CAMARILLO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced that ICT International, an Internet of Things (IoT) solution provider for environmental applications, and Definium Technologies (Definium), a developer and manufacturer of IoT gateways and devices, are leveraging an advanced array of products based on Semtech’s LoRa® devices and the LoRaWAN® protocol to improve crop yield in Australian avocado plantations with a data-centric approach to farming.
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Semtech’s LoRaWAN® Devices Boost Crop Yield on Connected Avocado Farms
How Smart Technologies Can Transform Rural Communities
The use of smart and connected technology has the potential to boost rural communities, according to a new report published by BT.
Focusing on the agriculture and tourism sectors in rural Wales, rapidly growing technology such as “internet of things” (IOT) – internet-connected devices – could help these areas thrive in future, according to the report.
Integra Metering
Veea Inc.
mhascaro GmbH
Pepperl+Fuchs AG
Moko Technology Ltd
The Things Industries partners with CYSEC to offer a new dimension to LoRaWAN security
The Things Industries, a global LoRaWAN Network provider, creators of The Things Network and contributor member of the LoRa Alliance, is partnering with CYSEC SA, a cybersecurity company from Switzerland, to offer a highly secure on-premises LoRaWAN network deployment for enterprise customers.
Kerlink Teams Up with DEPS, One of Ukraine’s Largest Network Integrators, to extend LoRaWAN market in Europe
Thorigné-Fouillard, France and Kyiv, Ukraine – April 16, 2020, 6:00 p.m. CET – Kerlink (AKLK – FR0013156007), a specialist in solutions dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT), and DEPS, one of Ukraine’s largest integrators and distributors of telecommunication equipment, today announced that DEPS will supply Kerlink’s IoT equipment and software to Ukrainian local IoT providers, as well as major verticals such as smart cities, smart buildings, smart agriculture, industrial IoT, logistics and asset tracking
NNNCo to distribute Sensoterra soil moisture probes
NNNCo has teamed up with Dutch manufacturer of wireless soil moisture sensors Sensoterra to bring its products to the Asia Pacific.
Sensoterra’s LoRaWAN soil moisture probes are available on the LoRAWAN AS923 band (923MHZ) enabling the devices to work on LoRaWAN networks across Australia and Asia Pacific.
SG Wireless Limited
LACROIX Group
The LoRa Alliance® and Connected Farming Solutions at World Ag Expo 2020
Every year, major stakeholders in the North American agricultural network meet at World Ag Expo, one of the continent’s largest annual agriculture events. This year, the event will take place February 11 – 13 in Tulare, one hour south of Fresno in the heart of California’s Central Valley, where farmers produce more than one fourth of all U.S. food and one fifth of all U.S. dairy products.
This year, the LoRa Alliance® will have a booth at this show for the first time, and members will present some of their most advanced farming solutions using Semtech’s LoRa® devices and the LoRaWAN® protocol. More and more Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in the farming vertical market are leveraging LoRa-based sensors and LoRaWAN-based long range networking. The benefits of this particular low power wide area networking (LPWAN) platform include ease of deployment, long battery life and no dependency on Cellular operators.
NNNCo and Agriculture Victoria to roll out new LoRaWAN® IoT networks for Victorian farms
Four regional areas are set to benefit from new networks being funded by the Victorian Government as part of its trial to test Internet of Things (IoT) technology on farms. The networks will cover approximately 600 farms and 5,000 square kilometres.
Minister for Agriculture Jaclyn Symes today announced NNNCo had been successful in its bid to provide IoT network connectivity to Victoria’s On-Farm IoT Trial regions surrounding Maffra, Tatura, Serpentine and Birchip.
LoRa Alliance® To Show LoRaWAN® Connected Farm at World Ag Expo
Demonstrations from across the Alliance’s ecosystem will show ease of use for IoT, leveraging LoRaWAN CertifiedCM devices to achieve resource conservation and cost savings for farmers
Fremont, California – Feb. 3, 2020 – The LoRa Alliance®, the global association of companies backing the open LoRaWAN® standard for the Internet of Things (IoT) low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), today announced that it will host a LoRaWAN Connected Farm in booth NS6 during the World Ag Expo taking place Feb. 11-13 in Tulare, California. LoRaWAN is a LPWAN IoT networking technology that allows sensors to simply and easily connect to a network to capture valuable insights about water use, soil quality, livestock management and many other applications. Farmers are already using the technology to make smarter irrigation decisions, to better monitor crops and track livestock, to track farm equipment and farm and field conditions, and to monitor supply levels, etc.
