BROWSING: LoRaWAN
Semtech on Sierra deal – ‘We are siding with the developer, and siding with the planet’
There is a temptation to view this deal as symbolic, somehow, suggests Enterprise IoT Insights; that with the purchase of cellular IoT champ Sierra Wireless, Semtech is stepping beyond the enduringly fragmented, slightly disjointed, vaguely dysfunctional unlicensed low-power end of the wide-area (LPWA) IoT...
Senet approves LoRaWAN gateways and sensors from China-based Milesight
LoRaWAN operator and system provider Senet has said it has approved gateways from China-based Milesight, which majors in analytics-based IoT solutions to run on LoRaWAN and 5G networks. The pair called it a “partnership to qualify Milesight LoRaWAN gateways and sensor-enabled end devices for...
Drei launches LoRaWAN network in Austria
Drei has been currently working with its partner SPL TELE in the expansion of the LoRaWAN network
Austrian operator Hutchinson Drei has set up a LoRaWAN network in upper Austria, parts of lower Austria, Vienna and the Burgenland region, the telco said in a release.
Drei...
Semtech supports water monitoring system in New Zealand
IoT Ventures selected Semtech to supply LoRa devices for its Drought Early Warning System, a network of low-cost rainwater tank and rain monitors
IoT semiconductor company Semtech announced a collaboration with New Zealand’s IoT Ventures and global connectivity provider Lacuna Space.
As part of this collaboration,...
Tech truce, vendor tussle, new era, smart play – analysis of the Semtech, Telit deals
The IoT hardware market has, suddenly, shrunk – in order to expand, and to rebalance the western power-play. So say market watchers, reacting to the twin acquisitions this week by US-based chipmaker and Semtech, which has confirmed a deal to splurge $1.2 billion on...
Semtech/Sierra, Telit/Thales set ground for new east-west IoT clash (Analyst Angle)
There were two high profile pieces of M&A news in the IoT hardware space in the last week. First up, on Friday 29th July, Telit and Thales announced that they were combining the assets of Telit with those of Thales’ IoT hardware business into...
Hybrid IoT gets real, as Semtech confirms Sierra buy to unite LoRa and cellular IoT
Well, it didn’t take long; “advanced talks” between Semtech and Sierra Wireless, as reported yesterday, have quickly concluded, with US firm Semtech confirming a deal to acquire its Canadian counterpart for $1.2 billion. The deal, subject to final approval, will bring together Semtech’s LoRa/LoRaWAN...
What is 5G RedCap, and will it save cellular IoT? The skinny on the (skinny) new 5G tech
The latest release of the 5G New Radio (NR) standard has, at last, fixed a problem for cellular-based sensor comms with the emergence of a cut-down version of 5G for massive-scale IoT deployments. On paper, anyway; in reality, the news only confirms a waypoint...
‘Sigfox is the future Unabiz has to avoid’ – Unabiz seeks to unite broken IoT market
Philippe Chiu has been sleeping for three hours a night, he says, for six months. He has taken to power-napping, like he is “at college again”, he says. “Twenty minutes gets you three hours. And it works – because it is good sleep. So,...
Eutelsat and OneWeb to create satellite broadband behemoth – with IoT promise
France-based Eutelsat and UK-based OneWeb have signed a provisional takeover deal, which values OneWeb at $3.4 billion, and would, if pursued and passed, would create a European satellite rival for the likes of SpaceX-owned Starlink. The pair have agreed to combine their satellite connectivity...
Senet, IotaComm to develop IoT apps for shared 800 MHz LoRaWAN infrastructure
US public LoRaWAN operator Senet has struck a deal with IoT network and analytics software outfit Iota Communications (IotaComm) to deliver LoRaWAN connectivity and IoT solutions in both 915 MHz and 800 MHz spectrum. LoRaWAN operates in unlicensed 915 MHz spectrum by default; IotaComm...
