Polar structure, through its Pan-European LoRaWAN operator Netmore Group, announces the commencement of operations and planned expansion of the France LoRaWAN Network through the acquisition of Objenious LoRaWAN assets from Bouygues Telecom.

This acquisition, facilitated by its owner, Polar Structure, ensures the network’s continued operation to support long-term projects enabled by a European vision of the market and sustainable network infrastructure deployments.

The transition encompasses services such as network infrastructure management, monitoring, radio planning, maintenance, and customer support. Integral to this offering is the SPOT platform, a dedicated LoRaWAN management portal used by the Objenious customers. By including the SPOT platform in this transition, we aim to ensure continuity and a seamless experience for existing clientele. Furthermore, Netmore Group will also provide full access to its expanding European LoRaWAN macro network and will offer coverage on demand for large-scale IoT projects in France and other European regions.

Reflecting on the company’s commitment to long-term growth, Netmore is engaged in discussions with industry stakeholders who are seeking dependable long-term connectivity solutions for at least the coming ten years, with a fully dedicated LoRaWAN operator aiming to both ensure continuity and develop the network to support future use cases and applications.

Netmore Group, under the ownership of infrastructure investor Polar Structure, have jointly expanded their physical presence and network infrastructure in eleven European markets.

Arnaud Delprat, Netmore Group’s Managing Director in France, stated, “With the completed acquisition, the French IoT market now has stable and long-term access to professional LoRaWAN services. We are actively in dialogue with existing and potential customers and partners, particularly utilities, resource management, smart building companies, property owners, to understand how we can best support their long-term and large-scale IoT projects. I encourage more companies within the IoT sector to initiate discussions on the connectivity solutions we offer. We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to Bouygues Telecom and Objenious for their valued collaboration. To the esteemed customers of Objenious who have opted, or will opt, to pursue the LoRaWAN journey with us, we anticipate contributing collectively to the advancement of the LoRaWAN market in France.”

Ove Anebygd, CEO of Netmore Group, noted:

“Our Pan-European strategy highlights our commitment to integrating across diverse markets, with France playing an integral role. This expansive approach not only strengthens connectivity but also amplifies the commercial reach for our French partners, allowing them to tap into wider European opportunities.”

Bernardo Cabrera, Director of BU Objenious by Bouygues Telecom, states, “We are very proud to announce our deal with Netmore, which will significantly benefit our LoRaWAN customers. It was important for us to find an alternative solution for our LoRaWAN clients who wish to continue using this technology, and we believe that Netmore is the right actor at the right moment. Netmore has a proven track record with LoRaWAN technology across Europe, and we have confidence in their ability to further our work in this field. Objenious, as Bouygues Telecom’s IoT brand, will continue to develop its technology portfolio with LTE-M, NB-IoT, 4G, and 5G technologies, which are complementary to the LoRaWAN IoT use cases.”

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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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Everynet, one of the world’s largest network operators for national LoRaWAN® networks, is pleased to offer connectivity access to its long-range wide area network (LoRaWAN) through AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN.

AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN is a fully managed LoRaWAN Network Server (LNS) that allows customers to connect wireless devices to the LoRaWAN protocol for low-power, long-range wide area network connectivity with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Now, those customers can seamlessly connect devices at scale to the cloud without having to deploy and manage the radio networking infrastructure. This eliminates the need to build out and manage dedicated LoRaWAN networks.

Everynet access through AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN is immediately available to AWS customers across Everynet’s national LoRaWAN network footprint in the United States and the United Kingdom.

“We’ve been pleased at the broad range of industries and use cases that participated in public preview. It’s amazing how many different types of companies are finding tangible, real-world success using LoRaWAN technology,” states Gabriel Nave, VP Business Development for Everynet. “With network access now generally available, we’re confident even more companies will realize the benefits of LoRaWAN technology to streamline their operations, enhance predictive maintenance and improve daily living.”

One such company is Subeca, whose E2E water management platform leverages LoRaWAN technology – helping water utilities and their customers improve water efficiencies and reduce waste. Explains Subeca CEO Patrick Keaney, “Subeca’s move to AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN offered a seamless transition from our previous LNS. Since making the change, we’ve reduced our reoccurring costs by more than 90%. This cost reduction has enabled smaller utilities and companies within the irrigation market to adopt our platform – creating an environment for greater water conservation across the United States.”

While public preview participants have represented utilities, grocery chains, logistics companies and more, the integration between Everynet and AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN also provides an opportunity for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) to expand their reach as well.

“Mobile Network Operators in the United States have taken various approaches to integrating LoRaWAN into their offerings,” explains Everynet’s Nave. “The robust infrastructure of AWS coupled with Everynet’s neutral host RAN creates a platform that will make it much easier for them going forward.”

Everynet engagements in Indonesia and Brazil offer examples of how MNOs benefit from LoRaWAN. In 2020, Everynet was selected to help Telkom, Indonesia’s largest telecommunication and network provider, build and operate the national LoRaWAN network infrastructure needed to enable the Industrial Revolution 4.0 taking place in Indonesia. Thanks to Everynet’s neutral-host network approach, the partnership with Telkom enables all of Indonesia’s MNOs, ASPs, MSPs and ISPs to offer robust Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) IoT services. This access allows end users to gather huge amounts of previously ignored data, empowering more informed and real-time decisions related to Indonesia’s economic and social life.

Similarly, in 2022, through its partnership with American Tower Company in Brazil, Algar Telecom, the communications and IT company of Grupo Algar, began leveraging Everynet’s LoRaWAN network throughout Brazil to expand access to and adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions.

LoRaWAN technology offers a host of benefits for end users, integrators and MNOs alike, including:

• Low-cost connectivity. Users can avoid the expense and long-term resource investment needed to implement and manage a dedicated LoRaWAN network. It requires no upfront network CAPEX and connectivity is consumed on an ultra-low-cost messaging plan.
• Expediate time to market. Quickly and securely connect LoRaWAN devices to the cloud – at scale – via AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN, reducing the time to deployment from months to minutes and speeding time to revenue.
• Simplified billing. With AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN, powered by Everynet connectivity, customers will receive a single, consolidated bill from AWS encompassing messaging and connectivity. There are no upfront commitments or minimum fees. Subscribers receive simple, transparent billing directly from AWS.

“Everynet and AWS are working together to make it simple for LoRaWAN customers to connect their devices to Everynet’s public network,” said Yasser Alsaied, vice president of IoT at AWS.

“AWS IoT customers no longer need to deploy and manage private networks, which not only reduces engineering efforts, but also expedites the process to bring a complete LoRaWAN solution built on AWS IoT Core to production. We are delighted to work with Everynet to simplify the development process for our customers.”

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Companies will Showcase the Plug-and-Play Capability for Seamless Real-time Connections across Europe at The Things Conference.

Today, EchoStar Mobile Limited, an EchoStar company, and The Things Industries announced a collaboration to deploy hybrid satellite and LoRa® Internet of Things (IoT) solutions to businesses across Europe.

The companies have incorporated EchoStar’s satellite IoT capabilities into The Things Stack, a reliable, cloud-based LoRaWAN network server, enabling customers to connect IoT devices for real-time, two-way communications over satellite or terrestrial networks using a dual-transport, generic node.

“With plug-and-play simplicity, this collaboration between EchoStar Mobile and The Things Network enables terrestrial and satellite transports to be integrated easily into the same node or module for IoT applications,” said Telemaco Melia, vice president and general manager, EchoStar Mobile.

“It’s a breakthrough that enables cost-effective IoT deployments with seamless coverage so customers can be sure their devices remain connected anytime, anywhere, within the service area – even in the most remote places.”

“LoRa technology has previously been confined by the limits of terrestrial infrastructure. EchoStar’s innovative, integrated approach to satellite connectivity breaks this barrier. Our collaboration provides all the key features of our generic node combined with the wide area reach of the EchoStar network to enable smooth, universal LoRaWAN access, wherever the user may be,” said Wienke Giezeman, CEO, The Things Industries.

The collaboration introduces satellite connectivity to The Things Stack LoRaWAN Network Server and its Generic Node Concept Edition, enabling customers to extend the reach and reliability of their connected IoT devices with one click. With the satellite capability – and a limited-time free trial for each device connected – businesses can effortlessly expand their IoT deployments to remote and challenging locations.

