Alliance Will Demonstrate Disruptive IoT Apps at Mobile World Congress Shanghai

SAN RAMON, CA--(Marketwired - June 20, 2016) - The LoRa® Alliance, the leading technology alliance for the Internet of Things (IoT) and low-power wide area networks (LPWAN), and some of its key members will exhibit at Mobile World Congress Shanghai on June 29-July 1 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC), Hall N2, Booth E86.

The LoRa Alliance exhibit will feature product demonstrations and showcases from its event sponsors: Gemtek, ST Microelectonics, Augtek, Multitech, Actility and Semtech, as well as many sensor solutions from other members.

"With the global traction for LPWA networks we are excited to showcase LoRa during the MWC in Shanghai for the first time," said Jaap Groot, vice president of System Business Development for Semtech's Wireless and Sensing Group, and member of the LoRa Alliance marketing committee. "Asia is an important market for LoRa, and at the event we will demonstrate live solutions for many use cases like metering, supply chain, agriculture and building automation."

"The LoRa Alliance is creating traction globally, and we're proud to bring LoRaWAN™ to Asia," said Geoff Mulligan, chairman of the LoRa Alliance. "As a global standard, we are focused on enabling IoT solutions on all continents, and given the uptake of member participation in Asia, we will be showcasing many solutions and have a reception, which is open to any company after registration on the LoRa Alliance website."

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About LoRa Alliance

The LoRa Alliance is an open, non-profit association of members who believe that the Internet of Things era is now! Our members are collaborating and sharing experience to drive the success of the LoRa protocol, LoRaWAN, as the open global standard for secure, carrier-grade IoT LPWA connectivity. With a certification program to guarantee interoperability and the technical flexibility to address the multiple IoT applications be they static or mobile, we believe that LoRaWAN can give all THINGS a global voice.

The Alliance has gained over 300 members since March 2015, making it one of the largest and fastest growing alliances in the technology sector. Twelve companies, including major mobile network operators, have announced nationwide deployments set for their respective countries in 2016 and another 50 trials are under way for other nationwide deployments.