Startup IoTOz is planning to roll out low powered wide area networks for IoT in Australia, New Zealand and about 20 countries in Asia Pacific, based on the Random Phase Multiple Access (RPM) technology developed by US-based Ingenu, formerly On-Ramp Wireless. IoT Australia reported Ingenu on 8 March saying it was working with strategic […]
LPWAN developer Ingenu coming to Australia
With LoRaWan and Sigfox networks already being rolled out in Australia, a third player, Ingenu is planning to enter the market. The US based company (formerly On-Ramp Wireless) announced in late February that it was accelerating its rollout of dedicated IoT networks around the globe “based on burgeoning demand.” The company said it would be […]
Cellular vs LPWAN: the battle heats up
Several announcements and reports coinciding with the CES show in Las Vegas have thrown the spotlight on the intensifying competition between cellular and low powered wide area network technologies for the IoT market. These include: Announcement for Ericsson of “the ICT industry’s first complete cellular low-power wide-area offering, with backing from leading operator AT&T.” A […]
Tata Communications plans India wide LoRaWAN network
Indian telco Tata Communications has become the latest major telco to jump on the LoRaWAN bandwagon, announcing plans for an India wide LoRaWAN network following successful trials in Mumbai and Delhi. Last month, France’s largest mobile operator, Orange announced plans for a nationwide LoRaWAN network and Telstra is dipping its toe in the water with […]
Orange France goes for nationwide LoRa network
Orange, one of the world’s largest telcos with 159 million mobile subscribers – about 25 million in France – has embraced the LoRa low powered wide area network technology for IoT with great enthusiasm, announcing plans for a nationwide network in France. The move comes at a time when the cellular industry has been working […]
NNN Co Australian LoRaWAN network set for launch
National Narrowband Network Communications (NNN Co), the startup planning a wireless network based on the LoRaWAN technology for connecting IoT devices, expects to start trials in August with a network of 10 base stations covering an area of 50-100 square kilometres on Sydney’s North Shore, and major customers across a number of IoT application markets. […]
SK Telecom has joined the LoRa Alliance
The LoRawan low-powered wide area radio technology developed for connecting devices in the Internet of Things has received a substantial boost towards standardisation with the announcement that Korean telcom SK Telecom has joined the LoRa Alliance and will collaborate with other members to achieve the international standardisation of the technology. The company has also unveiled […]
Bouygues to set up 500 town LoRaWAN IoT network
French telco Bouygues Telecom is to launch, in June, in Issy-les-Moulineaux, a part of Paris, a low power wide area radio network, based on LoRaWAN technology for connection of the Internet of Things. The network will only over parts of Paris at launch, but Bouygues says it plans to extend coverage to 500 towns by […]
Sigfox scores $US115m investment for global IoT network
French startup Sigfox – which is planning to roll out its own global radio network dedicated to connecting the Internet of Things – has raised $US115 million from seven heavyweight investors: Air Liquide, Eutelsat, NTT Docomo, SK Telecom, and Telefónica. Today the Sigfox network covers France, Spain, the Netherlands and 10 of the UK’s larger […]
