LPWA Network Technologies Outlook for 2019

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By Adarsh Krishnan | 1Q 2019 | IN-5366

 

LPWA Network Connections Will Grow Exponentially in 2019 

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In 2018, network technologies witnessed significant growth in building public network infrastructure. While the Sigfox and Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) networks were commercially available through large-scale network deployments in more than 40 countries, telcos have globally launched more than 77 Narrowband-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) and Long-Term Evolution-Category M1 (LTE-M) networks. Low-Power Wide Area (LPWA) networks added nearly 48 million new connection in 2018, with proprietary technologies accounting for over half of the market share, followed by LoRaWAN with 25% of the total LPWAN connections. Some end of 2018 highlights include:

  • The LoRa Alliance introduced new enhancements to the LoRaWAN protocol to standardize Over-the-Air (OTA) firmware updates for end devices.
  • During the annual Sigfox Connect event, Sigfox announced a number of new t...

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