Release 14 defines different kind of features. Most of them cannot be supported without a hardware upgrade on current modules.

Rel. 14 has been finalized in March 2017 and technical specifications released in June 2017. They will gradually be integrated into network components and chipsets/modules according to their usual development cycles. The availability of each new functionality depends on its respective complexity and will be announced after its development and testing.

Most notably, Rel. 14 (Cat-NB2) will support,mobility, single-cell multicast, enhanced device positioning, reduced latency and improved power consumption (14 dBm output power reduction to enable further module cost savings) and other technical enhancements.