IoT tags, AWS IoT Core integration, and a real-time tracking dashboard – delivering GPS-grade visibility at a fraction of the cost.

Nationwide Coverage, Zero Infrastructure

Leverages existing LTE tower infrastructure from T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon. Tracks assets anywhere with cell service — no private gateways, no facility infrastructure.
Cold Chain & Condition Monitoring

Tags measure temperature, humidity, shock, and tilt in transit – with configurable alerts for excursions. Ideal for pharmaceuticals, food logistics, and sensitive equipment.
10-Year Battery on a Single Charge

NB-IoT’s ultra-low-power protocol enables tags that transmit location, temperature, and condition data for up to 10 years on a coin-cell battery.
ERP & TMS Integration

Bidirectional integration with SAP, Oracle, Manhattan Associates, and major TMS platforms – enriching existing supply chain data with real-time location and condition intelligence.
Supply Chain Visibility Dashboard

End-to-end shipment and asset visibility across your entire supply chain – including third-party carriers, warehouses, and customer sites.
Predictive ETA & Exception Alerts

Use live location, route progress, and condition data to predict delivery delays before they cascade into customer or operational issues. Operations teams get early alerts on missed milestones, stalled shipments, route deviations, and in-transit risk.

Built On Industry-Leading Technology

Sphere’s NB-IoT asset tracking platform runs on a proven stack built for large-scale, real-world deployment. The architecture combines carrier-backed connectivity, AWS-native device and event services, geofencing, alerting, and enterprise system connectors to move asset data from the field into operational workflows without custom infrastructure.

icon NB-IoT (3GPP standard, Cat-NB1/NB2)
icon Multi-carrier SIM (T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon)
icon AWS IoT Core (device management)
icon Amazon Location Service (geofencing & routing)
icon AWS Lambda (event processing)
icon Amazon SNS (alert delivery)
icon SAP / Oracle / TMS integration connectors

Who This Is For

INDUSTRY

VERTICAL APPLICATION

Equipment Rental

Track rental fleet location, utilization, and return status across all customer sites in real time.

Pharmaceutical Logistics

Monitor temperature and condition of pharmaceutical shipments across the entire cold chain – from manufacturer to dispensary.

Field Service

Track field service tools and equipment across technician fleets. Know exactly what’s where before dispatching.

Construction Rentals

Monitor heavy equipment across multiple job sites without private infrastructure at each location.

Retail Logistics

Visibility into inventory in transit between DCs, stores, and returns centers.

Get a Free NB-IoT Coverage Assessment

Sphere will evaluate NB-IoT carrier coverage across all your locations, estimate tag costs for your asset fleet, and deliver a projected ROI analysis – all within 5 business days. No commitment required.

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How It Works

Asset Audit

Identify assets for tracking, define update frequency and alert thresholds, select appropriate tag form factor.

Tag Provisioning

Sphere provisions NB-IoT tags with multi-carrier SIMs. Ships pre-configured to your team for self-installation.

Platform Setup

Configure AWS IoT Core, set up supply chain dashboard, configure geofences and alert rules.

Go Live & Optimize 

Attach tags to assets. Platform receives first data transmission within minutes. Full visibility in 24 hours.

ROI & Bussines Impact

NB-IoT tracking typically delivers ROI within 60–90 days for companies with significant asset loss or transit blind spots.

Typical annual savings: $200K–$800K from reduced asset loss, faster rental returns, eliminated theft, and cold chain violation prevention.

At sub-$1/month per device, a 500-asset deployment costs under $6K/year in connectivity — compared to $150K+ for GPS/cellular alternatives.

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Frequently asked question

NB-IoT asset tracking enterprise is a cellular IoT asset management approach that uses Narrowband IoT connectivity to track location, condition, and movement of assets across large geographies. NB-IoT asset tracking enterprise is designed for companies that need long battery life, nationwide coverage, and low operating cost without deploying private gateway infrastructure.

NB-IoT asset tracking works by sending asset data from NB-IoT tags over licensed cellular infrastructure to a cloud platform for visibility, alerts, and integration. An NB-IoT asset tracking enterprise platform typically combines carrier-backed connectivity, device management, geofencing, event processing, and ERP or TMS integration.

NB-IoT asset tracking is attractive for large-scale deployments because NB-IoT combines low-power operation, wide-area cellular coverage, and lower connectivity cost than traditional GPS plus cellular tracking. NB-IoT asset tracking enterprise is often a strong fit for organizations that need thousands of tracked assets across multiple facilities, routes, or customer sites.

NB-IoT vs LoRaWAN asset tracking usually comes down to network ownership, coverage model, and deployment requirements. NB-IoT asset tracking uses public cellular infrastructure and supports LPWAN tracking without gateway deployment, while LoRaWAN asset tracking often depends on private gateways or access to public LoRaWAN coverage in the target geography.

NB-IoT is better than LoRaWAN asset tracking when the asset tracking program needs nationwide reach, mobile asset visibility, and faster rollout without network planning. NB-IoT asset tracking enterprise is especially strong for supply chain, field service, cold chain, and cross-region asset management where assets move far beyond one facility or campus.

LPWAN tracking without gateway is an asset tracking model that does not require the company to deploy and maintain private radio gateway infrastructure. NB-IoT asset tracking enterprise is one of the clearest examples of LPWAN tracking without gateway because NB-IoT runs over existing carrier networks instead of customer-owned gateways.

NB-IoT asset tracking is well suited for logistics, healthcare, manufacturing, construction, field operations, and cold chain distribution. Cellular IoT asset management is especially valuable in industries where assets move across warehouses, vehicles, customer locations, or remote service territories.

NB-IoT asset tracking can support condition monitoring by combining location data with temperature, humidity, shock, tilt, or route progress data. Enterprise platform gives operations teams both shipment visibility and asset condition intelligence in one workflow.

NB-IoT asset tracking can integrate with ERP and TMS platforms through APIs and prebuilt connectors. Cellular IoT asset management becomes much more useful when NB-IoT location and condition events enrich shipment status, inventory visibility, exception handling, and operational reporting inside core business systems.

Buyers should look for nationwide carrier coverage, long battery life, multi-sensor tag support, geofencing, real-time alerting, cloud scalability, and ERP or TMS integration. The best NB-IoT asset tracking enterprise platform should also support protocol comparison, clear ROI modeling, and a deployment path that does not depend on private gateway rollout.

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