Damal Redes and Valencia’s Fundació Clima i Energia, relying on the Helium Network’s LoRaWAN® ecosystem, are leveraging the Internet of Things (IoT) and decentralized wireless networks technology to gather real-time data about the wellbeing of its most vulnerable citizens.

Under the leadership and installation efforts of Valencia’s Fundació Clima i Energia, more than 130 air quality sensors using LoRaWAN® have been deployed throughout the city in technological collaboration with Damal Redes, with more deployments expected in 2024.

Spain’s third-largest city is facing the formidable challenge of energy poverty – a lack of adequate, affordable, and reliable environmentally sound energy services, which affects 23% of its households. European welfare systems are burdened by the inequalities resulting from living conditions in urban contexts, causing direct and detrimental impacts on health and wellbeing. Health complications resulting from energy poverty include respiratory diseases, heart attacks, stroke, mental disorders, and acute health issues such as hypothermia, injury, or flu. Energy poverty increases the risk of respiratory illnesses, which is why Valencia’s Fundació Clima i Energia has chosen to adopt low-cost, high-impact air quality sensor deployments for citizens, ultimately benefiting the welfare of the entire area.

Damal Redes, a renowned Valencia-based company established in March 2007, specializes in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT). Valencia’s Fundació Clima i Energia leads and supervises the Wellbased and Ebento projects, with Damal Redes serving as their trusted technological collaborator. Wellbased has distributed 130 sensors throughout the city of Valencia to address energy poverty. On the other hand, Ebento is focused on enhancing energy efficiency in buildings and plans to deploy 52 sensors across two buildings in the city. These projects utilize atmospheric sensors that measure dry temperature, relative humidity, and CO2 concentration, offering insights into the environmental conditions within the participants’ homes.

Jose Antonio Hernández, IoT Technical Lead at Damal Redes, said:

“By leveraging the Helium Network, we’ve realized an astounding 98% success rate in installing sensors in low-income residences and construction sites. This allows us to continuously monitor CO2 levels, weather patterns, and other crucial data. No other technology can match this capability.”

Valencia advanced its mission by integrating the Helium Network, the world’s largest people-powered IoT Network. The Helium ecosystem seamlessly integrates with LoRaWAN® technology, which is optimized for battery-operated, low-power devices, making it ideal for an expansive IoT infrastructure.

“We have the technology to address an equality issue that affects many of the world’s urban centers and deprives residents of fundamental energy needs,” said Abhay Kumar, CEO of the Helium Foundation. “With Helium’s decentralized, peer-to-peer wireless network, we can gain insights that are impossible to access with a centralized system. It’s gratifying to work alongside Damal Redes and LoRa Alliance® member companies to deploy on the Helium Network in Valencia, allowing for real-time environmental data that can result in meaningful change.”

With Valencia’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40% by 2030 under the Covenant of Mayors initiative, its trust in Damal Redes for its projects becomes evident. Damal Redes’ partnership with Helium is a move towards making real-world change. As a part of a larger movement against energy poverty, this collaboration emerges as a fundamental piece of Valencia’s broader energy strategy.

The Wellbased and Ebento projects are backed by the European Union. Damal Redes, Helium, and the esteemed LoRa Alliance® collectively represent a step forward in addressing energy poverty. The collaboration is a testament to a shared vision of adopting low-cost, high-impact innovative technology deployments, as they can benefit both the public and private welfare of cities.

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• Built by a community of operators around the world, the Helium Network is the largest LoRaWAN Network delivering secure, reliable, accessible, and cost-effective decentralized wireless coverage.
• With nearly one million Hotspots deployed since launch and coverage in more than 77,000 towns and cities around the globe, the Helium Network powers IoT devices from air quality monitors, to smart agriculture, smart cities, resource management, weather forecasting and more.
• The companies are the latest to select the fastest growing wireless network, driving utility and usage across the entire Helium ecosystem.

