LoRaWAN will temporarily replace 5G networks for IoT
5G networks will revolutionize the Internet of Things (IoT). But it will take several years for the technology to cover most of the planet. Thanks to LoRaWAN, you don’t need to wait. According to Gartner, around 5.8 billion enterprise and automotive IoT endpoints will be used throughout 2020, which is 21% more than in 2019. Telecom networks will soon struggle to handle the load.
IoT experts put hopes into 5G as the IoT connectivity standard of the future that will replace physical networks and enable real-time responsiveness. The keyword here is ‘future’. Ericsson predicts that 5G technology will only be available to two-thirds of the global population by 2025.
With so much hype around 5G at the moment, people frequently neglect an alternative that has been there for five years: low-range wide-area networks (LoRaWAN). In many instances, LoRaWAN can replace 5G, at least until 5G becomes available worldwide.
