NB-IoT Deployment Budget

Complete Financial Breakdown for 1,000 NB-IoT Sensor Rollout with UAE Data Residency

Total Year 1 Investment: 561,850 AED (~$153,000 USD)

Sunk Costs (Already Paid)

Value currently in the company

Item	Status	Value (AED)
Vision Drive Trade License (3 Years)	PAID	15,000 AED
Total Pre-Paid Value		15,000 AED

Start-Up Capital: Cash Required (Upfront)

Investment needed for NB-IoT infrastructure and pilot deployment

Category	Item Detail	Cost (USD)	Cost (AED)
Development	MQTT Ingestion Service + Operator Portal (2 Months)	$10,000	36,725 AED
Hardware	1,000 NB-IoT Temperature Sensors (~$70/unit)	$70,000	257,075 AED
Logistics	Air Freight + Customs (5%) + VAT (5%)	~$8,675	31,850 AED
Compliance	TDRA Dealer Reg + Type Approval	~$1,700	6,200 AED
Installation	Labor + Industrial Epoxy + Bluetooth Commissioning	-	50,000 AED
Contingency	RTA Pilot Safety Fund + Coverage Validation	-	30,000 AED
TOTAL CASH NEEDED (To Launch)		~$112,000	411,850 AED

OPEX: Running Costs (Year 1)

Recurring costs for NB-IoT connectivity and UAE-hosted infrastructure

Item	Monthly Cost	Yearly Cost (AED)
NB-IoT Connectivity (Du/Etisalat) - Est. 10 AED/SIM	10,000 AED	120,000 AED
AWS UAE (me-central-1) - EC2 + PostgreSQL + MQTT IoT Core	~500 AED	6,000 AED
Software Maintenance & Monitoring	~2,000 AED	24,000 AED
TOTAL OPEX	12,500 AED / Month	150,000 AED

Financial Summary

The complete 12-month investment picture

Development & Launch (CAPEX)

411,850 AED

~$112,000 USD

1st Year Operations (OPEX)

150,000 AED

~$41,000 USD

TOTAL YEAR 1 BUDGET

561,850 AED

~$153,000 USD

Unit Economics Check

Cost Per Sensor (Year 1)

~561 AED

Hardware + App + Operations

Revenue Per Sensor (Year 1)

720 AED

At 60 AED/month per spot

Year 1 Profit Per Sensor~158 AED

Year 2 Profit Per Sensor~570 AED

* Year 2 profit increases significantly as hardware and development costs are already paid

Key Technical & Financial Insights

What this budget delivers for NB-IoT deployment

UAE Data Residency Compliance

All sensor data, ingestion logs, and backups hosted exclusively in AWS me-central-1 (UAE region) meeting TDRA and DESC ISR requirements for government projects.

NB-IoT Reliability

Our NB-IoT sensors deliver 99%+ uplink reliability with sub-30s latency for street and semi-covered environments, validated through pilot acceptance criteria.

TDRA Regulatory Costs

Budget includes TDRA Dealer Registration and Type Approval costs (~6,200 AED) required for IoT device deployment in the UAE.

MQTT Ingestion Architecture

Always-on MQTT subscriber service with dead-letter handling, dedup/idempotency, and reconnect logic ensuring no event loss from sensor network.

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Item

Status

Value (AED)

Vision Drive Trade License (3 Years)

PAID

15,000 AED

Total Pre-Paid Value

15,000 AED