Helium Foundation, the nonprofit pioneering decentralized wireless for all, announced that WeatherXM, the community-powered decentralized weather network, qnectd, IoT solutions provider for smart cities, farms, and buildings and KitchenOS, a food safety solutions provider, has selected the Helium Network to power their IoT solutions.

The companies are the latest to select the Helium Network’s community-powered global wireless network, that today delivers LoRaWAN connectivity. WeatherXM, qnectd, and KitchenOS join a growing number of companies that have chosen to power their devices through the world’s largest LoRaWAN network, offering decentralized, reliable, secure, and accessible connectivity.

Bringing Unprecedented Weather Data to Communities Worldwide

WeatherXM is building the world’s largest and fastest growing, community owned weather network, with over 3,500 weather stations deployed by individuals around the world already. Backed by blockchain technology, WeatherXM leverages token rewards to incentivize the creation of the most comprehensive and accurate weather network. With the Helium Network, WeatherXM can expand its reach, delivering hyper-local weather data to individuals and services worldwide while keeping wireless communication costs minimum.

“By leveraging the power of the Helium Network and latest IoT hardware, we have developed a series of web3 enabled weather stations that provide agricultural and other weather-sensitive industries hyper-local weather forecasts, as well as cryptographic proofs on weather conditions,” said Manolis Nikiforakis, Founder and CEO of WeatherXM.

“This is particularly important in emerging markets that lack weather monitoring infrastructure as it enables multiple other businesses to flourish, like parametric weather insurance. With more accurate weather data, the World Bank estimates that countries can save US$13 billion in asset losses annually, US$22 billion in losses to well-being, and US$30 billion through a resulting increase in productivity.”

Smart Cities, Agriculture, and Air Quality Monitoring

qnectd is an IoT solutions provider for smart cities, farms, and buildings based in Bulgaria. By leveraging the global connectivity of the Helium Network, the company can deliver its solutions across cities, towns, and villages. Recently, the company launched a “What Do You Breathe?” campaign to raise awareness about indoor air quality issues in elementary schools by deploying Helium-compatible air quality monitoring solutions. Beyond air quality monitoring, qnected’s IoT solutions include water level monitoring, smart city lights, sanitation management, smart farming, and more.

“With the Helium Network, our team at qnectd can deliver impactful IoT solutions to areas that were previously inaccessible due to a lack of wireless infrastructure,” said Hristo Atanasov, Founder and CEO of qnectd. “From cities to farms and everywhere in between, the Helium Network has been a vital partner in providing reliable and accessible connectivity to our solutions and customers.”

Promoting Food Safety + Minimizing Food Waste

Based in the UK, KitchenOS is a food safety solutions provider that leverages sensor-powered technology to monitor the temperature of food items across the cold chain. With real-time temperature monitoring powered by the Helium Network, customers can know that their food and produce are safe to consume, minimizing food poisoning, spoilage, and reducing food waste. With the power of Helium’s international network, KitchenOS can provide accurate and reliable temperature data to over 100 businesses across the UK, Austria, Malta, and the United States.

“The Helium Network was the solution that made the most sense to connect our sensors and provide our customers with real-time data about temperature across the cold chain,” said Neil Bradley, CEO of KitchenOS. “I was a chef before I founded KitchenOS, and I struggled to understand why so little effort was made to prevent food waste. We are excited to continue our mission, powered in part by the Helium Network.”

The Helium Network: Powering the Future of Connected Solutions

“The permissionless, ubiquitous, and affordable nature of the Helium Network has lowered the barriers to entry, empowering more businesses to benefit from IoT solutions and the products they enable,” said Abhay Kumar, CEO of the Helium Foundation.

“We are thrilled to see continued ecosystem growth with impactful IoT solutions developed by companies like qnectd, KitchenOS, and WeatherXM. The Helium Foundation is proud to work alongside them to bring more usage to the Helium Network.”

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The Helium Foundation and Deutsche Telekom (DT) today announced a shared initiative to bring Helium Network connectivity to the IoT Creators platform.

