LoRa Alliance members Semtech, Actility and Hon Hai Precision Industry to design LoRaWAN-based low power, wide area network.
Semtech Corporation, today announced its LoRa® Wireless RF Technology is a key enabler of a new low power, wide area network (LPWAN) being deployed in Japan by SoftBank, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp.
Japan’s LoRaWAN™-based network is expected to deploy during Softbank’s 2016 fiscal year and service Internet of Things (IoT) industry sectors, which can benefit from an intelligent sensing infrastructure for collecting and analyzing data to help make business decisions.
The LoRaWAN-based network is comprised of hardware, software and services from Actility and Hon Hai Precision Industry with Semtech LoRa Technology embedded in the sensors and gateways. The new network is initially expected to provide services for IoT applications such as equipment monitoring and control at commercial facilities, buildings, warehouses and other venues, automated gas and water meter reading, tracking for senior citizens and children, monitoring highway and railroad infrastructure, and managing of logistics and fleets of cars, trucks and buses.
Hironobu Tamba, Vice President, Service Platform Strategy & Development Division of SoftBank, said:
“We see IoT as a major growth driver for us and believe that a LoRaWAN-based network will provide our customers with a standards-based platform for connecting devices, machines, and other equipment in an intelligent way.”
“We look forward to building a vibrant LPWAN business in Japan through close technology and market collaboration with Semtech and their ecosystem partners.”
“We are excited to see that SoftBank is launching an IoT network based on Semtech’s LoRa Wireless RF Technology,” said Marc Pegulu, Vice President and General Manager, Wireless and Sensing Product Group at Semtech.
“It’s also yet another great example of how ecosystem partners from the LoRa Alliance™ continue to work together to establish the LoRaWAN protocol as the leading solution for LPWANs worldwide.”
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