Semtech Supports Deployment of Birdz’s New LoRaWAN®-based Water Metering Network
June 12 2019 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
LoRa-based smart water meters help automate
reading operations and improve overall efficiency
Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of
high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and
advanced algorithms, announced that Birdz, a subsidiary of Nova
Veolia and a global leader in optimized resource management, is
continuing its use of LoRa® devices and wireless radio frequency
technology (LoRa Technology) for future deployments of its smart
meters.
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LoRa and Birdz. (Graphic: Business
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“Semtech’s LoRa Technology is perfectly suited for smart water
metering solutions due to its deep indoor and long range
performance and low power consumption,” said Xavier Mathieu, CEO at
Birdz. “LoRa-based metering sensors can be deployed into existing
infrastructure either outdoors or indoors and offer strong
connectivity in dense city settings. Birdz offers the ability to
integrate Internet of Things (IoT) services and devices in the
network, such as water leak detectors, fire hydrant monitors and
water quality probes. By utilizing LoRaWAN®-based networks, we will
provide better coverage and grow existing networks to connect even
more devices to meet our customers’ needs.”
Birdz’s smart metering solutions provide long-range connectivity
and report usage data. Utility companies utilize the data to
improve operational efficiency and customer service. Birdz has
announced it expects to deploy over three million LoRa-enabled
smart water meters across France by the next decade.
In 2015, Eau du Grand Lyon (France) implemented a smart water
network using Birdz’s smart water sensors (meters and noise
correlators) integrated with LoRa Technology. The new water
management approach generated significant benefits at Eau du Grand
Lyon:
- Identification, geolocation and fasten
repairment of 1,200 new water leaks in the distribution
network
- 1 million m3 of water saved annually in
production due to improved performance of the distribution
network
- Overall 8% increase of water network
efficiency in four years, from 77% in 2014 to 85.2% in 2018
“Smart metering is one of LoRa Technology’s most successful
vertical markets due to its long range, low power capabilities.
Implementing a smart metering infrastructure with LoRa Technology
allows utility companies to collect data faster and more
efficiently, streamlining the deployment of smarter, more
sustainable solutions,” said Rémi Demerlé, Director of Utilities
Market in Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group.
Birdz will be presenting at the LoRa Alliance® LoRaWAN Live and
Market Place and displaying their utility demo. Click here to learn
more.
About Semtech’s LoRa® Devices and Wireless RF
Technology
Semtech’s LoRa devices and wireless radio frequency technology
is a widely adopted long-range, low-power solution for IoT that
gives telecom companies, IoT application makers and system
integrators the feature set necessary to deploy low-cost,
interoperable IoT networks, gateways, sensors, module products, and
IoT services worldwide. IoT networks based on the LoRaWAN®
specification have been deployed in 100 countries and Semtech is a
founding member of the LoRa Alliance®, the fastest growing IoT
Alliance for Low Power Wide Area Network applications. To learn
more about how LoRa enables IoT, visit Semtech’s LoRa
site.
About Birdz
Born from the merger of Homerider Systems and m2ocity, and a
wholly owned subsidiary of Nova Veolia, Birdz, a pioneer in remote
water meter reading, deploys its unique expertise at the service of
the Smart City. A major player in IoT, Birdz offers a very large
ecosystem of solutions to manage the city's utilities and preserve
the quality of the urban environment: water, energies, temperature,
pollution, noise, etc., to control the entire value chain, from
sensor design to the useful valuation of millions of data
collected. For more information, visit www.birdz.com/.
About Semtech
Semtech Corporation is a leading supplier of high performance
analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms 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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