Libelium has announced that it’s adding LoRaWAN and Sigfox wireless connectivity for North America to Waspmote OEM and Waspmote Plug and Sense! sensor devices in San Francisco and Colorado, which are the first North American regions with smart water and smart environment projects deployed with Libelium's technology connected to LPWAN protocols.
San Francisco is one of the first cities to deploy this technology, where Libelium is already developing a Smart Water project with Sigfox and San Francisco County. In Colorado, Libelium technology is also enhancing new projects to monitor weather and environment conditions with LoRaWAN connectivity.
Libelium said it is joining forces with LoRaWAN and Sigfox global network in response to strong demand for low-energy, long-range and cost efficient IoT connectivity in North America. In terms of network coverage, Semtech is partnering with Comcast (News - Alert) to deploy LoRaWAN networks in 30 cities while Sigfox is expanding its network to 100 U.S. cities.
“We are successfully offering these protocols in their European version since 2015 and checking its viability for environment, pollution, water quality and smart parking applications,” said Alicia Asín, CEO, Libelium. “We strongly believe that making them available in their American version will speed up market adoption in the 900 MHz markets. We have managed to offer a dual radio in our Smart Parking node at a very competitive price, which increases our customers' options, one of our design principles. They can compare the performance of both technologies in one installation, work in hybrid networks or change from one to another easily from the Cloud. We consider this kind of features crucial to keep a healthy and competitive IoT landscape.”
With this update, Libelium IoT Sensor Platform is ready to use the 900-930 MHz band for the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Singapore, etc. including FCC (News - Alert) and IC certification for the U.S. and Canada.