Essence Group, with 30 years of experience in developing advanced technologies for the security and healthcare markets, recognized the need to move away from traditional systems reliant on central hubs and local infrastructure. This need posed a variety of technical challenges, notably, finding a communications infrastructure that facilitated connectivity and power autonomy while transmitting critical data at a sufficient rate. The solution was found in the new cellular technology of LTE CAT-M1. However, this technology had some inherent limitations that needed to be overcome. Being a pioneering company in the IoT space, Essence leveraged CAT-M1 technology and enhanced its capabilities, ushering in a new era of reliability and technological advancement in security and healthcare.