Semtech Corporation announced the release of a software upgrade for LoRa integrated circuits (ICs) and gateways that significantly increases network capacity, increases robustness to interference, and enables low-power and reliable direct data links from sensors to satellites. The software enhancement can be leveraged by second-generation LoRa ICs to enable the LoRaWAN standard new data rate, Long-Range Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum (LR-FHSS), recently ratified by the LoRa Alliance. Read more
US LoRaWAN network operator and cloud provider Senet has partnered with European satellite operator Eutelsat Communications, together with US-based LoRaWAN and GPS tracking solutions provider TrakAssure, and UK-based LoraWAN (and Bluetooth and Wi-Fi mesh) network provider Wyld Networks to integrate terrestrial and satellite LoRaWAN IoT connectivity and plug gaps in coverage in rural areas, shipping and transport routes, and other hard to reach areas. Read more
The new Amazon Sidewalk Bridge Pro could expand the IoT network, hich uses LoRa and LoRaWAN, to city parks, universities, and commercial spaces. Read more
ICT International's LoRaWAN solution leverages Semtech chips to transmit data about the environmental health of everything from forests and pastures to estuaries. Read more