LoRaWAN® Network Flexibility Is Key to Enabling Massive IoT; LoRa Alliance® Expands Expertise with New Board Members from Verizon and Helium Foundation
May 16 2024 - 5:00AM
The LoRa Alliance®, the global association of companies backing the
open LoRaWAN® standard for internet of things (IoT) low-power
wide-area networks (LPWANs), today announced that Alex Khorram, Sr.
Director, 5G Product, Verizon Business, and Joey Hiller, Senior
Technical Director at the Helium Foundation, have joined its board
of directors. Leaders in their respective markets, both new board
members bring deep backgrounds in networking and a strong
commitment to the LoRaWAN standard. The Alliance also announced
that Stefano Landi has been elected the new board representative
from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and STMicroelectronics’ Anicet
Giaimo has been re-elected for a new term. This renewed commitment
from these valuable board members is indicative of LoRaWAN’s
continued strength in the market.
“One of LoRaWAN’s strengths since its initial development is its
unsurpassed network flexibility among LPWAN technologies, which is
driving strong growth across all network types,” said Donna Moore,
CEO and Chairwoman of the LoRa Alliance. “The ability to deploy
LoRaWAN solutions over public, private, satellite, community or
hybrid networks is a key differentiator that is critical for
massive IoT. Given the huge variety of IoT solutions and the
diversity of end-user and end-market requirements, all network
types are critical to give solution developers ultimate control as
they scale their deployments. I am very excited to welcome Alex and
Joey to the board of directors; their extensive experience with
building private and community LoRaWAN networks will be invaluable
as the LoRa Alliance continues to advance the standard to fulfill
the promise of IoT.”
“The governance of the LoRaWAN protocol via the Alliance and
global acceptance of the technology drove the decision to join the
board,” said Khorram. “We recognize that LoRaWAN supports many
potential use cases we seek to deploy, and we are actively pursuing
innovative uses of the technology for private deployments. We look
forward to collaborating with the LoRa Alliance membership to
expand and accelerate LoRaWAN deployments globally.”
“Close alignment with the LoRa Alliance allows us to collaborate
on public education and work with other members on ecosystem
initiatives that demonstrate the value of the LoRaWAN standard,”
said Hiller. “Helium’s community-based model has enabled
connectivity in areas where other networks may not have been
deployed, providing a LoRaWAN network with over 300K active
gateways in 125 countries, covering over 60% of the population in
North America and more than 50% of the population in Europe – with
distinct density in urban areas. It complements existing networks
and enables continuous, global LoRaWAN coverage for applications
across asset tracking, smart cities and scientific research, among
other use cases. We look forward to bringing the perspective of a
global LoRaWAN community of builders, innovators and entrepreneurs
to the board as we work to achieve ubiquitous connectivity for
all.”
The new members round out the board’s strong background in
networking types and technologies. They join representatives from
public network operators Actility and Netmore; private network
operator ZENNER; as well as satellite networking provider EchoStar
Mobile. These board-level organizations have been critical to
development of the standard and providing the infrastructure that
has enabled LoRaWAN’s rapid growth, alongside our full global
membership.
“Thanks to being low-cost and based on open standards and
ecosystem, LoRaWAN technology has been leveraged in all possible
types of settings: public, private and community networks, deployed
both terrestrially and also in space. In Actility, we have been not
only supporting all these deployment cases, but also nurturing
collaboration among them through roaming. LoRaWAN emerged as a
source of innovation in connectivity, and we have been a proud
contributor to this development,” said Alper Yegin, CTO of Actility
and Vice-Chair of the LoRa Alliance.
“Supporting multiple network delivery options is the only way to
meet the massive market opportunity IoT represents, and it gives
customers the confidence that their use cases can be addressed with
success. The work of the LoRa Alliance to support choice and
flexibility in network delivery has been instrumental in driving
adoption, and it is aligned well with Netmore’s approach to solving
a diverse set of customer needs with predictable and cost-effective
LoRaWAN network services,” said Ove Anebygd, CEO of Netmore Group
AB.
About LoRaWAN Live Munich
LoRaWAN’s network diversity will be a strong focus of the LoRa
Alliance’s upcoming LoRaWAN Live event, taking place in Munich,
Germany, June 19 & 20. The program is ideal for anyone
interested in or working with LoRaWAN. As the official LoRaWAN
event of the year, LoRaWAN Live offers a unique opportunity to
share insights, experiences and visions with a vibrant and engaged
ecosystem from multiple industries across the globe. The event will
feature an agenda filled with technical sessions, a products and
solutions marketplace, mainstage keynotes and VIP speakers, live
demonstrations focusing on various use cases and markets, and
plenty of opportunities for networking and business meetings. This
is the event of 2024 to find your LoRaWAN solutions.
Learn more and register here.
Editors and analysts interested in attending LoRaWAN Live Munich
can contact the Alliance at lora-alliance@kiterocket.com to make
arrangements.
About LoRa Alliance®The LoRa
Alliance® is an open, nonprofit association that has become one of
the largest and fastest-growing alliances in the technology sector
since its inception in 2015. Its members closely collaborate and
share expertise to develop and promote the LoRaWAN® standard, which
is the de facto global standard for secure, carrier-grade IoT LPWAN
connectivity. LoRaWAN has the technical flexibility to address a
broad range of IoT applications, both fixed and mobile, and a
robust LoRaWAN Certification program to guarantee that devices
perform as specified. The LoRaWAN standard has been deployed by
more than 170 major mobile network operators globally, with
connectivity available worldwide. More information:
lora-alliance.org
LoRa Alliance®, LoRaWAN® and LoRaWAN CertifiedCM are licensed
marks.
MEDIA CONTACT:KiterocketStephanie Quinn, LoRa
Alliance PR, +1 480 316 8370, squinn@kiterocket.com
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