Water conservation is important across the United States, and agriculture consumes 80 percent of all water use in the country. LoRaWAN can be used to monitor and control usage, which has been demonstrated to reduce water consumption by up to 30 percent, while also reducing manual labor costs for irrigation checks, etc.
Specific benefits of LoRaWAN for agricultural applications include that it doesn’t require cellular connectivity to establish a network, meaning networks can be installed anywhere there is capability of transmitting over extremely long ranges in rural environments. Networks can be public or private, depending on the end-user needs. Compared to cellular data rates, LoRaWAN is extremely cost effective in sending messages from sensors that can be embedded anywhere, are battery powered and can last up to 10 years on a single battery. LoRaWAN technology has been proven to result in one-tenth the power usage, or in the case of battery-powered devices, 10x the battery life of competing machine to machine technologies. Because LoRaWAN leverages the unlicensed radio spectrum in the ISM band, it does not incur the operating expenses associated with having licensed wireless connectivity like cellular 4G or LTE for each end device in the network. Additionally, features such as TDoA geolocation capabilities allow operators to locate valuable assets in the field.
LoRa Alliance members will be on-site with demonstrations across many parts of the LoRaWAN ecosystem, from device manufacturers to transmission equipment providers to network operators and solution providers. Companies hosting demonstrations in the booth include IoT America, ITK, Kerlink, OrbiWise, Paige Wireless, Pessl, Sensoterra, Tektelic and WaterBit.
- ITK will showcase two different solutions. Firstly, Farmlife® is a connected livestock solution with high added value for the management of cow farming. It provides 24-hour monitoring of animals to help farmers intervene at the best possible times. This helps anticipate risky situations by providing qualified indicators to monitor their evolution. It also optimizes the performance of animal batches by ensuring good behavior and health. Secondly, Vintel® and Vintel Orchards® are real-time field management decision support tools for managing vineyards and orchards suitable for all terroirs (microclimates and soil conditions). It acts as a daily plant-water stress indicator, as well as saves water and improves quality.
- Kerlink and IoT America will jointly demonstrate a soil monitoring managed service that enables farmers to gather data to increase yields and specifically grow larger grapes in their vineyards.
- OrbiWise will be showcasing its OrbiWAN LNS solution as it is used by its partners in the smart-agriculture market—agroThings (Brazil), YEAP! (Americas) and vineyards in France. The solution serves multiple purposes such as irrigation, farm equipment monitoring, crop management, livestock tracking and health monitoring.
- Paige Wireless will share the success of the first statewide public LoRaWAN network in the U.S. and its benefits for the connected farm. Along with providing the largest contiguous network in North America, Paige Wireless also offers its customers management platforms to easily and securely access the data from all connected devices.
- METOS USA by Pessl Instruments offers a wide range of weather stations and data loggers that provide localized weather forecasts, irrigation monitoring, disease modeling, workforce planning and more. Pessl will introduce the newest members of its METOS family, LoRAIN, LoRATH and μMETOS, all of which leverage the LoRaWAN standard.
- Sensoterra will show its Single Depth wireless soil moisture sensor solutions, the new Multi-Depth sensor, new soil calibration curves and new reseller account management features. The patented “Farm Tough” wireless sensors can be installed in less than one minute, and provide actionable real-time data available on your phone, computer or via our API. Sensors measure at the active root zone, ensuring crops are optimally irrigated based on ground truth data.
- Tektelic will show its full end-to-end Smart Agricultural solution, including the newly released Smart Agriculture Sensor and lineup of best-in-class KONA gateways. The Agriculture Sensor is the ideal solution for streamlining and simplifying the collection of key soil and environmental metrics. Guests to the booth will get a firsthand look at how one can enjoy increased crop yields and decreased operating expenses with the deployment of this versatile device.
- WaterBit WaterBit will demonstrate its precision irrigation solution, which includes sensors and valve automation. This allows growers to plan and execute irrigation remotely and automatically to maximize their crop yield and quality, all the while optimizing water efficiency and labor usage.
