
IPv6 over LoRaWAN is go – LoRa Alliance promises new sectors, new apps
The LoRa Alliance has announced support for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) over LoRaWAN, allowing developers to quickly and cheaply provision and integrate internet-based IoT applications on low-power LoRaWAN networks, …

Public LoRaWAN growth at 66% – alliance brushes off Bouygues, brushes past Sigfox
The LoRa Alliance has moved to head off fears about a collapse of LoRaWAN as a public network technology in Europe, following the decision by Bouygues Telecom in France to …

What is the net environmental impact of dirt-cheap massive-scale IoT?
This discussion is missing something, of course; IoT is not supposed to be written about as an environmental risk. The idea that billions of disposable trackers might litter the planet …

LoRa Alliance adds new self-test capabilities LCTT pre-certification tool
The LoRa Alliance has added a number of new testing capabilities to its LoRaWAN Certification Test Tool (LCTT), for device makers to pre-test the performance of IoT solutions before seeking …

Amazon intros LoRa bridge device to move Sidewalk from smart homes to smart cities
We are a little slow off the mark with this one, but there was a notable missive last week from Amazon about IoT network-building in the US, as the firm …

Semtech intros LoRa software upgrade to make LoRaWAN more scalable and robust
California-based chipmaker Semtech, which owns and licences the non-cellular low-power wide-area (LPWA) LoRa technology and LoRaWAN protocol, has released a software upgrade for LoRa integrated circuits (IC) and gateways to …

Microsoft joins LoRa Alliance board, labels LoRaWAN ‘critical fabric’ for digital twins
Microsoft has joined the board of the LoRa Alliance, the marketing and development body for the LoRaWAN low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) standard. Microsoft said LoRaWAN was a “critical connectivity fabric” …

Time for Sigfox and LoRaWAN to call a truce – and team up? Some say so
After years of fierce rivalry, stretching back to the early days of IoT in France, spilling over into open hostility in recent years as the fabled IoT market has struggled …

Once upon a time in the (New) West – how LoRa is looking to strike gold on the IoT trail
Note, this article is continued from a previous post, entitled ‘IoT is not about LoRa vs Sigfox anymore; it is about Design Process X vs Design Process Y’. Click here …

‘IoT is not about LoRa vs Sigfox anymore; it is about Design Process X vs Design Process Y’
The low-power wide-area (LPWA) end of the IoT sector is characterised by the capabilities and limitations of its main connectivity technologies. But this is wrong. These technologies – the likes …