This article reviews Amazon Sidewalk’s benefits, highlighting its advantages over Wi-Fi, 5G, and Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) technologies for specific IoT applications. Read more
Post-pandemic economic struggles settling out. After several years of economic turbulence following the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the world started to experience economic stabilization in 2024. Read more
The latter produces Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules, where profit margins are higher. The analyst community cited slim margins for low-power IoT hardware, stiff price competition from Chinese vendors, and an emerging 5G-based IoT roadmap that will take some years to mature. Read more
Semtech Corporation has announced that iWOW Technology has used Semtech’s LoRa technology and LoRaWAN for its battery powered wireless emergency alert system deployed in 10,000 public housing flats for seniors in Singapore since 2019. Read more
u-blox, a Swiss-based technology company specializing in wireless communication, offers various cellular IoT modules such as the SARA, LENA, LARA, and LEXI series. Read more
The IoT landscape is poised for innovative developments. Central to this transformation is LoRaWAN, which has steadily established itself as a cornerstone of IoT innovation. LoRaWAN enables low-power, long-range connectivity, making it ideal for applications Read more
The NeoCortec NeoMesh wireless mesh networking protocol and software stack supports many different sensor types and applications as well as a broad range of chipsets, including those from Texas Instruments, Nordic Semicondustor, Silicon Labs, STMicroelectronics and most recently, Semtech. Read more
Global cellular IoT connections reached 3.9 billion in H1 2024, according to IoT Analytics’ updated Global Cellular IoT Connectivity Tracker & Forecast. Read more
LoRa is a proprietary modulation that enables low bit rate, low power, and long-range communications. The metering industry originally developed it, but it quickly became a highly impactful technology in IoT, where devices often need to meet strict power consumption requirements. Read more
NeoCortec recently demonstrated the ability to form a NeoMesh wireless network using LoRa modulation. Combining NeoMesh’s massive scalability and low power with Semtech’s LoRa modulation ability to perform well in noisy environments, such as buildings where other 2.4GHz radio systems such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are also present, significantly enhances the value proposition of the two wireless technologies. Read more