Semtech and Swarm Deliver Satellite Communications With LoRa®
January 27 2021 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Collaboration integrates LoRa® devices with
Swarm’s satellite communications network
Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of high
performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced
algorithms, announced that Swarm Technologies, a global satellite
communications network developer, has integrated Semtech’s LoRa®
devices into its connectivity solution that enables two-way
communications to and from its satellites in Low Earth Orbit
(LEO).
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Swarm integrates Semtech's LoRa in its
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“Because Semtech’s LoRa technology is well suited for long
distance, low power and wide area coverage applications, it has
opened up new Internet of Things (IoT) use cases for Swarm in areas
such as logistics, agriculture, connected cars, and energy,” said
Ben Longmier, CTO and co-founder of Swarm. “We are thrilled to
collaborate with Semtech by utilizing LoRa to help us provide
affordable global connectivity for IoT devices at an unprecedented
scale.”
Swarm incorporates LoRa on Very High Frequency (VHF) frequencies
for uplink and downlink to its satellites from the ground. The
network is commercially live, with 72 commercial satellites
providing 100 percent global coverage. Swarm plans to deploy a
total of 150 commercial satellites by the end of 2021, which are
expected to bring latency times down to less than one minute. The
user modems, which are integrated into IoT devices, communicate
with the satellites, enabling reliable data transfer anywhere on
Earth, at all times.
“Semtech and Swarm are working jointly to pursue commercial IoT
applications that require less data-intensive communications and
fill in the gaps of the existing satellite market,” said Marc
Pegulu, Vice President of IoT Product Marketing for Semtech’s
Wireless and Sensing Products Group. “The combination of our
technologies helps provide reliable and affordable connectivity
that keep sensors, equipment and assets connected across land and
sea.”
To learn more about Semtech’s IoT solutions, visit the
website.
About Semtech’s LoRa® Platform
Semtech’s LoRa device-to-Cloud platform is a globally adopted
long range, low power solution for IoT applications, enabling the
rapid development and deployment of ultra-low power, cost efficient
and long range IoT networks, gateways, sensors, module products,
and IoT services worldwide. Semtech’s LoRa devices provide the
communication layer for the LoRaWAN® protocol, which is maintained
by the LoRa Alliance®, an open IoT alliance for Low Power Wide Area
Network (LPWAN) applications that has been used to deploy IoT
networks in over 100 countries. Semtech is a founding member of the
LoRa Alliance. To learn more about how LoRa enables IoT, visit
Semtech’s LoRa site.
About Swarm
Swarm provides the world’s lowest-cost two-way satellite
communications network. Founded in 2016, Swarm is committed to
making data and communications accessible to everyone, everywhere
on Earth. Swarm’s uniquely small satellites enable the company to
provide network services and user hardware at the industry’s lowest
cost and deliver maximum value to customers across a range of
industries including maritime shipping, agriculture, energy, and
ground transportation. Swarm received commercial approval from the
FCC to launch and operate its Low Earth Orbit satellite
constellation in late 2019 and launched its first commercial
satellites in September 2020. To connect with Swarm and the world,
visit www.swarm.space.
About Semtech
Semtech Corporation is a leading supplier of high performance
analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms for
infrastructure, high-end consumer 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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to” or other similar words or expressions, that describe Semtech
Corporation’s or its management’s future plans, objectives or goals
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cause the actual results of Semtech Corporation to be materially
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results or outcomes expressed or implied by such forward-looking
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Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors.” Semtech
Corporation assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may
arise after the date of this release, except as required by
law.
Semtech, the Semtech logo and LoRa are registered trademarks or
service marks of Semtech Corporation or its affiliates.
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