Press Releases

LoRa Alliance press release

LoRa Alliance updates LoRaWAN regional parameters to improve smart city, building, homes, industrial and logistics IoT performance

The LoRa Alliance, the global association of companies backing the open LoRaWAN standard for Internet of Things (IoT) low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), has announced that it has released the latest LoRaWAN Regional Parameters RP2-1.0.5 specification, defining new data rates that minimise time-on-air, maximise quality of service and reduce energy use of end-devices. Higher data rates also optimise network capacity, allowing more devices to operate on the same number of gateways.

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November 6, 2025

Posted by: Marion Webber

Evergy selects Kigen to strengthen grid resilience across private and public networks

Evergy, one of the largest investor-owned utilities in the Midwest United States serving 1.7 million customers across Kansas and Missouri, has selected Kigen, a global contributor in eSIM and iSIM technology, to strengthen grid resiliency. By adopting Kigen’s secure eSIM OS and eIM solution, Evergy is unifying private LTE and public networks into an automated connectivity layer — creating a foundation for more reliable operations in the face of severe weather, growing energy demand, and the complexity of distributed energy resources (DERs).

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November 4, 2025

Posted by: Marion Webber

street lights

Urbana Smart Solutions and RAKwireless power the next generation of LoRaWAN smart lighting

Cities nowadays want more from their streetlights than simple illumination. They expect them to last for years by saving energy and even act as part of wider smart city services. However, the reality often looks different when large projects roll out. Thousands of controllers need to work together and still face problems with reliability, compatibility across different lighting systems, and network congestion. This is because so many devices cannot connect in the same area.

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October 28, 2025

Posted by: Marion Webber

The Connectivity Standards Alliance expands board with CableLabs as newest promoter member

The Connectivity Standards Alliance (the Alliance), an organisation of more than 860 Members dedicated to simplifying and harmonising the Internet of Things (IoT) through global standards, has announced the addition of CableLabs to its Board of Directors (Board) today. By joining the Board, CableLabs takes on a leadership role, reinforcing the Alliance’s mission to drive innovation and advance interoperability across the IoT ecosystem.

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October 23, 2025

Posted by: Marion Webber

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Upbeat Technology and SiFive introduce next-gen ultra-low power RISC-V MCU

Upbeat Technology, a pioneer in ultra-low power compute, voice and edge AI sensing solutions, and SiFive, a provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP and silicon solutions, announce the UP201/UP301 family MCU, a next-generation dual-core RISC-V microcontroller designed for ultra-low power efficiency. The UP201/UP301 family MCU will be demonstrated at the RISC-V Summit in Santa Clara, CA, October 22–23, 2025.

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October 16, 2025

Posted by: Marion Webber

ETSI and the European Union

ETSI-India cooperation bridging Europe and India through standardisation

Following the mission to Delhi in October 2024 by ETSI’s Director General, Mr. Jan Ellsberger, an ETSI Delegation was in India this week to engage with institutional and private partners and to take part in the India Mobile Congress 2025 in the context of the InDiCo-Global project.

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October 7, 2025

Posted by: Marion Webber

Vodafone Ireland and emergency services

Vodafone Ireland works with European emergency services agencies to trial new mission-critical communications

Vodafone is demonstrating the power of Europe’s most modern mission-critical (MCx) communications service at an incident simulation event in Ireland with European Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) agencies.

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September 30, 2025

Posted by: Marion Webber

ioXt Alliance approves SolaSec as an Authorised Lab partner

The ioXt Alliance, the global standard for IoT security, has announce that SolaSec, a distinguished cybersecurity firm, has been accepted into the ioXt Authorised Labs program. SolaSec joins an elite global network of independent security testing laboratories empowered to conduct advanced ioXt SmartCert testing.

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September 18, 2025

Posted by: Marion Webber

PCCW Global and Guodian High-Tech sign MoU

PCCW Global and Guodian High-Tech sign MoU

PCCW Global recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Beijing Guodian High-Tech Technology (GDHT), a satellite IoT company in mainland China, during the 10th Belt and Road Summit held in Hong Kong. The collaboration aims to jointly build satellite-based narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) services for Hong Kong, Macao and Belt and Road regions.

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September 16, 2025

Posted by: Marion Webber

Quectel introduces four new GNSS antennas, backed with advanced GNSS modules and worldwide RTK support, to maximise developer choice

Quectel introduces four new GNSS antennas

Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global IoT solutions provider, has introduced four new additions to its comprehensive range of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) antennas. The new antennas include the YFGD000AA high precision, low profile antenna which covers all GNSS bands, the YFGD000BA, optimised for triple-band solutions in GNSS L1, L2 and L5 bands, the YFGN000H1AC high precision, lightweight antenna that again covers all GNSS bands, and the YEGT010W1AM, designed for general-purpose reception in non-precision applications.

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September 11, 2025

Posted by: Marion Webber