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LoRa vs 5G: Why Cities Like Calgary are Opting for One over the Other
Alistair Fulton joins IT Visionaries to provide a referendum on the state of the IoT, and he discusses why the biggest challenges facing his community are themselves, and why LoRa (or Long-Range wireless solutions) and 5G are no longer seen as competitors, but allies. Read more
Datatopia podcast episode 2: LoRa Alliance
In this new Datatopia podcast episode, we discuss the ways in which IoT can improve our home life or our industrial performance, what is the need of industry certification programs for ensuring interoperability between devices and applications, as well as applications and markets that will benefit from the new profile of DLMS over LoRaWAN®. Read more
Smart home automation now offers long range, low power, fail-safe connectivity
YoSmart, a high-tech enterprise company focused on smart home and life solutions, has increased registered users and sales by more than 50% every month since its November 2019 product release. Read more
Blockchain-based LoRaWAN network passes 1,000 cities in US, launches in Europe
Blockchain-based LoRaWAN network operator and hotspot maker Helium has expanded to more than 1,000 cities in North America, and started rolling out in Europe, and announced a new deals with LoRa-maker Semtech. Read more
Tear Down: YoLink LoRaWAN Smart Hub
The YoLink hub drives smart home applications. It is based on LoRaWAN, proving coverage of roughly a quarter mile, including hard-to-reach spaces within the home Read more
Semtech deploys LoRa IoT network for South Korean expressways
Presented here are recent news announcements regarding the following organizations: Vizinex RFID, Semtech, Korea Expressway Corp., Woojoo Telecom, SK Telesys, Estone Technology, and RestorePoint. Read more
LoRa technology driving the global use of IoT
All around us our environment is being influenced, altered and managed by the ever-increasing adoption of IoT solutions. This technology has enabled major advances to be made in the rapid sharing of accurate data which in turn has been boosting efficiency levels for organisations from small businesses to large cities. Marc Pegulu. Vice President, Wireless LoRa and IoT at Semtech explains the role LoRa technology is playing. Read more
Why Connectivity Needs to be a Priority in Rural America
It’s expected that 5G will cover about 25% of the world’s population in the next decade. A majority of the coverage will mainly be in wealthy, well-developed areas in the U.S., China, and Europe. Impacted industries expand beyond telecommunications and into healthcare, education, and far beyond. But while users can expect to experience faster download and upload speeds and lower latency, what happens to businesses, and even people, based in rural America who don’t have the proper broadband coverage or hardware in place to support constant connectivity? Read more
New LoRa-based network covers more than 306km of South Korean expressway
South Korean’s government-affiliated Korean Expressway Corporation (KEC) has deployed built a network based on Semtech’s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN protocol for more than 306 km of its expressways. The LoRa-based network is viewed as the “first stage” in the country’s four-year Internet of Things (IoT) deployment plan. Read more