IoT Creators will offer an integrated Helium LNS (LoRaWAN Network Server) in its platform, enabling users to easily onboard and manage devices on the Helium Network. The integration increases optionality and efficiencies for IoT device users and solutions providers in both the Helium and IoT Creators communities.

The IoT Creators platform brings flexibility to sensor deployers by allowing smart devices to be wireless agnostic; devices can leverage both LoRaWAN and cellular networks depending on unique user needs. With the managed iotcreators.com LNS, users will benefit from one interface to manage devices that can run across LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, and LTE-M.

The Helium Foundation is on a mission to help developers and users build new products and businesses on Helium. This new service will simplify device management for users leveraging multiple networks and introduce a new onramp to the Helium Network. Additionally, users can have their Helium LNS and connectivity services in a single contract.

“The Helium Network has become a key connectivity option for IoT developers and solution providers,” said Afzal Mangal Founder of IoT Creators at Deutsche Telekom.

“Together with Helium, we can help foster and participate in the growing IoT ecosystem. Our collaboration with Helium is another step to proactively integrate various technologies so that customers can obtain an end-to-end service from a single source.”

The collaboration will benefit the entire IoT community across multiple protocols and is another meaningful step to reduce fragmentation hindering growth. LoRaWAN developers will have easier access to spillover cellular networks, while cellular IoT developers can benefit from the low cost and ubiquity of the Helium Network.

“Scaled IoT solutions have suffered from industry fragmentation,” said Scott Sigel, COO of the Helium Foundation.. “The Helium Foundation is thrilled to work with Deutsche Telekom and bring the IoT Creators Platform to the expanding and diverse list of LNS providers on the Helium Network. We’re excited to bring Helium Network users more optionality in device deployment and bring Helium’s favorable economics and coverage to the IoT Creators Platform.”

The IoT market is primed for a breakout, given the scope of opportunity across multiple industries. By bringing together Helium and IoT Creators developer communities, the companies aim to encourage more innovation, shared resources, and new IoT applications.

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• The Oxtech Module is the first of its kind, enabling IoT solution providers to benefit from Amazon Sidewalk’s nationwide network and the global community-built Helium Network
• By combining two of the largest IoT networks, the module offers an unprecedented opportunity for the entire IoT industry driving utility, scalability, and reliability
• The module expands usage opportunities across the Helium Network, benefitting the entire ecosystem

Oxit, the engineering software services provider pioneering customized IoT solutions in partnership with the Helium Foundation, the nonprofit pioneering decentralized wireless for all, today announced the launch of Oxtech Module, enabling the development of IoT devices that are compatible with both the Helium Network and Amazon Sidewalk.

The first-of-its-kind module combines the world’s largest LoRaWAN network with a nationwide LoRa network to bring unprecedented global connectivity to IoT solutions providers and their customers worldwide.

IoT adoption is accelerating worldwide. According to Statista, the total number of IoT connected devices is expected to almost triple from 9.7 billion in 2020 to more than 29 billion by 2030. Global, reliable, ubiquitous connectivity will be required to meet the demand for coverage. The Oxtech Module offers a significant step towards achieving that goal, enabling current and future devices to benefit from Amazon’s shared nationwide Sidewalk network and the Helium Network’s global people-powered LoRaWAN network.

“Our mission at the Helium Foundation has always been to democratize access to connectivity for all – but we can’t do it alone,” said Abhay Kumar, CEO of the Helium Foundation.

“The Oxtech Module brings together two incredibly powerful IoT networks to enable greater access to connectivity – while simultaneously driving further usage and innovation to the entire Helium Ecosystem.”

Launched in 2019 with the mission to deliver decentralized, open-source, accessible, and secure global connectivity for IoT devices, the Helium Network has grown to become the world’s largest LoRaWAN network, with nearly one million hotspots deployed by everyday people in over 77,000 cities worldwide. Its vast global network serves a variety of IoT use cases, from water and air pollution monitoring to smart cities, smart agriculture, asset tracking, and more, in addition to providing coverage for four major roaming partners.

