- ZTE to deploy over 30 Commercial Demonstration Bases in China to foster LoRa Technology IoT innovation
- China LoRa Application Alliance (CLAA) To Deploy 1st China LPWAN
- Semtech CEO delivers opening address
NANJING, China, Oct. 17, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq:SMTC), a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, joined ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile Internet, today to formally announce the launch of ZTE’s first Internet of Things (IoT) Demonstration Base (CLAA IoT Demonstration Base) dedicated to LoRa Technology in Nanjing, China.
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The CLAA IoT Demonstration Base allows IoT solution providers to deploy and test their applications over a low power, wide area network (LPWAN). ZTE plans to deploy over 30 Commercial Demonstration Bases across China by the end of this year. The unveiling of the IoT Demonstration Base was made at the 2016 China LoRa IoT Summit (CLIS), where more than 600 attendees from over 300 companies were on hand to celebrate the announcement and view dozens of use cases on display for a wide range of IoT solutions, including smart city, smart park, agriculture, industrial, metering, and other applications. Mohan Maheswaran, Semtech’s President and Chief Executive Officer delivered the opening address at this event.
The China LoRa Application Alliance (CLAA) is a cross-industry, cross-department national organization participated in and built by IoT application and innovation entities in various industries. The CLAA IoT Demonstration Base initiative is the result of a cooperative formed amongst solution providers, government agencies, and educational institutions to standardize the development of IoT applications in China around the LoRaWAN™ protocol from the LoRa Alliance™. The initiative aims to provide LoRaWAN-based, carrier-level networks that all members of the cooperative can use to deploy and test their IoT applications. The cooperative also provides a supportive environment in which its members can work together to troubleshoot issues, develop new innovations and accelerate the adoption in China of IoT solutions based on LoRa Technology.
“IoT has tremendous potential to improve the quality of life for the citizens of China,” said CLAA secretary-general Mr. Liu Jianye. “By working together with our solution providers, government agencies, and educational institutions to create an IoT Demonstration Base which have deployed more than 20 applications based on LoRa Technology for the CLAA network, we believe we can accelerate the adoption of LoRaWAN-based IoT solutions across the country. We currently have more than 210 solution providers committed to using Semtech’s LoRa Technology to enable IoT applications in a broad range of markets. Our goal is to continue to expand this ecosystem and to work together with Semtech to make LoRa Technology and the IoT a success throughout China.”
“ZTE has done a remarkable job in building the IoT Demonstration Base in Nanjing, and we are honored to have been invited to speak at the China LoRa IoT Summit to formally launch the site,” said Marc Pegulu, Vice President and General Manager, Wireless and Sensing Product Group at Semtech. “The breadth of IoT use cases that will be on display at CLIS is impressive and shows how instrumental ZTE’s leadership has already been in establishing a growing ecosystem of IoT solution providers in China using LoRa Technology.”
Semtech and ZTE are members of the LoRa Alliance, a group of more than 400 companies committed to driving and enhancing the LoRaWAN specification to ensure interoperability and scalability of LPWANs and IoT applications. Through its work with member companies and IoT industry groups, the LoRa Alliance is making LoRaWAN the standard for LPWANs focused on low-power, long-range IoT applications. To date, there are LoRaWAN public and private networks in more than 50 countries worldwide.
Key Features of LoRa Wireless RF Technology:
- Long Range: A single base station using LoRa Technology enables deep penetration capability for dense urban environments and indoor coverage, while also providing the ability to connect to sensors more than 15-30 miles away in rural areas.
- Low Power: The LoRaWAN protocol was developed specifically for low power and enables unprecedented battery lifetime of up to 20 years depending on the application.
- Low Cost: LoRa Technology reduces up front infrastructure investments and operating costs, as well as end-node sensor costs.
- Open Standard: The LoRaWAN protocol ensures interoperability among applications, IoT solution providers and telecom operators to speed adoption and deployment.
Resources
- To learn how LoRa enables IoT visit Semtech’s LoRa/IoT site.
- View LoRa FAQs: www.semtech.com/wireless-rf/lora/LoRa-FAQs.pdf
- Engage with the LoRa Community or contact Semtech’s support team for technical support or general product inquiries.
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About ZTE
ZTE Corporation is a global leader in telecommunications and information technology. As part of ZTE’s mobile information communication technologies (M-ICT) strategy, the company is committed to providing integrated end-to-end innovations to deliver excellence and value to consumers, carriers, businesses and public sector customers around the world to enable increased connectivity and productivity. For more information, visit www.zte.com.cn.
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Semtech Corporation is a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors for high-end consumer, enterprise computing, communications, and industrial equipment. Products are designed to benefit the engineering community as well as the global community. The Company is dedicated to reducing the impact it, and its products, have on the environment. Internal green programs seek to reduce waste through material and manufacturing control, use of green technology and designing for resource reduction. Publicly traded since 1967, Semtech is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol SMTC. For more information, visit www.semtech.com.
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