Shake Shack, Five Guys, Hard Rock Café put LoRaWAN on the menu
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailRestaurant chains Shake Shack, Five Guys and Hard Rock Café have deployed LoRa-based temperature monitoring systems in their commercial kitchens. UK firm CM Systems, a specialist in monitoring systems for …
Editorial Webinar: IoT Connectivity: Who is winning what?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFor all the experience of LTE and excitement of 5G, the IoT market has been propped by low-power wide-area (LPWA) technologies. The concept of smart-anything as the prerequisite for industrial …
NNNCo and Enzen sign $8m deal to drive LoRaWAN ‘at scale’ Down Under
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAustralian internet-of-things (IoT) operator National Narrowband Network Co (NNNCo) has signed a strategic investment agreement with global energy and environment company Enzen Group. The $8 million deal is geared towards …
LoRa shoots for 75% of IoT market, versus 25% for 5G; aims for stars with satellite constellation
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThree quarters of the IoT market will be given over to low-power wide-area (LPWA) network solutions, compared with just one quarter for high-bandwidth low-latency 5G applications. So says the LoRa …
Kerlink, Tata ink deal to deploy LoRaWAN IoT networks globally
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail French IoT specialist Kerlink and Indian company Tata Communications Transformation Services (TCTS) announced a partnership to promote and deploy LoRaWAN IoT networks globally. Under the terms of the agreement, …
Connecting agriculture: LoRa, NB-IoT, LTE, and 5G – and the digital divide in smart farming (part 1)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe biggest fragmentation in smart agriculture is with base-line connectivity, which establishes the platform for the analytics and automation tools that will change farming. “Connectivity is a neccessary evil,” says …
LoRa Alliance simplifies device testing for manufacturers and operators
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe LoRa Alliance has expanded its LoRaWAN certification programme to simplify and reduce testing for device makers and network operators. A single certification process will cover conformance, interoperability, and radio-frequency …
Why farming needs 5G, and not just LoRaWAN and NB-IoT – an investor’s view, from NGP Capital
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCertain functions of smart farming will not work on low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks, even while technologies like LoRaWAN and NB-IoT tend to support most smart agricultural technologies, as they exist …
Smart city case study: How Calgary deployed its own LPWA network to build smart city apps (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe internet of things (IoT) is a game-changer for enterprises and consumers, making every day operations more efficient for organizations and individuals. As smart cities evolve, government agencies are prioritizing …
NIB: Semtech offers free LoRaWAN training; Digital Colony buys small-cell firm iWireless; Soracom announces IoT funding
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSemtech opens-up and makes-free its LoRaWAN Academy Semtech, the Californian chip-maker that owns and licenses the LoRa technology, is offering free educational modules via its LoRaWAN Academy for students, engineers, …