“At Oxit, we saw an incredible opportunity to bring these two major networks together to unlock greater connectivity that will benefit the entire IoT industry,” said Josh Cox, CEO at Oxit. “Our Oxtech Module helps ensure that IoT devices are connected whether they’re inside your home, out on the street, or halfway across the world.”

The news comes just a month after Amazon opened its sidewalk network to the public, which leverages devices like Amazon Echos and Ring Security cameras to provide nationwide coverage. According to the company’s coverage map, the opt-in network reaches 90% of the U.S. population.

“After several years of development and different technology options, we concluded using Oxit’s Sidewalk module was not only the best robust solution to achieve our goal”, said Larry Fox, CEO of ZFLO Technologies, “but Oxit’s understanding of Amazon Sidewalk, and the ability to also use LoRaWAN networks like Helium, allows us to reach a great number of customers that we might not have been able to service prior.”

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Mimiq, Inc is announcing today the launch of their new product, Mimiq Track, at CES as part of their latest product line to operate on the Helium Network, the world’s fastest-growing wireless network.

With Helium compatibility, Mimiq Track uses the network’s LoRaWAN global network to give owners real-time location tracking and push notifications of their possessions at home or on the go.

Founded in 2018, Mimiq was created in response to the dearth of reliable, worldwide tracking devices available on the market. Mimiq is paving the future of portable fifth-generation IoT products for consumers and businesses worldwide. Their latest product, Mimiq Track, will debut at CES and is the world’s thinnest location tracker.

Working with the Helium Network, Mimiq is reimagining the future of portable safety and secure tracking while bringing peace of mind and accuracy to the market.

“Mimiq is defining 5th Generation IoT and changing the game of how things interact with people,” said Noyan Berker, Co-Founder & CEO of Mimiq, Inc. “Our products and solutions are designed to actively connect our customers to what matters most to them, serving as a secure, trusted addition to their daily routines.”

The credit-card-sized Mimiq Track allows users to protect, locate, and keep real-time tabs on their possessions with the power of the expansive Helium Network. Like past Mimiq product offerings, such as the Mimiq Go and FinestraMiner, a Helium-compatible Hotspot, the Mimiq Track comes equipped with three months of battery life, LoRaWAN connectivity, and the ability to pinpoint approximately 20,000 locations on a single charge.

Scott Sigel, Chief Operating Officer of the Helium Foundation, said:

“Mimiq Track is a fantastic solution for securing physical items. Their innovative system gives users peace of mind with on-the-go solutions that keep tabs on what matters most.”

“By leveraging the Helium Network, Mimiq can feel confident that their portable security devices are able to provide protection for valuables around the world and stand as an important testament to the value and utility of a global, decentralized LoRaWAN network.”

Utilized for a wide range of needs, including personal safety, fleet management, delivery tracking, or livestock monitoring, the Mimiq Track’s purpose-built cloud is easily integrated to work across a wide range of rural and urban environments. To provide exact location tagging, the Mimiq Track is designed to efficiently process nearby Wi-Fi hotspots and GNSS satellite signals from space in addition to the blanket coverage of the Helium Network.

“When it comes to a new generation tracker, we know that even folks who aren’t tech-savvy are familiar with terms like ‘pairing’ or understand what a Bluetooth range is thanks to its prevalence in the world today,” said Serdar Settop, Co-Founder & CTO of Mimiq. “Track is for the People – And I’m confident that our community will find themselves more connected to what’s most valuable to them while using our products – Hello world. I am connected.”

With more than four years of LoRaWAN development under their belt, Mimiq allows users to stay connected in even the most remote locations. In partnership with the Helium Network, the Mimiq Track enables consumers and businesses to stay connected and apprised of the real-time statuses of their personal and commercial possessions at any given moment.

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MNTD. the crypto-hardware company providing consumers with easy-to-use crypto-mining devices, has unveiled an industry-first everything-in-one 5G Helium hotspot.

