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Orange to Roll Out LoRa-based IoT Network in 2016

Orange to Roll Out LoRa-based IoT Network in 2016 Image Credit: Orange

Orange plans to deploy LoRa-based Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) network to cater for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine(M2M) traffic as part of its Essentials 2020 strategy. The French operator plans to generate 600 million euros in revenue by 2018 leveraging on the new network which will be specifically useful for connecting sensors in Smart Cities.

Orange has tested the LoRa technology by carrying out a large scale trial in Grenoble, involving more than 30 partners. The new LoRa network will be operational from the first quarter of 2016 and progressively deployed nationwide. It will be used to transport communications to and from objects' for Orange, its mass market and business customers. 

According to Orange, it will also continue the work on the standardization of future cell networks (2G/4G) for the IoT, which will be operational in 2017 and for 5G by 2022. Beyond connectivity, Orange said that it is also involved in the distribution of connected objects, in the aggregation and data processing stemming from these objects as well as in proposing value-added services in the field of health and well-being, the connected home and Smart Cities.

Stéphane Richard, Chief Executive Officer of Orange
The development of the Internet of Things is expected to surge in the coming years. By 2020, we believe that there will be more than 25 billion objects connected in the world. “As a part of our new strategic plan Essentials2020, Orange has an ambition to become the number one operator for the Internet of Things. 

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