Last year, EchoStar Mobile unveiled its pan-European LoRa-enabled IoT network, which is now delivering bi-directional, real-time LoRa connectivity for customers across Europe. Integration with The Things Stack Cloud propels this offering to a global scale, powering multi-country service continuity for customers in sectors such as utilities, transportation, logistics and agritech.

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A groundbreaking collaboration between LPWAN industry leaders and LoRa Alliance® members Semtech, Actility, Arad, and Deviceroy has the world’s first commercial implementation and successful end-to-end interoperability test for the innovative relay feature utilizing LoRaWAN connectivity.

This cutting-edge advancement enables LoRaWAN packets from remote, isolated or hard to reach devices to be relayed by battery-operated relay nodes. This coverage extension is provided through a low-cost solution further lowering the total cost of ownership (TCO) of the LoRaWAN deployment. The relay feature promises to be a game changer for LoRaWAN-based use cases such as water, gas, and electricity metering, where stringent service level agreements demand cost efficient and unparalleled coverage for all devices within a geographical footprint.

Semtech, a pioneering force in LoRa technology, has seamlessly integrated the relay feature for both end-devices and relay nodes into their latest LoRa Basics Modem v4 stack. This integration fortifies the potential of LoRaWAN to provide low cost, exceptional coverage and connectivity across various applications.

Actility, a trailblazer in IoT connectivity solutions, has integrated the relay feature utilizing LoRaWAN into its renowned ThingPark Wireless and ThingPark Enterprise network platforms in Release 7.3. This inclusion is also available in the free-to-use Community edition of ThingPark, which can be immediately used by developers to test their relay implementations utilizing LoRaWAN. To learn more, visit actility.com/relay.

Deviceroy, a key player in the IoT device industry, plays a pivotal role with Aria Relay, serving as a powerful range extender for LoRaWAN. Aria Relay ensures bidirectional connectivity, enabling data between remote or isolated devices and their destinations to flow reliably, significantly expanding network coverage. To learn more about the Aria Relay, visit deviceroy.com/relay.

The three vendors – Semtech, Actility, and Deviceroy – have successfully completed interoperability testing and achieved reliable end-to-end bidirectional communication with devices that can connect only through a LoRaWAN-based relay. This achievement underscores the reliability and seamlessness of the relay feature in real-world scenarios.

Arad, a visionary in water metering solutions, is poised to deploy the relay feature utilizing LoRaWAN within its water meter networks. This implementation has the potential to revolutionize utility management, offering unparalleled connectivity in even the most challenging environments.

The introduction of the relay feature utilizing LoRaWAN signals a new era in IoT connectivity, reshaping the possibilities for a more connected future across industries by enabling customers to add battery-operated, easy-to-deploy relay nodes that act as network extenders. These relay nodes can be placed in remote locations or in areas where signal strength is weak due to extreme distances or circumstances, effectively extending the range of existing gateway(s) and networks using LoRaWAN connectivity.

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Building management solutions using LoRaWAN are designed to reduce insurance premiums and repair costs, improve tenant satisfaction while saving time and mitigating risks.

Senet, Inc.¹ and ProSentry² today announced a partnership to deliver smart building solutions utilizing Senet’s Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for private LoRaWAN network deployments and smart building sensor management.

Senet’s Platform-as-a-Service allows solution providers, like ProSentry, to deploy LoRaWAN gateways exclusive to their customers’ environments while leveraging the benefits of Senet’s cloud-based managed network services and Radio Access Network (RAN) tools to provision, monitor, and manage gateways dedicated to their environments, ensuring the delivery of carrier-grade service required for building monitoring applications.

“Whether installing a new system or retrofitting a building, a small number of low-cost LoRaWAN gateways can easily deliver connectivity for an entire building and provide the foundation for a holistic building monitoring solution,” said John Rusk, President and Founder of ProSentry. “Reliable network connectivity is critical to the delivery of our services and Senet’s Platform-as-a-Service and RAN tools ensure we are able to deploy, manage, and monitor our network infrastructure and sensor deployments, bringing innovation and ease to better building monitoring.”

Building Monitoring, Simplified

Providing a flexible and cost-effective alternative to legacy proprietary solutions, ProSentry’s all-in-one platform provides water and gas leak detection and mechanical and environmental monitoring utilizing a broad portfolio of standards-based LoRaWAN sensors. Real-time operational insights and instant alerts are accessible any time, from any mobile device via live operator call, text, email, and in-app notifications, helping stakeholders make informed decisions and reduce response times to issues before they escalate.

With new capabilities being added regularly, the ProSentry building monitoring platform supports a variety of wirelessly connected in-building sensors for:

• Water Leaks
• Natural Gas Leaks
• Boiler Temperature
• Exhaust Fans
• Temperature / Humidity
• Elevator Motion
• Roof & Terrace Drain
• Sump Pit Water Levels
• Trash Container Levels
• Water Tank Levels
• Mouse Traps
• Door/Window Ajar
• Automatic/Remote Water Shutoff Valve
• Smoking/Vaping, THC & Tobacco (Coming Soon)
• Water Metering (Coming Soon)

Capable of supporting one building or a complete real estate portfolio, the ProSentry platform aims to reduce insurance premiums and repair costs, and provide proactive risk mitigation, time savings, and improved tenant satisfaction.

“Network connectivity plays a crucial role in smart buildings, and standards-based LoRaWAN networks and sensors are revolutionizing the way building owners can serve their occupants and stakeholders,” said Bruce Chatterley, CEO of Senet.

“With numerous sensors supported and integration with Senet’s cloud managed network platform, ProSentry is able to support virtually any smart building use case making full-scale building, multi-dwelling unit, and campus deployments more accessible than ever before.”

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LoRa Alliance® Headed to Japan for LoRaWAN Live! Tokyo in October 2023 to Collaborate, Educate and Support the LoRaWAN Market in this Rapidly Growing Region

The LoRa Alliance®, today highlighted the strong growth of LoRaWAN across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region with the addition of millions of sensors deployed in the first six months of 2023, led by large projects in China, Japan, Korea, and India.

The continued evolution of LoRaWAN networks is also increasing accessibility, further accelerating growth. To support the high level of regional activity, the LoRa Alliance will bring its next LoRaWAN Live event to Tokyo, Japan on October 11-12, 2023.

“The Asia Pacific region has consistently been at the leading edge of LoRaWAN deployments, and the trend has been accelerating through the first half of 2023,” said Donna Moore, CEO and chairwoman of the LoRa Alliance.

“As digital transformation accelerates and demand increases for more effective, efficient and environmentally sustainable solutions to protect the planet and people’s wellbeing, LoRa Alliance members have engaged in numerous deployments in the region to support a wide variety of applications. Some of the largest scale deployments support water metering and management, gas metering and leak detection, environmental monitoring and energy management, and street lighting/safety. I’m excited for the Alliance to return to Japan in October to support the region’s dynamic and accelerating LoRaWAN activity.”

Recent LoRaWAN projects and large-scale deployments announced in the APAC region include:

• Tata Communications has scaled two significant deployments; the first enables a connected worker solution covering more than 250,000 end nodes to monitor health, safety and productivity across large manufacturing organizations in segments like metals and mining, oil and gas, automotive, pharma, etc.; and the second harnesses LoRaWAN for smart lighting automation solutions for more than 300,000 end nodes across India and the Middle East to manage streetlight infrastructure across large geographies.
• Packetworx and Actility are deploying a nationwide public LoRaWAN network in the Philippines with over 6,000 gateways.
• Semtech is a partner in a large water metering deployment of 250,000 sensors in Korea. Leotek Co. Ltd. supplies advanced water metering infrastructure services to major local governments in Korea using SJI LoRaWAN modules.
• Milesight has completed multiple deployments across China, with approximately 50,000 LoRaWAN devices deployed. Projects included: lighting control system upgrade to improve management efficiency of the site campus and reduce power consumption; digital transformation including lighting control, device control, energy and environment management, and space management, with the help of a smart building using LoRaWAN® to enhance working efficiency and productivity; and sustainable and productive building management with LoRaWAN smart bin sensors and water leak detectors, improving operational efficiency, ensuring customer satisfaction, and integrating legacy systems.
• In a LoRaWAN milestone for Singapore, iWOW Technology Ltd.’s installed a network of over 400 TEKTELIC LoRaWAN gateways to service over 25,000 sensors for smart metering and emergency response services.
• IoT Ventures is deploying more than 8,000 sensors to support its LoRaWAN end-to-end solutions, including the Water2Milk Water Infrastructure and Pasture Growth irrigation solution, HorseSafe horse wellness solution and GrainSure silo monitoring solution.
• Lacuna Space and IoT Ventures roll out a water monitoring system to track the availability of clean drinking water captured and stored in tanks within remote communities in the South Pacific. The early warning system avoids the need for infrastructure by messaging direct from sensor to satellite, allowing authorities to take action before the situation becomes critical.
• One of the largest subway companies in Japan introduced Yokogawa Electric Corporation’s Sushi Sensors to monitor hundreds of ventilators and air conditioning equipment units located in its stations and tunnels. The company plans to install Sushi Sensor on all its subway lines’ ventilators and air conditioning equipment.
• SenRa collaborated with a large Building Management System (BMS) company in India to optimize and expand its LoRaWAN deployment covering a 65-acre site and leveraging more than 250 sensors in the initial phases of the project to support water metering and management, leak detection and remote monitoring. Phases planned for later this year are slated to expand into street lighting, energy metering and parking solutions adding thousands of sensors.
• Kiwi Technology has launched two significant IoT FOT deployments; the first supports LNG gas metering and leverages a third-party Network Control Unit that uses LoRaWAN with Class B to connect and monitor gas meters in real-time and potentially reduce gas leaks. The current Taiwan LPG deployment follows a similar project in Japan that went online in late 2022 and the second harnesses LoRaWAN for smart temperature management solutions across food retail and cold chain, as well as medical logistics to manage food and pharma safety to meet HACCP/GMP regulations.
• Semtech supported Aeon Delight in equipping 90 administrative facilities in Japan with solar panel-driven LoRaWAN sensors commercialized by Ricoh to measure temperature, humidity, CO2 levels and light remotely, reducing both labor and running costs.

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Semtech today announced it is collaborating with Massive IoT service provider and integrator UnaBiz, to enable Sigfox 0G technology on Semtech’s LoRa Edge and the next generation LoRa Connect platforms.

Semtech Corporation, a high-performance semiconductor, IoT systems and cloud connectivity service provider, today announced it is collaborating with Massive IoT service provider and integrator UnaBiz, to enable Sigfox 0G technology on Semtech’s LoRa Edge and the next generation LoRa Connect platforms.

This collaboration will enable customers to develop solutions that combine LoRaWAN® and Sigfox 0G technologies, providing global coverage for more IoT use cases such as asset management through ultra-low power geolocation in industries including supply chain and logistics.

Semtech’s LoRa technology, with its long range, low power and secure communication capabilities, has emerged as the de facto IoT platform for private LPWAN IoT applications. Today, LoRa Edge and the LoRa Connect transceivers offer cutting-edge radio performance with highly desirable features such as multi-band connectivity, ultra-low power Wi-Fi and GNSS scanning capabilities in a single monolithic silicon, making them highly cost-effective platforms for IoT and geolocation applications in the global unlicensed LPWAN market, ensuring wide coverage. This collaboration paves the road for LoRa Cloud geolocation on the Sigfox global 0G network, currently present in over 70 countries. Simplifying IoT deployments and enhancing global availability based on the combined network’s coverage will enhance the options and opportunities for developers to create world-class solutions.

UnaBiz joined the LoRa Alliance® as a Contributor member recently following a series of partnership announcements with several LoRaWAN ecosystem members. In April 2023, UnaBiz opened up the Sigfox device library to the public and IoT community to build bridges with all IoT communication technologies and power sustainable business growth. The open device library facilitated the validation of the Sigfox 0G technology with the LoRa Edge platform.

Tom Mueller, executive vice president and general manager of the IoT System Products Group, Semtech, said:

“With this collaboration, we are bringing together the LoRaWAN and Sigfox ecosystems to expand Semtech’s LoRa platform to an even larger footprint of LPWAN networks across the globe and provide IoT developers and customers with best-in-class solutions for ultra-low power connectivity, security and cloud-based geolocation.”

“We are creating a cost-effective, single SKU platform for our customers to benefit from the best available network coverage globally and we are enabling LoRa Cloud geolocation across these networks, bringing ultra-low power Wi-Fi and GNSS sniffing for logistics and asset tracking.”

“This collaboration demonstrates our commitment to provide our customers with the most cost-effective and energy-efficient technologies for sustainable solutions,” said Remi Lorrain, Vice President of Convergence, UnaBiz. “By accelerating technology convergence at the device and software layer, we provide our customers the freedom to select the most effective and relevant connectivity, leveraging both Sigfox 0G network and LoRaWAN coverage, based on their business requirements and sustainability goals.”

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Semtech’s LoRa devices and gateways utilizing LoRaWAN® help to improve farming practices, lower operational costs and increase crop yields.

Semtech Corporation, a high-performance semiconductor, IoT systems and Cloud connectivity service provider, announces that Sustainable Hrvest Sdn Bhd (SH) has deployed LoRa-enabled sensors and LoRaWAN-based gateways across its Durian fruit farms in greater Malaysia.

While one of the country’s most popular fruits, Durian trees are challenging to grow and harvest. These plants are sensitive to weather and moisture conditions and need 24X7 maintenance for high yield. LoRa-enabled sensors now give Malaysian farmers real-time data on the health of their farms every step of the growth cycle from pre-harvest, harvest, until post-harvest. This real-time visibility has made farmers’ lives easier, while also helping improve their bottom line.

LoRa is the de facto wireless platform of Internet of Things (IoT). Semtech’s LoRa chipsets connect sensors to the Cloud and enable real-time communication of data and analytics. This instantaneous management helps to enhance the efficiency and productivity of sustainable IoT use cases. Globally, there are more than 300 million LoRa end nodes deployed across a wide array of customer applications from agriculture and healthcare to industrial and transportation, and more.

“We founded this company to address the farming barriers and pain points here in Malaysia. To better serve our community, we knew that we needed to improve farming practices, reduce operational costs, and help farmers deliver better yields,” said Han Wei, co-founder, and chief technology officer at SH. “LoRa was an easy choice for our team. One of our biggest farms, Musang Valley Plantation, is more than 700 acres with 11,000 Durian trees. The land includes many steep hillsides which make managing the crops challenging.”

“LoRa monitors the trees, alerts the farmer if there is an issue, and allows them to take immediate action. This response saves not only time, but also mitigates potential tree loss and revenue. Sustainable IoT and LoRa have completely overhauled farming in Malaysia.”

Currently, there are 30 LoRa-powered farms in Malaysia with new plantations expected to go live in the coming 12 months. Designed by Sustainable Hrvest, the IoT nodes utilizing LoRaWAN implement LoRa’s low power, long range sensors and last upwards of four years in the field without needing replacement. This purpose-built chip-to-Cloud sensor platform monitors the flow rate and pressure of irrigation systems to maintain soil moisture levels. It also tracks the nutrients in the soil. The data-driven farming practice gives Malaysian farmers the ability to remotely care for their crops and helps to deliver a more sustainable planet for future generations.

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The LoRa Alliance®, the global association of companies backing the open LoRaWAN® standard for the Internet of Things (IoT) low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), today showcased how LoRaWAN has become the market leader driving industrial evolution to Industry 5.0 globally.

Industry 5.0 builds on Industry 4.0 by incorporating the human element, guided largely by environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives that seek to strengthen sustainability, efficiency and quality of life for the world’s citizens. The LoRa Alliance ecosystem delivers end-to-end solutions across the value chain, which enable holistic digital transformation––encompassing technology, data, new workflows, and operational realignments––needed to achieve industry 5.0’s objectives.

“Over the past few years, the LoRa Alliance has demonstrated how LoRaWAN supports people, planet and profit. These concepts are fundamental to the ideas of Industry 5.0, which aims beyond efficiency and productivity as the sole goals and reinforces the role and the contribution of industry to society with more human-machine collaboration and human-centric solutions,” said Donna Moore, CEO and chairwoman of the LoRa Alliance.

“Globally, businesses are recognizing that achieving business goals takes more than operational improvements, people and technology must work together to bring about change. LoRaWAN has taken a leadership position in this arena with millions of deployments that ultimately focus on increasing sustainability and improving quality of life.”