The MNTD. 5G Hotspot combines multiple solutions in one device, eliminating the need for a complex setup and added cost of buying and combining multiple solutions from different vendors. The 5G device is designed to be future-proof and ready-to-use with upcoming Helium networks, such as WiFi6.

“Designing a product for non-technical crypto users is not easy—it takes time to get it right,” says RAKwireless CEO Ken Yu.

“We are thrilled to announce the next evolution of 5G devices. We have successfully built a device that enables a spectrum of wireless connectivity options—spanning 5G, WiFi6, 4G/LTE, and LoRa.”

By hosting a MNTD. 5G hotspot, consumers help build 5G cellular coverage and are rewarded in cryptocurrency tokens. It mines only $HNT today. When HIP 51 is deployed, it will mine $MOBILE and $IOT tokens as well.

To maintain hardware simplicity and a clean look, the device uses a single cable to power the hotspot and connect to the network. The built-in USB-C port provides consumers flexible options for extensions, such as connecting to external outdoor radios.

The MNTD. 5G Hotspot is also powered by Qualcomm FSM10056, the industry’s pioneering 5G chipset for CBRS small cells, only released at the end of 2021. While most manufacturers currently base their devices on the traditional x86 hardware platform, MNTD. moved its hardware to the ARM platform allowing it to use less power and cut unnecessary costs. MNTD. is the first manufacturer in the Helium network to make this move.

The MNTD. 5G Hotspot will be available in Q4 2022.

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Senet Provides Carrier Grade On-Ramp to the Global Helium Network.

Senet, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based software and services platforms that enable global connectivity and on-demand network build-outs for the Internet of Things (IoT), and the Helium Network, the world’s largest decentralized wireless network, today announced an expansion of their roaming integration to include Helium-compatible Hotspots deployed globally.

This global expansion follows a previously completed network integration for US customers and the delivery of integrated network mapping and planning tools designed to simplify the rollout of IoT solutions.

Available today, Senet’s Extended Coverage Services now include global LoRaWAN network connectivity delivered by more than 720,000 Helium-compatible hotspots in over 55,000 cities and 170 countries. The Helium Network broadens coverage in areas where Senet has already deployed carrier-grade networks and provides access to LoRaWAN network connectivity for enterprise and consumer-grade devices where Senet has not yet deployed carrier-grade services. As new hotspots are added to the global Helium Network, they will automatically contribute to Senet’s network coverage at no additional cost to customers.

The Carrier Grade On-Ramp for IoT Solution Providers

For solution providers deploying commercial applications at scale, Senet provides a carrier grade on-ramp to the Helium Network. Through a full suite of cloud-based services, solution providers partnered with Senet can onboard and operate their IoT devices using Helium-compatible hotspots while benefiting from Senet’s world-class managed network services and superior customer support, including:

• Application management through an intuitive user portal or APIs
• Simplified billing in US dollars
• Secure device provisioning and onboarding
• Network monitoring and management
• Notifications and alerts for application and network health
• Centralized device control and reporting
• Customer-specific network mapping and system health tools

Bruce Chatterley, CEO of Senet, said:

“Expanding Senet’s integration with the Helium Network is an example our combined interest in delivering LoRaWAN coverage at a global scale for the widest range of use cases.”

“The growth of the Helium Network has been explosive and as solution deployments grow in scale, robust network and device management services are becoming increasingly important. Through our Extended Coverage and managed services on-ramp to the Helium Network, solution providers benefit from greater coverage and consistency in operational service which are vital to success.”

Network Planning and Coverage Visualization Tools

With this global network integration Senet has also enhanced its network planning and coverage visualization tools. Features unique to Senet’s integration with the Helium Network include:

• Global and integrated display of Senet and the Helium Network’s public network coverage from a dynamically updated map
• Interactive capabilities, including zip code search and zoom functionality, allowing users to view coverage available at any location
• Through the click of a mouse, Senet customers can “drop a pin” on a network planning map resulting in the display of path quality to that location from the Senet network and the number of Helium-compatible gateways in proximity to that location

“Senet has been a trailblazer in innovating around LoRaWAN service delivery, and they continue to drive market adoption of low power wide area networks for large scale commercial applications,” said Scott Sigel, COO of the Helium Foundation. “With our expanded network integration and Senet’s managed services approach to onboarding and supporting solution providers, we look forward to entering more markets, faster and with more opportunity for scale.”

