# NB-IoT and Cat-M1 devices

**URL:** https://forum.lpwanserver.com/t/nb-iot-and-cat-m1-devices/75
**Category:** Cat-M1 or NB-IoT Related
**Created:** [December 5, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.lpwanserver.com/t/nb-iot-and-cat-m1-devices/75 "2019-12-05T08:36:13Z")
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#### Post date: [December 13, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.lpwanserver.com/t/nb-iot-and-cat-m1-devices/75/4 "2019-12-13T14:57:25Z")

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Essentially yes. The benefit of using LPWAN Server is to manage devices on different types of networks through one API and one dashboard. If your NB-IoT supplier provides a good dashboard and API and you don’t need to manage other types of networks, you would not receive any current benefit from LPWAN Server.

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