“The evolution to Industry 5.0 is not possible without the use of open standards, backed by a strong ecosystem that offers choice of vendors and endless innovation. This is also why so many organizations worldwide are adopting the LoRaWAN standard to drive their holistic digitization initiatives.”

Some of the trends driving Industry 5.0 include:

• The growth of governmental regulations for monitoring to ensure safety, such as New York City’s requirements to monitor for gas leaks. Using LoRaWAN for real-time monitoring has accelerated shut-off times by 6X, according to LoRa Alliance members Senet and ProSentry, saving lives and property.
• A rapid increase in P&C insurance premiums, reported to be more than 300% since 2017. Water damage claims are the single largest category of losses contributing to rate increases, accounting for $300B in global water claims annually. This is leading insurers to transition to a prevention mindset, encouraging building owners and operators to adopt leak detection technology. LoRa Alliance member Kairos reports that its LoRaWAN flexible leak detection sensors have eliminated water claims for more than 8,000 apartment units since installation and achieved a 6-month ROI on average for asset owners following system installation.
• The need for residents’ privacy is also driving LoRaWAN adoption in residential buildings, as it allows for facility monitoring and optimization without capturing or transmitting any personally identifiable information.

“Beecham Research is constantly conducting surveys and one-on-one interviews with IoT users and suppliers,” said Robin Duke-Woolley, CEO and Chief Analyst, Beecham Research. “These are consistently showing LoRaWAN as the rapidly rising star for LPWAN sensor deployments in the smart cities, buildings and utility sectors and also gaining ground rapidly in manufacturing, agriculture, and other high-priority sectors. The value that LoRaWAN brings as an open standard makes it inherently agile and encourages innovation across industries.”

“LoRaWAN’s strengths—open standard, strong security, low power, battery-operated, long-distance transmission, low capital and operating expense—make it the leading LPWAN for IoT and the natural choice for Industry 5.0,” added Moore, “Massive LoRaWAN deployments pave the way to meeting ESG goals and adoption of Industry 5.0.”

Recent industry developments and large-scale deployments include:

• Sigfox owner Unabiz to utilize global LoRaWAN networks via partnerships with LoRa Alliance members Actility, LORIOT, The Things Industries and Senet
• Nova Labs collaborations with multiple members to integrate Helium Network as a roaming solution and expand global LoRaWAN connectivity for all network operators, including announcements with Actility and Senet

LoRaWAN industry leaders, including:

• Everynet LoRaWAN connectivity is now available through AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN, giving Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers the ability to connect devices seamlessly to the cloud, at scale and without the cost of deploying and managing their own network infrastructure
• Microsoft’s Azure IoT Edge LoRaWAN Starter Kit for connectivity to Azure IoT Hub
• Netmore announced plans to implement large-scale LoRaWAN networks in France, Spain, Poland and the Netherlands, and has joined the LoRa Alliance board of directors
• MultiTech has partnered with a major automotive company to implement LoRaWAN on the manufacturing floor for predictive maintenance on a fleet of Autonomous Guided Vehicles
• Minol ZENNER Connect is experiencing strong growth in countries implementing the EU Energy Efficiency Directive, which requires, among other things, that utilities and real estate companies transmit consumption data to consumers and tenants throughout the year so they can monitor and adjust their consumption patterns. Currently, they operate more than 70,000 gateways with over 4,800,000 sensors in 5,800 cities in 12 countries and getting more day by day.
• Senet and Telli Health have launched the first remote patient monitoring (RPM) hardware powered by LoRaWAN, allowing providers to reach more patients in remote and underserved areas – such as indigenous communities worldwide – boosting healthcare equity and inclusivity

Recent LoRaWAN deployments that specifically support sustainability:

• 140,000 Abeeway trackers on factory workers in an industrial city in the region Jharkhand, India (partnership with one of the largest conglomerates in India)
• The Things Industries and Connexin have collaborated to create a hybrid network model in Severn Trent, UK, to connect 150,000 LoRaWAN Itron water meters for real-time water usage data and just-in-time water leak detection
• Milesight is providing Quebec’s schools with air quality monitoring, with nearly 50,000 sensors transmitting to 2600 gateways, transmitting more than 7 million messages daily over LoRaWAN
• 360,000 smart water meters deployed by Netmore in Yorkshire, UK
• 23,000 PipeBurst Pro WT500 wireless water sensors deployed in the US by Greenfield Direct

Moore continued: “The value that the world’s largest brands bring to our organization is second to none. I’m proud to include Minol ZENNER Connect and Netmore Group on that list and welcome Zenner USA’s president, Rich Sanders, and Netmore’s CEO, Ove Anebygd to the LoRa Alliance Board of Directors. I look forward to their strategic leadership on the Board of Directors and their companies’ support in driving the alliance and LoRaWAN technology forward.”

“It is an immense opportunity and honor for Zenner to be seated on the board of directors of the LoRa Alliance,” said Rich Sanders, president of Zenner USA. “The open LoRaWAN standard will force industries away from proprietary standards, which make products more expensive and cumbersome to work with for customers who want to automate. Providing an open standard also pushes competition within any industry to be more competitive and customer focused. Across all our businesses, LoRaWAN has been a major part of our ability to provide advanced, low-cost, leading-edge solutions to our customers. As a company, we are committed to the success of the LoRa Alliance and as a board member we are engaged in helping achieve that success.”

“We are honoured and grateful for the opportunity to join the Board of Directors for the LoRa Alliance, an organization that has been instrumental in advancing the adoption of LoRaWAN technology worldwide,” said Anebygd, CEO of Netmore Group. “As a pan-European LoRaWAN operator with a strong commercial momentum, we are convinced that our position and our ambitions harmonize with the vision of the LoRa Alliance. A lot of important work has been done, while at the same time we believe that we can contribute to the technology being established around Europe to an even greater extent. We are committed to leveraging our expertise, experience, and resources to help drive the proliferation of IoT solutions that benefit the LoRaWAN ecosystem and communities across Europe.”

“We have reached a moment in time where businesses have to change, there is no longer a choice of digitizing or not,” concluded Moore. “The evolution to Industry 5.0 is being driven by the tremendous headwinds the world is facing, including the global pandemic, supply chain issues, worker shortages, decaying infrastructure, financial crisis and more. This new industrial evolution that accounts for people, planet and profit is only possible with holistic digital transformation that looks at the bigger picture and finds ways to optimize business operations and the environment to achieve a sustainable future where the world’s citizens can thrive.”

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Semtech Corporation and esteemed engineering design services firm, Connected Development, today announced the launch of the new XCVR Development Board and Reference Design integrating the LoRa® Sub-GHz Radio Transceiver.

Based on Semtech’s LoRa® SX126x Series, the Development Board and Reference Design simplifies the design process and reduces time-to-market for customers designing solutions in markets such as building management, agriculture, supply chain, logistics and industrial control.

Connected Development’s comprehensive layout and schematic files for the XCVR Development Board provide customers with convenient LoRa implementation into end-product designs. Software drivers are supplied with the design and are compatible with various microcontroller vendors including Nordic Semiconductor. The XCVR’s software examples include LoRa® Point to Point and LoRaWAN® (LoRaMAC-Node & LoRa Basics Modem) reference firmware to enable rapid software development.

“LoRa continues to be seen as the de facto wireless platform for IoT,” said Robert Comanescu, senior director of the IoT Chips Business at Semtech. “Semtech’s LoRa chipsets connect sensors to the Cloud and enable real-time communication of data and analytics that can be utilized to enhance efficiency and productivity.”

“With the XCVR’s small form factor, production ready hardware design, firmware and dedicated support resources available through Symmetry Electronics, Mouser and Connected Development, we believe this platform will be ideal for customers currently developing LoRa-enabled wireless designs or considering a future wireless product on their roadmap.”

“The collaborative effort between Connected Development and Semtech on the XCVR provides our customer base with the combined benefits of Semtech’s next-generation technology and Connected Development’s state-of-the-art engineering design,” says Gregor Bleimann, Connected Development’s vice president and general manager. “We are confident that implementing Semtech’s SX126x into the XCVR Development Board and Reference Design enhances functionality, product design, and furthers our wireless solutions. Customers will decrease their time-to-market with added confidence by leveraging this reference design for their products.”

