My understanding is the Iot device uses sub ghz radio...

My understanding is the Iot device uses sub ghz radio (EEE802.15.4e/g) to communicate back to the IotG hub after NFC touch on.

The ADRC mini PCIE card in the (intel iotG) hub has EEE802.15.4e/g to communicate back to the device during authentication.

Once authentication has completed the device joins the local wireless network (usually WiFi).

Telink 's TSLR8296F512 chip which ADRC iot stack is being ported to has EEE802.15.4e/g an a host of other radio standards built in.

Other chip makers have chips suitable for ADRC Iot applications such as Texas Instruments who have MCU chips such as the CC1350 (with ARM cortex M3 core) that has EEE802.15.4e/g, Bluetooth LE 4.2 and up to 128 KB of flash (to store firmware and perhaps the iot stack)

Here is a link to a TI white paper about their chips and Iot applications: http://www.ti.com/lit/wp/swry017/swry017.pdf

I don't think Xped have an MOU with TI, I am just pointing out there are opportunities for ADRC which will be possible in future.