OPC Foundation and LoRa Alliance launch joint activities to map LoRaWAN to OPC UA
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The OPC Foundation has announced a new joint working group effort with the LoRa Alliance to develop a mapping from LoRaWAN to OPC UA, bringing together two highly complementary technologies that play important roles in the future of industrial and IoT connectivity. This collaboration aims to define how data and information models originating from LoRaWAN-based devices and systems can be represented in OPC UA, enabling improved interoperability between low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) deployments and industrial automation, enterprise and cloud-based systems.
LoRaWAN and OPC UA address different but highly synergistic layers of the digital ecosystem. LoRaWAN is widely used for low-power, long-range wireless communication, making it ideal for distributed sensing, remote monitoring, metering and battery-operated field devices. OPC UA, by contrast, provides a robust, platform-independent framework for secure information modelling and interoperable data exchange across industrial and enterprise environments. Together, they offer a powerful combination: efficient wireless connectivity at the edge, paired with semantically rich and standardised data integration across operational and information technology systems. Creating a structured mapping between LoRaWAN and OPC UA will make it easier for users, vendors and solution providers to integrate LoRaWAN-based data streams into OPC UA-enabled architectures. This integration will support a broad range of use cases across industrial automation, smart infrastructure, energy, building systems, environmental monitoring and digital transformation initiatives.
The kickoff meeting for the new joint working group will take place on May 13, 2026. Organisations and individuals interested in contributing to this work are warmly invited to participate.
“By working together on a common mapping approach, we can help simplify integration and accelerate adoption across a wide range of industrial and IoT scenarios,” said Alper Yegin, the CEO at LoRa Alliance.
“This collaboration reflects the growing need to connect diverse communication technologies with interoperable information models,” said Stefan Hoppe, the president of the OPC Foundation. “LoRaWAN and OPC UA are highly complementary, and this initiative will help users unlock greater value from both.”
The OPC Foundation welcomes participation from end users, technology providers, standards experts and ecosystem partners who want to help shape this work. Those interested in joining the working group are encouraged to reach out for more information.
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