The XCVR Development Board and Reference Design with SX126x LoRa® Sub-GHz Radio Transceiver is available exclusively at Mouser Electronics and Symmetry Electronics.

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Everynet, one of the world’s largest network operators for national LoRaWAN® networks, announces it is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer long-range wide area network (LoRaWAN) connectivity on the providers’ carrier-grade national LoRaWAN networks around the world.

AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN is a fully managed LoRaWAN Network Server (LNS) that allows customers to connect wireless devices to AWS using the low-power LoRaWAN technology.

Now, with Everynet’s nationwide, neutral-host LoRaWAN networks, AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN provides a seamless way to help AWS customers simply connect devices at scale to the cloud without having to deploy and manage the radio networking infrastructure, such as gateways and connectivity backhaul. This eliminates the need to build out and manage dedicated LoRaWAN networks.

The network is available now to AWS customers across Everynet’s national LoRaWAN network footprint in the United States, with plans to expand globally in the coming months.

Benefits include:

• Low-cost connectivity. Users can avoid the expense and long-term resource investment needed to implement and manage a dedicated LoRaWAN network. It requires no upfront network CAPEX and connectivity is consumed on an ultra-low-cost messaging plan.
• Expediate time to market. Quickly and securely connect LoRaWAN devices to the cloud – at scale – via AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN, reducing the time to deployment from months to minutes and speeding time to revenue.
• Simplified billing. With AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN, powered by Everynet connectivity, customers will receive a single, consolidated bill from AWS encompassing messaging and connectivity. There are no upfront commitments or minimum fees. Subscribers receive simple, transparent billing directly from AWS. Participation in the public preview is free of charge.

Vitaly Kleban, Everynet co-founder and CTO, explains:

“AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN with Everynet connectivity provides customers with a low-cost, plug-and-play solution that simplifies the process of connecting wireless devices to the cloud at scale.”

“From the start, we have been dedicated to making LoRaWAN more accessible to help address environmental, business, and societal challenges. Working with AWS to offer our carrier-grade LoRaWAN national network to their customers across our global network footprint is a big step forward in that accessibility. This simplifies and reduces the expense of connecting wireless devices to the cloud at scale.”

“LoRaWAN is becoming the technology of choice for IoT deployments that require long range and low power consumption,” said Yasser Alsaied, Vice President of IoT at AWS. “LoRaWAN network operators are building new types of public infrastructure to meet future IoT networking requirements. Enabling our customers to deploy LoRaWAN devices using public networks not only reduces deployment efforts, but also brings new business opportunities for our customers. Working with Everynet was the natural next step for us as we expand our efforts to support the LoRaWAN landscape.”

Quext, a leader in smart multi-unit dwelling technology, is currently using AWS IoT Core, with Everynet LoRaWAN connectivity, to operate a LoRaWAN device that enables building managers and residents to control smart door locks and thermostats through a single application. “At Quext, we’re focused on delivering cost-effective and streamlined smart apartment technology that boosts property values, simplifies building management and improves resident satisfaction. Access to the Everynet LoRaWAN network globally through AWS IoT Core is providing us with the most efficient and immediate way to meet this goal,” explains Tray Johnson, CTO at Quext.

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Actility, the leading provider of unlicensed multi-radio LPWAN infrastructure, and UnaBiz, global Massive IoT service provider and integrator have announced a strategic collaboration to integrate their respective platforms and ecosystems.

The joint effort aims to bring the power of LoRaWAN® and Sigfox 0G technology together in a simple and unified manner, enabling customers to meet their diverse networking requirements and accelerate their IoT projects.

Actility, the co-inventor of LoRaWAN® and founding member of LoRa Alliance® serves LoRaWAN and cellular-based public and private LPWAN networks with its ThingPark® platform, and low-power geolocation use cases with its Abeeway trackers. UnaBiz, the new owner of Sigfox 0G technology specialises in sensor product design, manufacturing, and data platform services across a hybrid of network communication technologies to power sustainable business growth. In order to better serve customers that require a range of LPWAN connectivity solutions, UnaBiz and Actility have integrated their platforms at two different levels.

A specific ThingPark X connector is used in the first type of integration to link networks powered by ThingPark to UnaConnect, UnaBiz’s tech-agnostic data management platform. Users of UnaConnect may now access data flows collected from LoRaWAN® and NB-IoT/LTE-M devices that are served by the ThingPark network deployments and global IoT SIMs thanks to this integration.

The second integration brings Sigfox data to LoRaWAN networks and applications via the ThingPark Exchange roaming hub. This helps to translate Sigfox frames to LoRaWAN® frames and vice versa. Any standard LoRaWAN network connected to ThingPark Exchange and IoT applications built for LoRaWAN® can now leverage devices powered by Sigfox 0G technology without any special adaptation.

As both integration methods are independent of one another, customers may choose to use them separately or in combination.

Olivier Hersent, CEO of Actility, said:

“It is a reality that the market uses a mix of LPWAN technologies. UnaBiz and Actility have decided to integrate both our technologies in multiple ways so that any customer may easily utilise either, or a combination of the two, instead of being forced to choose one or do a complex integration on their own. This partnership serves as a resounding affirmation of our shared goal of building Massive IoT.”

“Actility was one of the first LoRaWAN partners to share our vision of Convergence. We are extremely pleased to take another step towards our vision of a United LPWAN World, and excited to see the integration of our technologies happen so swiftly. We will work closely with Actility to help our partners bring new solutions to the market to help our customers accelerate their adoption of multi-technology projects!” said Henri Bong, Co-Founder & CEO of UnaBiz.

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• Meshify Defender Sensors detect water leaks and other perils
• Sensors feature extended battery life and longer range
• Water Shutoff stops water flow, with the tap of a mobile app

Spots and Stops Leaks, Any Time, Day, or Night

Specialty insurer HSB today introduced Meshify Defender Sensors, its next generation LoRaWAN® Internet of Things (IoT) device suite, and the new Meshify Defender Water Shutoff, which combine to help prevent property and equipment damage using a mobile app.

Designed by Meshify, the IoT subsidiary of HSB, Meshify Defender Sensors monitor commercial and residential buildings and equipment 24/7 for water leaks, frozen pipes, temperature changes, and humidity.

Once a sensor detects a leak, HSB sends an alert to customers who can activate the Meshify Defender Water Shutoff, using the Meshify Protect mobile app to stop the water supply.

“HSB has been providing IoT solutions to a range of businesses for nearly a decade,” said John B. Riggs, HSB chief technology officer and president of Meshify.

“The Meshify Defender Sensors and Water Shutoff are the culmination what we have learned about the needs of our customers and our insurance industry partners. Our leading-edge sensors and water shutoff have been tested extensively and made accessible and affordable for insurers and their policyholders to reduce costly water losses.”

A Seamless and Secure Connection

Meshify Defender Sensors offer long range and extended battery life, with more robust performance to support commercial environments with an improved customer experience.
LoRaWAN wireless technology, a low-power, wide-area networking protocol, seamlessly connects Meshify Defender to the Internet of Things with end-to-end security.

Installs in 10 Minutes, No Cutting Pipes

The Meshify Defender Water Shutoff, developed over years of research and testing, stops water leaks at the source, with design options that don’t require cutting any pipes.
Using the Meshify Protect mobile app for iOS and Android, customers can shut off the water with a tap of the screen on a mobile device, from any location, at any time.

Prevents Loss, Provides Peace of Mind

In the past, water leaks from plumbing, water heaters, HVAC systems, boilers, and other sources might go undiscovered for hours or days, overnight, weekends, and holidays, causing severe damage.

Now, customers can have peace-of-mind that Meshify Defender Sensors and Smart Shutoff can detect leaks and cut off the water supply to help prevent or reduce property loss.

Available Exclusively from HSB

The Meshify Defender Sensor suite and Water Shutoff are available exclusively in the United States and Canada through HSB and its partner insurance carriers.

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UnaBiz has signed a partnership agreement with LORIOT to develop multi-protocol solutions that enable large-scale IoT deployments for customers across a range of industries.

UnaBiz¹ and LORIOT² join forces to enable clients to deploy massive IoT solutions and provide them with the choice between multiple protocols that are best suited for their use case.

