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LoRa Alliance opens device certification programme to non-members

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,...

5G, 0G, all these Gs? Gee-eze – the IoT pie is bigger than that, says LoRaWAN champ

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...

Government funds LoRaWAN network for farmers in Australian state of Victoria

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)...

LoRa Alliance sets strategy around spectrum, functionality, “kick-ass” use cases

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,...

LoRa Alliance on 2020: Private networks, platform advances, edge computing

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? How IoT and 5G are making digital assets of everything

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...

Tencent, Siradel strike deal on design of LoRa network in Shenzhen

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...

LoRa Alliance drives LoRaWAN usage in utility meters with closer DLMS integration

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,...

‘No future Elon Musks in IoT’, ‘no future in IoT without LoRaWAN’ – team LoRa plots next moves

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...

LoRaWAN 100-club claims 60% growth, tech ‘superiority’; stokes battle with Sigfox

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...

New LoRaWAN specs allow FOTA upgrades; 50% growth in LoRaWAN devices

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 joins LoRa Alliance following LPWAN investments

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...

Designing with the MultiTech LoRaWAN Developer’s Kit

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®...

Senet claims LoRaWAN in 80 markets, invites towercos to join its LPWA market

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...

LoRaWAN for IoT gaining traction with network deployments, device support

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 joins LoRa Alliance to bolster IoT analytics and insights

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 seeing traction for LoRa solution in utility sector

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’s LoRa network seeing adoption for enterprise IoT

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...

What is LoRaWAN and what are the main benefits of this technology?

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...

Enterprise IoT Recipe for Success: LoRaWAN deployment models

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...

Ooredoo selects Telia Carrier to provide IoT connectivity

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...

Senet expands LoRa-based IoT network to cover 10 new US metros

LPWAN provider Senet, based in Portsmouth, NH, today announced an expansion of its LoRA-based internet of things (IoT) network to 10 new major metropolitan markets in the United States. With the addition, Senet's network covers some 225 cities in 23 states with a population of...

ZTE completes tests of key 5G wireless technologies

As part of China’s official 5G testing, ZTE has completed tests of a number of key 5G wireless technologies. While a 5G standard has yet to be fully specified, a number of key 5G wireless technologies have already been identified and tests are multiplying as...

Semtech launches LoRaWAN dev kit with Libelium and Loriot

IoT dev kit is available for North America, Europe U.S. signal semiconductor provider Semtech Corporation announced the availability of a new LoRaWAN-connected IoT development kit from Spanish wireless hardware and software manufacturer Libelium and Swiss start-up Loriot. Semtech said that this new kit will allow designers to...