The LoRa Alliance, the technical and marketing group promoting the LoRaWAN protocol for wide-area network (WAN) communications, is looking at ways to tweak the LoRaWAN specification for Amazon, so the retail and cloud giant switches its Sidewalk wireless networking platform from a proprietary version...
French IoT firm Kerlink has teamed up with Japanese medical devices and electronics distributor GISupply on a set of LoRaWAN-based IoT solutions for the smart health and farming sectors. The deal gives Kerlink a new market outlet, in Japan.
Their “package of applications” bundles LoRaWAN-based...
IoT-based sensor technologies will become increasingly essential as a means to track and monitor such things as location, distance, and presence in the post coronavirus (Covid-19) era, according to the LoRa Alliance.
Proofs and trials, which had struggled to make the business case for IoT...
The LoRa Alliance has announced a certification programme for affiliate non-members to obtain LoRaWAN device certification.
The new $10,000 affiliate programme covers full protocol testing, including of interoperability and radio performance. It will increase the volume and variety certified LoRaWAN devices available in the market,...
An intro-video plays as the founders of The Things Network (TTN), take to the stage at their annual LoRaWAN bash in Amsterdam. A Hollywood-style voiceover crows about big-sounding tech - something about 5G and 0G, and all the other Gs – before the baritone...
The state government in Victoria, in south-eastern Australia, has agreed to fund rollout of LoRaWAN-based IoT networks for 600 farms and 5,000 square kilometres of farmland in the state.
Its department for agriculture, Agriculture Victoria, has appointed Australian LoRaWAN operator National Narrowband Network Co (NNNCo)...
The LoRa Alliance set out its stall at The Things Conference, an annual LoRaWAN meetup in Amsterdam, with an agenda to make the IoT market simpler for developers, device makers, and enterprise customers, so it achieves massive scale, finally.
Donna Moore, chair of the alliance,...
Donna Moore, chief executive and chairwoman, LoRa Alliance:
"Industrial IoT (IIoT) has advanced by leaps and bounds this year as companies have realized the amount of insight they could gain into their operations and resource utilization. There is no sign of activity slowing in 2020,...
What is smart infrastructure? It sounds like a silly question, almost. But the rise of new digital technologies -- spearheaded by IoT, AI, and 5G, as the tools of digital change -- has shifted the meaning, from telecoms poles and server racks, to physical...
Chinese internet giant Tencent and Siradel, which provides advanced wireless network design and smart city planning tools, have partnered on the design of a LoRa network in key areas of Shenzhen City, in China.
As part of the network design, Siradel carried out a study...
The LoRa Alliance and the DLMS User Association (DLMS UA) have signed a liaison agreement to define a new DLMS communication profile for LPWAN technologies such as LoRaWAN.
The two organisations, representing the LoRaWAN community and the standardisation of DLMS for meter communications, respectively,...
This week, 1,500 business types from every-sized enterprise in the burgeoning IoT space will descend on Amsterdam in The Netherlands to chat LoRaWAN, the low-power wide-area (LPWA) networking technology that saw 60 per cent growth last year.
The occasion is The Things Conference (January 31...
The number of LoRaWAN network operators jumped by more than 60 per cent in 2018, according to the LoRa Alliance. It said its global operator count stands at more than 100, as of the end of December. These include operators of both private and...
The LoRa Alliance has released three new LoRaWAN specifications, each allowing over-the-air firmware (FOTA) updates.
The number of LoRaWAN based low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks and devices has increased significantly, according to the association, with a 50 per cent jump in certified products compared to...
Tencent calls LoRaWAN an 'essential' IoT technology
The LoRa Alliance welcomed internet valued-added services provider Tencent Holdings into its association today, receiving further backing for its LoRaWAN standard. This announcement follows Tencent's significant investment in technology and applications for LoRaWAN, with the company looking to push...
When developers decide to create a new product using LoRaWAN™, a critical first step is the proof of concept to make sure the product works as intended. To simplify the process, it is easier to use a LoRaWAN developer’s kit. I tested the Multiconnect®...
US IoT company Senet has expanded its LoRaWAN capabilities to over 80 markets. It has also introduced a raft of server enhancements for its LoRaWAN platform, to simplify the deployment, management and monetisation of LoRaWAN-based low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks and applications.
Senet claimed it now...
Comcast deploys LoRaWAN in San Francisco; Laird gateway has Senet support baked-in
From devices to connectivity, the internet of things (IoT) market is a crowded space. Cellular standards like LTE-M and NB-IoT are seeing widespread support from operators while proprietary tech like LoRa is drawing...
Google Cloud has joined the LoRa Alliance as a sponsor member. Its input will help LoRaWAN operators glean deeper insights from data analytics running in their low-power wide-area (LPWA) ‘internet of things’ (IoT) networks, said the LoRa Alliance.
Donna Moore, chief executive of the LoRa...
Senet VP: Cellular a potential disruptor of LoRA, but IoT space big enough to support competition
CHICAGO--The internet of things (IoT) market is marked by a variety of competing connectivity types both standardized, like NB-IoT and LTE Cat M1, and those based on access like...
Orange expects LoRa coverage nationwide in France by year end
Internet of things (IoT) connectivity specification LoRa, which has seen widespread interest from carriers, has already seen good uptake from enterprise and industrial users in France, according to service provider Orange, which is planning nationwide...
LoRaWAN is a low power wide area network (LPWAN) specification intended for wireless battery operated things in a regional, national or global network.
According to the LoRa Alliance, LoRaWAN targets key requirements of the internet of things (IoT) such as secure bi-directional communication, mobility and...
Hardy Schmidbauer, CEO and co-founder of TrackNet and member of the LoRa Alliance provides insight on LoRaWAN deployment models and IoT monetization at the Enterprise IoT Summit in Austin, Texas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQJyDpRI1jc&feature=youtu.be
Prior to his position at TrackNet, Schmidbauer was the Director of Wireless and IoT at Semtech...
The IoT agreement will allow the Middle East telco to connect to Ericsson’s DCP in Europe
Middle East telecom group Ooredoo has selected Swedish company Telia Carrier to provide internet of things (IoT) backhaul connectivity to Ericsson’s DCP platforms in Europe.
“Ooredoo is positioning itself as...