UnaBiz, the owner of Sigfox 0G technology specializes in sensor product design, manufacturing and data platform services across a hybrid of low-power wide-area networks (LPWAN) to create business value. LORIOT, pioneer and leader in the LoRaWAN® and mioty® markets, specializes in the development, management and operation of its LPWAN Network Management System solution provided as both public and private, on cloud and on-premise instances, to network operators, public administrations and large bluechip corporations.

Together, the two companies will leverage their respective expertise and strengths to deliver integrated IoT solutions with multiple LPWAN protocols capabilities, including Sigfox 0G technology, LoRaWAN® and mioty®.

The technical convergence will see the integration of LORIOT’s hybrid Network Management System Hummingbird and UnaBiz’s middleware IoT data management platform UnaConnect, to develop a catalogue of products and services.

The multi-protocol approach provides UnaBiz and LORIOT clients with more connectivity options, and greater flexibility when it comes to increasing device density. These benefits allow clients to leverage massive IoT in all desired verticals and use cases, simplifying device integration, securing the delivery of aggregated data to multiple end platforms, and, ultimately, making their IoT solutions more efficient, scalable and cost-effective.

Henri Bong, CEO and Co/Founder of UnaBiz, said:

“On top of the technical collaboration, UnaBiz will support LORIOT in the manufacturing of Industrial IoT Solutions powered by LoRaWAN® as well as other protocols used by LORIOT’s clients around the world. This strategic partnership demonstrates the positive outcome for customers and the market when LPWAN service providers unite.”

Julian Studer, CEO at LORIOT, added:
“Our strategic collaboration with UnaBiz is built on a hybrid approach, strong customer-focused culture and convergent vision. Together, we will be able to offer our customers a higher degree of flexibility and simplicity, helping them generate true value in their industries on a large scale. We are thrilled to collaborate with UnaBiz to provide our customers with the best of both worlds in terms of multi-protocol IoT solutions. By leveraging our strengths, we can bring a better IoT experience to the market, addressing the growing demand for Massive IoT deployments.”

In addition, through this partnership, UnaBiz clients will gain access to LORIOT LoRaWAN Roaming Hub allowing them to extend network coverage and density. This will give them instant access to LORIOT global LoRaWAN public infrastructure as well as third parties’ networks.

Together, the two companies will be able to bring their vision for convergence and commitment to excellence to their customers by meeting their needs for massive IoT globally.

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Accreditation will validate developers’ and engineers’ advanced knowledge of the LoRaWAN Standard

The LoRa Alliance®, the global association of companies backing the open LoRaWAN standard for the internet of things (IoT) low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), introduces the LoRaWAN Accredited Professional program.

The new accreditation supports the growing need for skilled LoRaWAN professionals in the market. The online exam will become available on May 1, 2023 and sign-up is open now, with the first 100 registrants receiving a $100 discount.

“LoRaWAN is a mature technology with massive deployments and the largest IoT ecosystem,” said Donna Moore, CEO and Chairwoman of the LoRa Alliance.

“Over the past few years, the IoT industry has asked for a technical accreditation program to meet the growing need for skilled LoRaWAN professionals. Developers and engineers who obtain accredited professional status will bring strong knowledge of LoRaWAN to support IoT projects around the world.”

The new LoRaWAN Accredited Professional program is administered by the LoRa Alliance, which develops and maintains the LoRaWAN standard. Individuals who pass the LoRaWAN Professional Accreditation exam have demonstrated advanced knowledge of the LoRaWAN standard and its implementation. This program is recommended for individuals with at least two years of professional experience developing and implementing LoRaWAN and/or have completed LoRa Alliance endorsed trainings.

The program offers significant benefits to technical IoT professionals, consultants, engineers, and developers who successfully achieve LoRaWAN Accredited Professional status:

• Proof of qualification to develop and deploy LoRaWAN solutions
• Enhances customer confidence in your abilities
• Increases job security and promotion opportunities
• Reduces on-the-job training time
• Increases opportunities when applying for a new job
• More authority and a larger voice in professional groups, raising your profile in the industry

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Known as the Semtech Network Server, developers looking to expand into LoRaWAN® technology will now have immediate, FREE access to the Everynet national LoRaWAN® network, creating an ideal testing to deployment environment.

Everynet¹ is pleased to announce a collaboration with Semtech Corporation² and ChirpStack³ to expand the Semtech developer program to provide direct access to the Everynet National Network from the Semtech Network Server powered by ChirpStack.

Beginning today, developers can visit www.everynet.com/SDN to request early access to the server, which provides developers with a single integrated platform to learn, develop and field test LoRaWAN solutions.

With the Internet of Things affecting every business world-wide, and the proliferation and adoption of LPWAN technologies growing daily, this network server provides an environment where developers can learn, build, and experiment with these new paradigms without investing a lot of time and resources up front. The Semtech Network Server, powered by ChirpStack and Everynet, provides an easy-to-use, FREE environment for developers to test and learn from prototype solutions that they create. Developers can then move developed solutions into production — all on a real network.

These three industry leaders have partnered previously and were natural partners for this offering as well. ChirpStack powers the Semtech Network Server and provides the interfaces for the management of gateways, devices and tenants to setup data integrations with the major cloud providers, databases and services commonly used for handling device data. Everynet operates the largest, neutral-host Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) networks in the world. Their carrier-grade networks offer fully managed, ultra-low-cost Connectivity as a Service, helping to enable the delivery of Massive IoT worldwide. Previously, developers would have to build or buy and manage their own gateways to develop and test prototype solutions. This collaboration has changed all that, providing developers with free access to Everynet network coverage without a gateway.

“Developers are the lifeblood of any technology, and LoRaWAN is no exception,” explains Martyn Stroeve, vice president of outbound product marketing at Semtech. “This is why Semtech has been providing free access to developer tools like the Semtech Network Server. Now, with our partnership, we can provide free network access to developers as well. You can buy off-the-shelf sensors or create your own prototypes, set up a free Semtech Network Server account and get access to the network for free without a gateway in place. We are reducing the barriers for developers to build and test their prototypes and solutions.”

“Everynet is pleased to partner with Semtech and ChirpStack to bring this LoRaWAN development environment to life,” states Gabriel Nave, VP Business Development at Everynet.

“Providing a network where developers can test and immediately take to market LoRaWAN-based solutions is absolutely critical as the adoption rate of LoRaWAN technology surges in the United States and abroad. From our inception, Everynet has been a leader moving LoRaWAN knowledge and adoption forward. This partnership with Semtech and ChirpStack further demonstrates our commitment.”

The early access program offers developers the opportunity to test and provide feedback on this game-changing expansion of the Semtech Developers Network.

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New Developer Platforms from Murata and Johanson Technology enable smaller form factor, lower development cost and risk and a faster time-to-market.

Semtech Corporation, a high-performance semiconductor, IoT systems and Cloud connectivity service provider, today announced the expansion of its market leading LoRa® portfolio with a new transceiver for use in Internet of Things (IoT) end points that provides lower power consumption, global connectivity and long range.

As the IoT continues to expand, LoRa’s innovative solutions are continuing to see huge growth in their implementation. LoRa enables data communication over a long range while using very little power. LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN® standard are flexible for everything from long distance rural to indoor use cases in a wide range of industries including smart cities, homes and buildings, communities, agriculture, metering and utilities, healthcare, environment and supply chain and logistics.

The new LoRa Connect LR1121 brings the best LoRa transceiver RF performance to date with the multi-band versatility permitting a single, low-power chip to be used anywhere in the world. It is pin compatible with the current LoRa Edge devices, allowing module makers such as Murata to have a single hardware design for a wide range of applications, with global connectivity. Likewise, Integrated Passive Devices such as Johanson Technology can readily be used alongside the LoRa Connect LR1121 to offer a smaller footprint, reduce time to market and minimize design iterations.

The highly integrated LoRa Connect LR1121 transceiver provides LoRaWAN connectivity for terrestrial low power wide area networks (LPWAN) operating at 470MHz, 868MHz and 915MHz; it also provides LoRa 2.4GHz and the S-band for direct connection to satellites.

“Semtech’s LoRa Connect is targeting the connectivity challenges faced by the industry today enabling widespread adoption and reinforcing LoRa’s position as the de-facto platform for IoT,” said Robert Comanescu, senior director of the IoT Chips Business at Semtech.