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Kerlink, a specialist in solutions dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT), and VIoT Group, a pioneer in smart urban & industrial park development in Vietnam, today announced their partnership to rollout Vietnam’s first nationwide LoRaWAN® IoT network, and VIoT’s plan to support Helium’s “The People’s Network”.

Launched in 2017, VIoT introduced IoT smart-city applications in Vietnam in 2018 with a LoRaWAN® streetlighting project and has expanded its offer to vertical-market applications such as smart metering by utilities, end-to-end air-water-quality monitoring, and early flood-incident management systems.

The company’s lighting-as-a-service (LaaS) and connectivity-as-a-service (CaaS) business-leasing models will be deployed through its partnership with Kerlink to enable Helium’s HNT blockchain and cryptocurrency mining in peer-to-peer wireless IoT networks. VIoT will thus distribute Kerlink Helium-enabled hotspots and deploy its own IoT network at the same time.

“These deployments will make it possible for Vietnamese factories, businesses, cities and consumers to benefit from of cost effective, easy-to-deploy vertical wireless solutions, and to use Helium’s global, decentralized network of hotspots to disrupt traditional telcos’ subscription-based operating models. Think AirBnB or Grab for telcos: if I have an empty room, power and internet why would I not use it as a network tower?” said Viet Nguyen, founder and CEO of VIoT Group.

“VIoT Group collaborates with partners and household owners in strategic locations to roll out Helium’s The People Network. Our goal is to be the first to leverage this opportunity in Vietnam for corporations and local governments that aim to benefit from the most cost-effective and highly secured blockchain-powered IoT backbone network.”

The company said the initial deployment phase of its LoRaWAN® IoT network, including approximately 350 Kerlink gateways, will be completed by the end of May and will cover six Vietnamese cities and municipalities this year. The second phase, will install approximately 1,400 additional Kerlink gateways, is expected to be completed by the end of 2022 and cover 10 more cities in 2023.

More broadly, the company will market its nationwide managed IoT network for turnkey solutions mixing sensors, connectivity, integration, and applications, such as smart lighting and smart metering, in a single open IoT platform.

Called “The People’s Network”, Helium technology uses the company’s LongFi architecture that combines the LoRaWAN® wireless protocol (200 times the coverage of the WiFi protocol) with the Helium blockchain, enabling any LoRaWAN® device to transfer data on the Helium network. This connection provides public, long-range and low-power wireless coverage for LoRaWAN®-enabled IoT sensors and devices because LongFi’s roaming capabilities support micropayment transactions so customers pay only based on network usage.

“Individuals worldwide have used Helium’s network to create more than 642,000 hotspots,” said Rene Arbefeuille, Kerlink’s vice president for Asia Pacific.

“The connected hotspots provide cities with miles of low-power network coverage for billions of devices and are paid in Helium’s cryptocurrency, HNT. Kerlink’s industrial-grade indoor Wirnet iFemtoCell and Wirnet iFemtoCell-evolution, as well as carrier-grade outdoor Wirnet iStation IoT gateways, have been enabling the use of HNT cryptocurrency mining on the LoRaWAN® protocol for the past year.”

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• MNTD. by RAKwireless moves forward to serve new locations and expand The People’s Network even further across the globe.
• Since 2020, RAKwireless has been a key partner of Helium in creating reliable and top-class hardware capable of seamless connectivity. The goal of MNTD. by RAKwireless is to create a more accessible entry point for consumers to mine the cryptocurrency $HNT and help build The People’s Network.