Telefónica to launch 5G-based satellite NB-IoT for hard-to-reach enterprise venues
Telefónica is looking to offer a 5G-based dual-mode terrestrial-and-satellite service for NB-IoT connectivity. Its digital services business, Telefónica Tech, and managed services division, Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS), are working with Barcelona-based satellite telco operator Sateliot to run Release 17-level IoT data over both ground-based...
Most enterprises will turn to 5G IoT – report
CSPs are predicted to see more growth in 5G IoT than LTE, as well as low-bandwidth connectivity via NB-IoT and LoRaWAN
Enterprises are increasing Internet of Things (IoT) deployments because they’re meeting or exceeding Return on Investment (ROI), according to Omdia’s most recent IoT Enterprise...
LoRaWAN ‘more-for-less’ model offers hope for growth and sustainability, says Semtech
Semtech, the steward of LoRa-based hardware production, picked up the baton at LoRaWAN World Expo last week (see more here: LoRaWAN goes pop) to further relay the message that low-power wide-area (LPWA) IoT technologies, headed by its own LoRaWAN entry, present the best...
IoT leaders proclaim smart business of green tech – as LoRaWAN goes (Iggy) pop
The powers-that-be in LoRaWAN World have decided LoRaWAN will save the planet, and the tech ecosystem that has grown around it will get rich in the process – and the customers it engages will do both, as newly sustainable and newly profitable enterprises. That...
Senet intros ‘location estimator’ tool to bring network geo-logic to any LoRaWAN device
US LoRaWAN operator and global LoRaWAN cloud platform provider Senet has announced a new network-based Location Estimator service to make any LoRaWAN device connecting to its own network in the US, and via its roaming partners more widely, location aware. The functionality is available...
Actility, Motorola Solutions to enable LoRaWAN IoT deployments
Actility said that the gateway is fully configurable and manageable from the standard ThingPark Enterprise console
French IoT specialist Actility has announced the integration of Motorola Solutions’ MC-EDGE Intelligent Gateway into its ThingPark platform with the aim of simplifying and acceleratinp the deployment of low-power,...
Kerlink, Bioceanor deploy LoRaWAN network to improve yields on Florida clam farm
The farmers can use data provided by the LoRaWAN network to anticipate extreme events that require clam-preservation action
IoT solutions provider Kerlink and Bioceanor, which is a predictive water quality monitoring solutions provider, are working with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural...
Global IoT community set for jamboree LoRaWAN event in Paris (Sponsored)
The LoRa Alliance expects over 2,000 delegates in Paris next week (July 6-7) for the LoRaWAN World Expo, billed as its first global jamboree event for the LoRaWAN community, and the wider IoT market beyond. It is set to be, by some margin, the...
More network, more devices – LoRaWAN is more ‘massive’ on every score, says LoRa Alliance
To get the juices going, on all sides of the IoT divide, ahead of its jamboree LoRaWAN World Expo event in Paris in two weeks, the LoRa Alliance has issued a statement to declare LoRaWAN better – and bigger, and more ‘massive’ – than...
An identity crisis, a catch-22, a €3.3m problem? What’s in the Unabiz/Sigfox in-tray?
It has been a month since Unabiz was declared the new owner of IoT tech provider and network operator Sigfox. And it has been a couple of weeks (such is the workload) since Enterprise IoT Insights was passed a shareholders’ note from the Sigfox...
The future of decentralized wireless – opportunities from 3G shutdowns and 5G alternatives
The story of how blockchain is revolutionizing IoT, by democratizing and expanding low-power wide-area (LPWA) networking and creating incremental opportunities for forward-looking enterprises, has been told already. We know the IoT market has failed so far to live up to the hype (50 billion...
French LoRa/Sigfox ag-tech startup Sencrop bags $18m to conquer the US
France-based precision agriculture startup Sencrop has raised $18 million in Series B funding, led by Israeli venture capital firm JVP. Sencrop, founded in 2016, headquartered in Lille, claims to be Europe’s leading provider of “field-connected solutions”, with 20,000 farmers in 20 countries, mainly in...
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, and expanding the range of industrial markets and software applications for the LoRaWAN community...