“We continue to invest in improving LoRa technology and enriching our product portfolio with multi-band LoRa support and LoRa Cloud services that will provide best in class, sustainable, ubiquitous and global IoT connectivity.”

New modules and reference designs, developed in partnership with Johanson and Murata, are ready at launch and offer a smaller form factor, lower assembly costs and faster time to market.

Murata’s Type 2GT module, currently supporting the LoRa Edge LR1110 and LR1120 products, is also now supporting the LoRa Connect LR1121, offering a turnkey solution for lower cost assembly and faster time to market with a pre-certified LR1121 variant readily available.

“By collaborating with Semtech on this offering, we are leveraging both companies’ leadership and expertise to create the most needed solution in the IoT market which provides multi-band LoRa® and long range – frequency hopping spread spectrum (LR-FHSS) communication over sub-GHz and 2.4GHz ISM bands as well as licensed S-Band for satellites,” said Sasaki Akira, general manager of Connectivity Module Marketing, Murata. “The new multi-band module allows designers to develop products with a faster time to market by minimizing BOM size, cost and complexity.”

Likewise, Johanson Technology’s IPD is also compatible with the LR1121 and replaces many RF passives, allowing a smaller form factor and lower assembly costs. A reference design is available now on the Semtech website to jumpstart chip down designs.

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Effort Combines Advanced Gas Alarms with Flexible LoRaWAN® Network Deployment Options for Safety and Critical Infrastructure Monitoring.

Senet, Inc.¹ and Heath Consultants Incorporated² are working together to provide natural gas leak detection products, consulting services, and managed LoRaWAN® network services to utilities and other natural gas stakeholders in the United States.

To address the demand for safety and efficiency enhancements throughout the gas distribution infrastructure, Heath Consultants and Senet are working with utilities and industry solution providers to support pilots and full-scale deployments of commercially available network-connected AMI residential methane gas alarms for in-building environments. Heath works with system providers nationwide to provide natural gas utilities connected DeNova Detect remote methane detectors to enhance public safety. LoRaWAN networks from Senet can be deployed in public or private configurations, providing extreme flexibility based on the individual needs of the utility or building management organization.

“LoRaWAN has emerged as the leading open global standard for secure, carrier-grade low power wide area connectivity and it’s an excellent technology choice for connecting gas alarms designed to alert occupants of a potential safety hazard well before any possibility of an incident,” said Paul D. Wehnert, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Heath Consultants, “Senet is a recognized leader in designing, deploying, and managing LoRaWAN networks in the utility sector and we look forward to collaborating to drive adoption in this important market segment.”

Recently, Heath Consultants and Senet partnered with New Cosmos USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of New Cosmos Electric Co., Ltd., which has a 70% market share in the residential gas alarm market in Japan and has sold more than 70 million residential gas alarms worldwide. Heath Consultants is the exclusive distributor of New Cosmos USA’s DeNova Detect AMI residential methane gas alarms, and New Cosmos USA and Senet are currently engaged in field trials with large multi-utility service providers to identify use cases that improve safety and reliability in residential and commercial properties.

“There is a growing demand from utilities, municipalities, and state regulators to improve public safety and reduce the risk of potential deadly incidents through the application of new and innovative sensor-based technologies,” said Bruce Chatterley, CEO of Senet.

“Leveraging the combined world-class skills and capabilities of each organization, this effort delivers cost-effective, secure, and flexible network options, along with the most advanced gas sensing devices and experienced field services on the market.”

To learn more, visit with Senet at the LoRaWAN LIVE Orlando conference being hosted by the LoRa Alliance at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando March 15th and 16th. At the conference, Senet will be presenting a session detailing how forward-thinking gas, water, and electric utilities are deploying LoRaWAN networks for AMI and service delivery improvements, titled: Utility Infrastructure Modernization and Service Optimization.

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Senet, Inc.¹ and UnaBiz², today announced a partnership to provide customers with seamless access to Senet’s LoRaWAN network services and to collaborate on creating future global 0G network access outside of North America for customers deploying hybrid solutions.

The partnership will initially focus on helping multiple UnaBiz global customers enter the North American market with scaled LPWAN applications using Senet’s Public LoRaWAN Network-as-a-Service (NAAS), Senet’s Platform-as-a-Service (PAAS) – a model where customers bring their own gateways, and other network interconnections. The new partnership also includes UnaBiz and Senet collaborating to enable roaming that will allow Senet’s customers to seamlessly leverage the UnaBiz global 0G Network powered by Sigfox 0G technology that is owned and commercialized by 70+ national Operators worldwide.

Henri Bong, CEO and Co-Founder of UnaBiz, said:

“We want our customers to focus on the value that Massive IoT can bring instead of worrying about which technology to use, coverage issues, and the cost of deployment. Through our partnership with Senet, our customers can achieve economies of scale by roaming between public 0G network infrastructure, Senet’s public LoRaWAN networks and Senet’s private LoRaWAN network capabilities across North America.”

“This move will also allow our ecosystem partners and solution makers to develop hybrid solutions that service a wider market and use cases, further bringing down the cost of Massive IoT. It is a win-win situation.”

The strategic alliance between UnaBiz and Senet is a part of UnaBiz’s technology convergence movement which accelerated when the IoT company acquired the Sigfox 0G technology twelve months ago. Both companies are excited about the expansion of their service offerings and support of customers who rely on hybrid solutions to scale globally.

“A single technology approach is simply not good enough or fast enough for our customers,” said Bruce Chatterley, CEO of Senet. “By interconnecting our network offerings, both Senet and UnaBiz can instantly overcome the geographical limits of our network availability, allowing our customers to expand based on their unique application needs. We share in the UnaBiz vision that IoT, and LPWAN technology specifically, can bring massive benefits to businesses and society. To this end, we are excited about becoming a key UnaBiz strategic partner for North America, which represents one of the largest IoT opportunities in the world.”

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• Addressing IoT integration complexity and challenges across both cellular and LoRaWAN®, bringing ecosystems together
• Creating a more comprehensive and versatile IoT solutions portfolio for IoT developers and systems integrators

Semtech Corporation, a high-performance semiconductor, IoT systems and Cloud connectivity service provider, today announced it is collaborating with partners including The Things Industries on new solutions that combine cellular and LoRaWAN® to enable more IoT use cases, faster adoption, easier integration and quicker time-to-market.

The complexity of integrating end-to-end connectivity is slowing down IoT adoption at scale, and is considered one of the top challenges of new IoT deployments according to a global survey by Analysys Mason. Semtech is working with LoRaWAN ecosystem partners to address this issue by developing new IoT solutions that combine the long-range coverage and ultra-low power of its LoRa® devices, with the high-speed and ubiquity connectivity of cellular, to enable the integration of systems across the two technologies simplifying IoT deployments and offering expanded network coverage.

One such partner is The Things Industries, a provider of managed global LoRaWAN network infrastructure that announced earlier this month that it had reached 1 million connected devices on its LoRaWAN network management infrastructure. According to The Things Industries, reaching 1 million connected devices demonstrates reliability and scalability of The Things Stack, and delivers significant efficiency benefits to customers. The million devices are distributed across a large base of customers, system integrators and device vendors across the globe.

Ross Gray, vice president and general manager of the IoT Connected Services Group, Semtech, said:

“With this collaboration, we are bringing together the cellular and LoRaWAN ecosystems to provide LoRaWAN developers with the ubiquity of cellular connectivity, and all customers with best-in-class solutions for the Internet of Things.”

“Working closely with ecosystem partners such as The Things Industries, by combining cellular and LoRaWAN technologies, we are creating a more reliable and efficient network of IoT products and solutions that not only offer enhanced network capacity, scalability, and cost efficiency for our customers, but that also help to enable the transformation to a smarter, more sustainable planet.”

“This partnership is testament to our commitment to providing customers with a secure, predictable, and scalable IoT network infrastructure for their gateway backhauls utilizing LoRaWAN,” said Wienke Giezeman, CEO & Co-founder, The Things Industries. “Although our pure focus in providing a world class global LoRaWAN network management infrastructure, our customers are actively using a wide range of connectivity options for their IoT solutions. Together with strong ecosystem partners like Semtech, we are pushing further integration between cellular and LoRa. We have an exciting roadmap of innovations on the edge between LoRa and cellular coming in 2023, solving concrete pain points around data availability, backhaul security and backhaul cost predictability. Exciting times ahead!”