MNTD. by RAKwireless Technology Co., Ltd. (RAK), a pioneer in wireless end-to-end solutions and IoT technology, announces today its launch in Europe and Canada.

MNTD. provides easy-to-use helium mining hardware to consumers.

MNTD. offers two new miners, one limited edition Goldspot Miner and the flagship Blackspot Miner. This launch follows the US release in early October that sold out in minutes. Despite a year of record chip shortages and setbacks, MNTD. has successfully supplied 41,000 units in the last few months.

The launch also expands The People’s Network, RAKwireless’ commitment and passion to make mining accessible for everyone, across the globe. Like the US launch, MNTD. will expedite shipments to crypto enthusiasts throughout the world and will forgo pre-orders, instead shipping as soon as inventory is available. The miners will be available in USD, CAD, and EUR.

RAKwireless CEO, Ken Yu added:

“It’s been a long time coming, but we’re excited to finally serve new locations and expand The People’s Network even further across the globe.”

RAKwireless has the most experience and credibility in the Helium Hotspot market. RAK manufactured the first Hotspot directly for Helium and has the most hotspots in the market today.

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Senet, Inc., and Helium, today introduced new network visualization and planning tools to assist customers with deploying IoT solutions at scale across the United States.

Integrated Coverage Map

Through a previously announced network integration, Senet is providing its customers with LoRaWAN connectivity from Helium-compatible Hotspots under its Extended Coverage Services. Supporting this integration, Senet has enhanced its US Coverage Map to present a harmonized view of its public carrier-grade coverage and areas covered by more than 150,000 Helium-compatible Hotspots in the US.

This integrated and interactive network map empowers customers with planning information from the nation’s largest and fastest growing LoRaWAN network providers. The partnership increases Senet’s metro area coverage from 1,300 to over 2,000 cities and densifies coverage in major shipping ports, key logistics corridors, and major agricultural areas. It is the first US-wide LoRaWAN network and the only LoRaWAN network in the US designed, built and operated by US owned businesses.

Key attributes of the coverage map include:

• Display of Senet and Helium coverage from a single map view, illustrating overlapping and extended coverage areas
• Zip code search and zoom functionality, allowing users to view the coverage available at any location
• Dynamic updating as new gateways and hotspots are deployed
• Viewable on both web and mobile platforms

View the Coverage Map

Enhanced Network Planning Tools

Senet has also updated its Application Provider Portal tools to further assist its customers with network coverage guidance and density information for application development and deployment planning. Through the click of a mouse, Senet customers can “drop a pin” on a network planning map. Subsequently, path quality to that location from the Senet network is automatically calculated and displayed along with the display of the number of Helium gateways in proximity to that location.

“Over our years of experience in IoT, we have learned very clearly that this is not a ‘build it and they will come’ network opportunity. Rather, each customer application requires flexible geographic coverage and various signal propagation models. As we partner with companies like Helium to deliver ubiquitous LoRaWAN network connectivity across the US, providing standardized coverage information and robust planning tools are increasingly important in delivering on the promise of flexible IoT connectivity where it is needed, when it’s needed, and at the right cost,” said Bruce Chatterley, CEO of Senet. “These tools will continue to gain functionality over time, serving as indispensable resources for developing, deploying, and managing IoT solutions at scale.”

Increased Data Traffic

The densified coverage areas where Senet and Helium networks overlap, combined with areas of Helium coverage where Senet is not yet deployed, offer immediate and measurable value to solution providers and end customers.

For example, even though Senet has deployed a LoRaWAN network across all five boroughs of New York City, one of Senet’s major customers experienced a 25% increase in connected asset reporting as a result of gaining access to Helium coverage through Senet’s network services.

“Completing our network integration with Senet was an exciting and important first step in our partnership,” said Amir Haleem, Helium’s CEO and co-founder.

“Now, with Senet’s expanded network visualization and planning tools, customers can more easily identify coverage areas, plan their connectivity requirements, and scale their solution deployments across Helium and Senet coverage areas.”

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