Keep An Eye On These 10 IoT Vendor Consortiums And Alliances

LoRa Alliance

The LoRa Alliance aims to standardize Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) to enable Internet of Things, machine-to-machine and smart city applications. This alliance was founded by a variety of vendors, including IBM, Actility, Cisco and Semtech.

LoRa supports the LoRAWAN network protocol, which is intended for the Internet of Things with bi-directional communication, mobility and localization services.

Who It Impacts: Solution providers specializing in M2M and smart city applications, in particular, should dig deeper into the LoRa Alliance and the LoRAWAN network protocol.