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UnaBiz¹ has partnered with The Things Industries² to provide customers with a better experience for collecting IoT data and device heterogeneous fleet device management.

The partnership involves UnaBiz integrating The Things Stack into its middleware platform, UnaConnect, to enhance its capabilities in interfacing with the TTI network. This integration will allow customers who want to adopt hybrid solutions to enjoy secure, reliable, and cost-efficient data aggregation service.

Henri Bong, CEO and Co-Founder of UnaBiz:

“Interoperability has always been an obstacle for Massive IoT. By integrating The Things Stack onto UnaConnect, we are offering our customers the freedom to choose the best solution that fits their needs. By leveraging the TTI’s global roaming platform, we enable our customers to roam and scale on both 0G and LoRaWAN.”

As part of the partnership, UnaBiz and its 70+ national Sigfox 0G Operators will also gain access to The Things Industries’ global LoRaWAN roaming platform, providing a complementary roaming and peering infrastructure. This will enable UnaBiz and its partners to offer immediately carrier-grade LoRaWAN roaming and peering solutions to its customers.

The Things Industries, a trusted partner for LoRaWAN device makers globally, will provide UnaBiz with direct access to its ecosystem of 500+ device makers and 170K developers worldwide. This partnership will provide UnaBiz with the opportunity to leverage The Things Industries’ expertise in the LoRaWAN network management infrastructure and directly tap into its global market-leading platform, The Things Stack Cloud.

“We are excited to support UnaBiz in their technology convergence strategy as their partner for LoRaWAN network management infrastructure. We are a strong believer of their vision and are happy to provide their customers with a world class LoRaWAN infrastructure” – Wienke Giezeman, CEO and Co-founder of The Things Industries.

In conclusion, UnaBiz and The Things Industries’ partnership will deliver unparalleled IoT solutions, bringing together the strengths of each company to address the needs of the industrial IoT market and provide customers with the best possible experience.

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The LoRa Alliance®, the global association of companies backing the open LoRaWAN® standard for the internet of things (IoT) low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), has recently issued its 2022 End-of-Year Report.

The report highlights LoRa Alliance achievements as well as LoRaWAN adoption, technology and certification advancements over the past year.

Advancements across several key market factors drove LoRaWAN’s tremendous growth in 2022:

• LoRaWAN is now a mature technology. 
• It is approved by ITU as an open international standard.

 

• The LoRa Alliance has the largest and most diverse IoT ecosystem, with stakeholders from the entire value chain participating.

 

• LoRaWAN has the most networks around the world and the only LPWAN with network options – public, private, satellite, community and hybrid.
• LoRa Alliance members have the most deployed solutions and the largest at-scale deployments as well as the most deployed multi-technology solutions – with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, RFID, 5G, DLMS, OMS, BACnet and more.

 

• The LoRa Alliance has the most certified LPWAN devices with the greatest choice of device vendors and diversity of devices on the market.

 

• Through alliance members’ partnership and collaboration, we have the largest number of end-to-end solutions, making deployments easier for customers.

 

“We saw a major shift in 2022, with LoRaWAN being recognized as an essential technology,” said Donna Moore, CEO and Chairwoman of the LoRa Alliance.

“We’ve moved from needing to educate about ‘what’ LoRaWAN is to focusing on ‘how’ to deploy LoRaWAN.”

“As end users move from exploratory stages and proofs-of-concept into massive adoption of LoRaWAN, integrators and solutions providers across a variety of industries are intensifying their sales efforts, which is growing LoRaWAN deployments exponentially. Our members are innovative, determined and passionate about changing the world for the better, and I can’t wait to see what they do next.”

The LoRa Alliance experienced a tremendous increase in member-driven initiatives, with cross-company collaboration driving more projects than ever before. There was also significant growth in webinars and educational programs in the past year, which also reflects the shifting market awareness and interest in LoRaWAN. Additionally, 2022 was another strong year for advancing the LoRaWAN standard from a technological perspective. The LoRa Alliance focuses on continually making LoRaWAN easier to develop and deploy and strengthening its certification program. Key achievements over the past year include:

• Support for IPv6 over LoRaWAN  accelerates onboarding Internet Protocol (IP)-based applications,
• The new relay feature extends LoRaWAN coverage beyond its current physical limits,
• The payload codec application programming interface (API) eases the integration of application platforms with LoRaWAN networks,
• Significant expansion of self-testing and ease of use of the LoRaWAN Certification Test Tool accelerates certification, and
• The LoRaWAN certification program has added support for critical technologies, including certifying devices for IPv6 over LoRaWAN.

 

“Together with our incredible ecosystem, we will continue to improve the world in ways no one ever imagined possible. I invite everyone interested in developing LoRaWAN solutions to join us at LoRaWAN Live this coming March in Orlando to explore our ecosystem and network with industry leaders,” said Moore.

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The Things Industries, a LoRaWAN® Internet of Things solutions provider, has reached the milestone of 1 million devices connected to their network server infrastructure – The Things Stack.

Reaching 1 million connected devices is a testament to the reliability and scalability of The Things Stack, and it delivers significant efficiency benefits to its customers. The million devices are distributed across a large base of customers, system integrators and device vendors across the globe. All devices are delivering valuable data and pushing the Internet of Things business models for which they were put in place.

The Things Stack is designed to provide a secure and efficient way for businesses and organizations to connect and manage their low-power and long-range LoRaWAN IoT devices across a variety of different industries. The most recent customer highlights include the deployment of 150K smart water meters for Severn Trent Water, 47 000 air quality sensors across 1700 schools in Canada, smart workplace solutions across commercial real estate in the US and Europe, and enabling LoRaWAN for Deutsche Bahn.

“We are very proud to have come to this milestone. These connected devices of our customers all carry strong Internet of Things business cases that drive efficiency and sustainability.”

“It is an honor to serve our customers in all corners of the globe with their different Internet of Things LoRaWAN use cases. With an average total cost of ownership of a device in the field of 200 dollars and a minimum 4 year return of 5x on that investment, we estimate our platform contributes to a more than 1B efficiency effort by our customers.” – Wienke Giezeman, CEO, The Things Industries.

In 2023, The Things Industries is projected to continue its growth by supporting the ever-increasing need for enterprise IoT and smart city LoRaWAN networks across the world.

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SKY66423-SX1261 Reference Design and Evaluation Kit Available Now.

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. and Semtech Corporation today introduced the SKY66423-SX1261 reference design for low-power wide-area networks (LPWAN).

The SKY66423-SX1261 combines Semtech’s LoRa® Connect SX1261 transceiver with Skyworks’ SKY66423 front-end module (FEM) for use in a variety of industrial and smart city applications.

The proliferation of wireless devices operating in the industrial, science and medical (ISM) bands contributes to noise interference and creates reliability challenges for long-range and power-sensitive applications. By increasing the transmit output power and reducing the receiver’s system noise figure, the SKY66423-SX1261 addresses these challenges and provides an effective solution for industrial IoT deployments using LoRaWAN®.

The LoRaWAN specification is a Low Power, Wide Area (LPWA) networking protocol designed to wirelessly connect battery operated ‘things’ to the internet in regional, national or global networks, and targets key Internet of Things (IoT) requirements such as bi-directional communication, end-to-end security, mobility and localization services. LoRa Connect sub-GHz radio transceivers are ideal for long range wireless applications and are highly configurable to meet different applications’ requirements utilizing the global LoRaWAN standard. The SKY66423-SX1261 meets the extended range and power efficiency needs of security, automation, industrial, smart city and connected home applications.

“Our long-standing collaboration with Skyworks allowed us to develop a proven reference design that is compliant with the LoRaWAN specification to meet the needs of smart home and smart city applications like security, automation and tracking,” said Marc Pégulu, vice president and general manager for Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group.

“The SKY66423-SX1261 readily addresses the challenges of range coverage and power efficiency for industrial Internet of Things (IoT) and smart city applications through harnessing Semtech’s LoRa devices for its robust, long range capabilities.”

“This latest design uniquely leverages our collective technologies in support of next-generation LPWAN deployments,” said Stefan Fulga, senior director of marketing for IoT and Emerging Markets at Skyworks. “Our strategic collaboration continues to produce innovative solutions that fuel our portfolio expansion across industrial IoT, smart city and smart home applications.”

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