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  • SenRa, myDevices launch IoT in a Box in India

    SenRa, myDevices launch IoT in a Box in India

    Pan-India LoRaWAN network service provider SenRa is teaming with IoT firm myDevices to launch an IoT solution for industrial use in India.

    The solution, called IoT in a Box, will initially be rolled out to provide end-to-end commercial refrigeration monitoring solutions for the Indian market.

    “We are excited to bring myDevices’ IoT in a Box solution offerings to the Indian market,” said Ali Hosseini, CEO of SenRa. “This collaboration will allow us to increase adoption of LoRaWAN in India and in its mainstream market. IoT in a Box is an off-the-shelf solution which will rapidly enable digitalization PAN India.”

    According to SenRa, there are over 90 million commercial refrigeration units in operation around the world and the global demand for commercial refrigeration equipment is expected to increase 4.5% each year through 2020.

    The company believes the partnership with myDevices will help drive India’s digital movement into industries yet to be penetrated in the Indian market.

    With India’s IoT market poised to touch $15 billion by 2020, new and cost-effective solutions are an integral part of driving the market growth and IoT adoption in India.

    The IoT in a Box’s commercial refrigeration temperature monitoring offering will now drive IoT adoption into industries such as retail, supply-chain management, logistics, healthcare, and even hospitality.

    The company believes the myDevices’ IoT in a Box solution and SenRa’s LoRaWAN network services will allow businesses like pharmaceutical labs, supermarkets, corporate cafeterias, restaurants, hospitals, and food manufacturing units to better monitor and manage their refrigerators and deep-freezing units remotely and in real-time.

  • SoftBank to deploy LoRaWAN network

    SoftBank to deploy LoRaWAN network

    Japan’s SoftBank has revealed plans to roll out a LoRaWAN low power wide area (LPWA) network in the current financial year.

    The operator plans to use the network to provide end-to-end IoT services, ranging from device and application support to consulting.

    SoftBank will target the service at industry sectors that require low cost, low power network construction, including equipment monitoring and control for commercial buildings, automated gas and water meter reading, senior and child monitoring, infrastructure monitoring and logistics.

    In collaboration with LPWA specialist Actility, Hon Hai Precision Industry and LoRa technology developer Semtech Corporation, Softbank will aim to build a LoRaWAN ecosystem in Japan.

    Softbank said the LoRaWAN deployment represents the first stage of the company’s plans to usher in the IoT era.

    The company eventually aims to deploy the full set of LPWA networks, including Cat-M1 and narrowband IoT (NB-IoT), to ensure its IoT network can operate in different environments.

    LoRaWAN uses the unlicensed 920-MHz band in Japan and was designed to meet the low cost and efficiency requirements for the IoT. Main features include devices with battery life of at least 10 years, support for numerous simultaneous connections and a communication range of multiple kilometers.

    Specifications for LoRaWAN are developed by the LoRa Alliance, a collaboration between 391 IoT-related companies worldwide.