Semtech is collaborating with Alibaba Cloud to help enterprises in China to adopt its LoRa devices and wireless radio frequency technology (LoRa Technology).
The joint effort secures and establishes the radio spectrum for the rapid growth of IoT solutions for multiple vertical markets and new use cases in China, including logistics tracking, air quality, food safety compliance, and smoke detecting safety.
Alibaba Cloud introduced the industry’s first LoRa-based Airship Balloon, which connected sensors from 20 meters underground to 40,000 meters above ground demonstrating the extensive capabilities of LoRa Technology including long range, simple and flexible network deployment.
At a recent industry event, Alibaba Cloud demonstrated one of the new use cases in a video that displayed an unmanned vehicle delivering a package with real-time tracking and event detection. Indicating that in the near future, China’s IoT industry will leverage Semtech’s LoRa Technology due to its long range, low power capabilities with a simple, flexible network to develop innovative and unique use cases to complement the connectivity of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and cellular technologies.
Wei Wu, Director of Ecological Cooperation, Alibaba Cloud IoT
Alibaba Cloud Arial IoT LoRa Station connects from 20 meters underground to 40,000 meters in the space. It provides a complete set of low-power, wide area network solutions for key industries in China including smart meters, smart cities, smart manufacturing, smart agriculture and other fields.
Marc Pegulu, VP and GM of Semtech Wireless and Sensing Products Group
The abundant amount of low power IoT use cases emerging in China leveraging Semtech’s LoRa Technology will position the platform as the de facto IoT solution, and we anticipate Alibaba will be one of the industry leaders as it strengthens its ecosystem of IoT partners in China.