The LoRa Alliance will exhibit in booth NS6 at the World Ag Expo Feb. 11-13, 2020 in Tulare, California. To schedule an appointment to tour the booth, please contact [email protected]. Media interested in arranging an interview may reach out to [email protected] to schedule.
About LoRa Alliance
The LoRa Alliance® is an open, nonprofit association that has become one of the largest and fastest-growing alliances in the technology sector since its inception in 2015. Its members closely collaborate and share expertise to develop and promote the LoRaWAN® standard, which is the de facto global standard for secure, carrier-grade IoT LPWAN connectivity. LoRaWAN has the technical flexibility to address a broad range of IoT applications, both static and mobile, and a robust LoRaWAN Certification program to guarantee that devices perform as specified. The LoRaWAN standard has been deployed by more than 120 major mobile network operators globally, and connectivity is available in more than 140 countries, with continual expansion. More information: lora-alliance.org
LoRa Alliance®, LoRaWAN®, and LoRaWAN CertifiedCM are registered trademarks.
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NNNCo to Digitise DPIRD Research Facilities for AgTech in Australia
The National Narrowband Network Co (NNNCo) has been awarded a tender to install and maintain a LoRaWAN network and IoT sensors at two Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development research facilities.
Seeed Technology Co., Ltd
Seeed is one of the most integrated platforms for global creative technologists to turn ideas into products, by providing open technology and agile manufacturing from Shenzhen, the hardware capital of the world. With years of accumulation in experience and resources in serving innovators worldwide, Seeed envisions to empower traditional industries with digital technologies by providing industrial IoT solutions to serve vertical industries such as smart agriculture, precision farming, and smart city.
Seeed serves the global market from its headquarter in Shenzhen, China, with branch offices in the EU, US, and Japan.
Senet and SimplyCity Partner to Expand LoRaWAN® Network Connectivity and IoT Solutions in Australia
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. and PERTH, Australia, Sept. 10, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — , a leading provider of cloud-based software and services platforms to enable global connectivity and network build-out for the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced a technology partnership with , an end-to-end IoT solution provider and systems integrator based in Australia.
First Snow Co., Ltd
LoRaWAN Will Co-exist with the 5G Ecosystem as a De Facto Unlicensed LPWAN Standard
5G continues to dominate the discussion around the future of networking technologies, as Mobile Network Operators and some enterprise customers start to test the first 5G use cases. With focus on addressing high bandwidth, ultra-reliable, low latency communications, as well as massive IoT use cases, there is little doubt that 5G will play a major role in the future.
Rubicon Systems Australia PTY LTD
Kerlink Taps Alliot Technologies to Be its UK Distributor for LoRaWAN® Equipment, Software and Services
Reading, England and Thorigné-Fouillard, France – Oct. 24, 2019, 6:00 pm CEST – Kerlink (AKLK – FR0013156007), a specialist in solutions dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT), and Alliot Technologies, the UK’s leading distributor of LoRa® IoT technology, today announced that Alliot will distribute Kerlink’s comprehensive package of LoRaWAN® equipment, software, and services in the United Kingdom.
This partnership enhances Alliot Technologies’ product offerings and enables its partners to access the very best-in-class products available for next-day delivery. The partnership expands Kerlink’s presence in the UK market through a value-added distributor.
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Paige Wireless℠ Deploys North America’s First Statewide Public LoRaWAN® Network across Nebraska.
Friday, September 13, 2019 – Columbus, Nebraska – Paige Wireless LLC., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paige Electric L.P., announced today the deployment of their carrier-grade, public LoRaWAN® network across the State of Nebraska.
The Paige Wireless network aims to reignite rural America’s status as an epicenter for new, practical technologies that help industries, farmers, businesses, students and communities thrive. Known as the Silicon Prairie, Nebraska is already driving cutting-edge technology development and adoption. Paige Wireless enables them to go further.
Despite the typical top-down approach, Paige Wireless is working from the ground up to ensure that all sensors are connected, no matter how hard they are to reach. Nebraska’s new LoRaWAN® network from Paige Wireless allows users to deploy low-cost sensors, access real-time data, and make on-demand decisions to improve efficiency, safety, security, actionability, and the bottom line.