In 2017, the battlefield of the Internet of Things (IoT) is filled with intense competition. The low-power IoT teams are emerging as heroes. Everyone is gearing up to make bold statements to the world. LoRa, which took the lead, has recently demonstrated its rapid advancement through concrete actions.
As of the latest official news, the LoRa Alliance now has over 500 ecosystem members. Alliance members, along with their partners and customers, are rapidly deploying the LoRaWAN protocol. Among them, there are 42 publicly announced operating systems, which have increased 3.5 times in one year. Additionally, there are over 250 ongoing trials and city deployments.
In terms of member strength and market expansion, LoRa has made significant achievements in recent months.
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International Heavyweights Strengthen the LoRa Ecosystem
1) PNI Sensor Corporation joined the LoRa Alliance in June, significantly enhancing the strength of the sensor chain within the LoRa ecosystem. This company has over 30 years of experience and is a key player in the industry.
2) The renowned American software and data management company Microshare.io joined the LoRa Alliance in June, providing data management solutions for operators, software, and hardware manufacturers.
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Poland Joins, Expanding the European Market
Poland joined the LoRa Alliance in May, becoming the latest member of the European market. It is reported that the nationwide promotion of LoRa technology in Poland will be managed by the IoT service provider Netemera.
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Argentina Establishes the First LoRa Network in South America
The Icondor company launched LoRa technology-related business in June, planning to achieve nationwide coverage of the LoRa network in Argentina by July 2018, and will provide many typical markets for IoT, including asset tracking, metering, smart city and smart home applications, smart agriculture, and more.
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International Roaming for LoRa Networks Expected to be Realized
France’s Orange company announced in June that, based on the framework of the LoRa Alliance, it will conduct interconnection tests between LoRa networks of other European operators by the end of the year and collaborate on roaming tests for the network. Currently, the LoRa network covers 120 urban areas in France, including about 2,600 towns. More than 100 enterprise customers have signed contracts for the LoRa-based Datavenue IoT solution from Orange Business Services.
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Progress in Domestic LoRa Applications
In July, Guangdong Zhongke Lupu IoT Network Technology Co., Ltd. announced the network monitoring platform for the LoPo-IoT Nansha pilot at the 2017 China Entrepreneurship and Innovation Expo. This is another new development following the basic coverage of the LoRa network in the Nansha area of the China-Guangdong Free Trade Pilot Zone achieved in May, marking the establishment of the first large-scale completed LoRa application network in the country.
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LoRa Network Deployment Completed in Philadelphia, USA
The largest cable transmission and broadband communication company in the United States, Comcast, has completed the deployment of the LoRa network in Philadelphia. It is reported that the applications of this LoRa network mainly focus on metering, environmental monitoring (temperature, humidity, pollution, noise), and asset tracking.
Content compiled from the LoRa Alliance and related websites, Translation: Lupu IoT
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