France's municipalities are moving from pilot projects to full-scale Internet of Things (IoT) deployments and REX TCD Retours d'Expérience – Territoires Connectés et Durables (REX Connected and Sustainable Territories) has become the annual proving ground where that shift gets measured. Olivier Beaujard, Senior Director of the LoRa^® Ecosystem at Semtech and Chair of the Board at the LoRa Alliance^® attended the 3rd edition of REX TCD, held on June 16–17, 2026, at the Salons de l'Aveyron in Paris. Here’s what the event revealed about the state of connected territory development in France, and why LoRaWAN^® is increasingly at the center of it.

Asia has long been recognized as one of the most dynamic regions for Internet of Things (IoT) adoption, and theAsia Tech x Singapore 2026 (ATxSG) expo made that reality impossible to ignore. Semtech and the LoRa Alliance^® brought their full ecosystem to the event, and the reception was everything the team had hoped for.

Offering a rich representation of gateway manufacturers and end-node developers, the LoRa Alliance pavilion drew consistent foot traffic, meaningful technical conversations and at least one landmark business moment that signals just how far LoRaWAN^® has come in the Asia-Pacific region.

Here is a look back at everything that made ATxSG a milestone event for the LoRaWAN community.

Buildings are among the world's largest consumers of energy and one of their most underleveraged sources of operational intelligence. According to the International Energy Agency, the building sector accounts for roughly 30% of global final energy consumption and nearly 26% of global energy-related emissions. Yet the vast majority of the world's existing building stock — the millions of offices, hospitals, factories, warehouses, schools, and retail spaces that people occupy every day — remains largely unconnected. Heating runs on fixed schedules rather than occupancy. Leaks go undetected for weeks. Equipment fails without warning. Space sits unused while teams compete for meeting rooms.