Lacuna Space says it has successfully tested direct communication between a LoRaWAN device on the ground and a satellite-based LoRaWAN gateway, and aims to launch a fleet of satellites that will provide global LoRaWAN coverage. The company says it has been collaborating with Semtech Corporation — the inventor of LoRaWAN — over the past two […]
Definium Technologies to build Tasmania-wide LoRaWAN network
Tasmanian LoRaWAN specialist Definium Technologies is planning to roll out a Tasmania-wide LoRaWAN network, after building one in Launceston in conjunction with others. Tasmanian newspaper The Examinerreports that Definium plans to have 50 LoRaWAN base stations installed by July 25 and 100 by Christmas, giving it coverage of 90 percent of the population. The paper said […]
LoRaWAN gets a boost: Orange joins LoRa Alliance board
LoRaWAN, one of several technologies vying for market share in the low-powered wide area network market, has received a significant morale boost with France’s largest mobile network operator, Orange joining its board. LoRaWAN, Ingenu and Sigfox are the three leading new LPWAN technologies to have emerged in recent times to cater for need so IoT […]
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 […]
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 […]
IBM unveils LoRaWAN wide area network for IoT
IBM Research has unveiled a new wide area networking technology LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide-Area Networks) designed for the interconnection of Internet of Things devices, claiming that it can support communications rates of up to 100kbps over tens of kilometres from devices that can run for up to 10 years on a AA battery. The unveiling […]
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 […]
