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One network server, every LoRaWAN device

The platform is device-agnostic and works with any standards-compliant LoRaWAN hardware. These are the sectors where we have the deepest deployment experience.

LoRa end devices deployed worldwide Semtech, 2026
500 M+
LoRaWAN network operators Semtech
181
Countries with live LoRaWAN networks Semtech
100 +
Of global LPWAN connections use LoRa Omdia, 2025
30 %+

Industry-wide figures for the LoRa ecosystem, shown for context.

Why LoRaWAN

The connectivity layer built for devices that must run for a decade

Cellular needs power and a subscription. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth cannot reach a meter pit. LoRaWAN was designed for the gap between them — small payloads, long range, and batteries that outlast the procurement cycle.

  • Long range

    Tens of kilometres across open rural terrain; several kilometres through a dense city. Fewer gateways to buy, site and power.

  • Deep penetration

    Reaches meter pits, basements and plant rooms where cellular and Wi-Fi drop out — exactly where utility devices tend to live.

  • Years on one battery

    Up to ten years in the field for Class A devices sending small, infrequent payloads — the economics that make metering at scale viable.

  • Secure by design

    Three layers of AES-128: mutual authentication at join, network-level integrity, and end-to-end application encryption.

  • Open standard

    Specified by the LoRa Alliance and recognised by the ITU as an LPWAN standard. Certified devices from any vendor interoperate.

  • Unlicensed spectrum

    Runs in the ISM band, so there is no spectrum licence to buy and no per-device carrier subscription to pay every month.

  • High capacity

    A single gateway can serve thousands of devices, because each one transmits briefly and rarely rather than holding a connection open.

  • Low total cost

    Cheap radios, few gateways, no subscriptions and rare battery swaps add up to the lowest cost per device over a meter’s life.

Applications

One network, every application

The same network server carries all of these. Meters, city sensors and industrial monitors can share one set of gateways — so each new application costs devices, not another network.

Primary focus

Smart Water Metering

Automated meter reading and consumption analytics for municipal and private water utilities — our largest deployment area.

Manual meter reading is slow, expensive and error-prone. LoRaWAN metering replaces site visits with scheduled uplinks from every meter, so a utility gets consistent readings, spots leaks earlier and bills on actual consumption rather than estimates. The long range and low power of LoRaWAN suit water meters particularly well, because they are often in pits, basements and boundary walls where cellular coverage fails and battery replacement is impractical.

4,000+ meters in production, plus a further 1,000+ in a second country

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What the platform provides

  • Automated meter reading (AMR) and AMI rollouts
  • Daily and interval consumption data for billing
  • Continuous-flow alerts that indicate leaks
  • Tamper and reverse-flow detection
  • Battery health monitoring across the fleet
  • Coverage planning for dense urban distribution networks

Typical devices

  • Smart water meters
  • Bulk flow meters
  • Pressure sensors
  • Leak detectors
  • Remote valves
  • Reservoir level

Any standards-compliant LoRaWAN device will connect.

Energy Metering

Remote electricity meter reading and consumption monitoring, backed by two decades of in-house metering hardware experience.

Our parent company Neona Embedded Labz designs smart electricity metering hardware and data concentrator units, so the platform was shaped by people who have had to make metering work in the field rather than only in a datasheet. The network server handles the connectivity layer while your existing head-end or billing system consumes the decoded data.

Backed by Neona’s own smart metering and DCU hardware

What the platform provides

  • Remote electricity meter reading
  • Interval consumption and load profiling
  • Outage and restoration event capture
  • Integration with existing head-end systems
  • Tamper and anomaly signalling

Typical devices

  • Electricity meters
  • Current clamps
  • Transformer monitors
  • Load monitors
  • Gas meters
  • Panel temperature

Any standards-compliant LoRaWAN device will connect.

Agritech

Soil, irrigation and environmental sensing across farmland where cellular coverage is unreliable and batteries must last seasons.

Agricultural deployments are the clearest case for LoRaWAN: sensors are spread across wide areas, mains power is rare, and cellular coverage is patchy or expensive. A single gateway can cover a large area of farmland, and Class A devices running on ADR can operate for years on one battery.

Deployed alongside our water and energy metering work

What the platform provides

  • Soil moisture and temperature monitoring
  • Irrigation control and scheduling
  • Weather and microclimate sensing
  • Water level and pump monitoring
  • Wide-area coverage from few gateways

Typical devices

  • Soil moisture probes
  • Weather stations
  • Irrigation controllers
  • Crop sensors
  • Livestock trackers
  • Water tank level

Any standards-compliant LoRaWAN device will connect.

Industrial IoT

Condition monitoring, environmental sensing and asset tracking across plants, warehouses and distributed sites.

Industrial sites often need sensing in places where running cable is disruptive or impossible. LoRaWAN penetrates building structures well and covers large campuses from a small number of gateways, with multi-tenancy allowing separate business units to operate in isolation on shared infrastructure.

Device-agnostic — works with standard LoRaWAN industrial sensors

What the platform provides

  • Equipment condition and vibration monitoring
  • Temperature, humidity and air quality sensing
  • Asset and inventory tracking
  • Tank and silo level monitoring
  • Per-site or per-department tenant isolation

Typical devices

  • Vibration monitors
  • Temp & humidity
  • Air quality
  • Tank & silo level
  • Asset trackers
  • Pressure sensors

Any standards-compliant LoRaWAN device will connect.

Comparison

How LoRaWAN compares for utility-scale IoT

No single radio wins everywhere. For battery-powered meters and sensors spread across a city, these are the trade-offs that decide it.

Comparison of LoRaWAN with NB-IoT, LTE-M, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy for IoT deployments
Criterion LoRaWAN NB-IoT LTE-M Wi-Fi BLE
Range Long Long Long Short Very short
Battery life Years Years Months–years Days–weeks Months
Indoor / underground Strong Good Moderate Weak Weak
Spectrum Unlicensed Licensed Licensed Unlicensed Unlicensed
Recurring cost None Per device Per device None None
Private network Yes No No Yes Yes
Data rate Low Low Medium High Medium

Indicative only. Real range and battery life depend on band, device, payload size and site.

Security

Three layers of AES-128, by design

LoRaWAN security is built into the protocol, not bolted on. Authentication, integrity and encryption are mandatory — and payloads stay unreadable even to the network operator.

The platform manages session keys and frame counters for every device, per tenant. That matters for utilities and regulated operators, where subscriber data must never be exposed in transit.

  1. 01

    Join authentication

    Device and join server mutually authenticate before the device is admitted. An unknown device cannot join, and session keys are derived fresh.

  2. 02

    Network integrity

    Every frame between device and network server is integrity-checked with frame counters, rejecting replayed or tampered messages.

  3. 03

    Application encryption

    Payloads are encrypted end to end between the device and your application. The network operator routes data without being able to read it.

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If your devices speak LoRaWAN, the platform can run them. Tell us about your use case and we will tell you what it would take.

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