The LoRa Alliance, the global association of companies backing the open LoRaWAN standard for the Internet of Things (IoT) low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), showcased how LoRaWAN has become the market leader driving industrial evolution to Industry 5.0 globally. Industry 5.0 builds on Industry 4.0 by incorporating the human element, guided largely by environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives that seek to strengthen sustainability, efficiency, and quality of life for the
world’s citizens. The LoRa Alliance ecosystem delivers end-to-end solutions across the value chain, which enable holistic digital transformation––encompassing technology,
data, new workflows, and operational realignments––needed to achieve industry 5.0’s objectives.
“Over the past few years, the LoRa Alliance has demonstrated how LoRaWAN supports people, the planet, and profit. These concepts are fundamental to the ideas of Industry 5.0, which aims beyond efficiency and productivity as the sole goals and reinforces the role and the contribution of industry to society with more human-machine collaboration and human-centric solutions,” said Donna Moore, CEO and chairwoman of the LoRa Alliance. “Globally, businesses are recognizing that achieving business goals take more than operational improvements, people and technology must work together to bring about change. LoRaWAN has taken a leadership position in this arena with millions of deployments that ultimately focus on increasing sustainability and improving quality of life. The evolution to Industry 5.0 is not possible without the use of open standards, backed by a strong ecosystem that offers a choice of vendors and endless
innovation. This is also why so many organizations worldwide are adopting the LoRaWAN standard to drive their holistic digitization initiatives.”
The need for residents’ privacy is also driving LoRaWAN adoption in residential buildings, as it allows for facility monitoring and optimization without capturing or transmitting any personally identifiable information. “Beecham Research is constantly conducting surveys and one-on-one interviews with IoT users and suppliers,” said Robin Duke-Woolley, CEO and Chief Analyst, of Beecham Research. “These are consistently showing LoRaWAN as the rapidly rising star for LPWAN sensor deployments in the smart cities, buildings, and utility sectors and also gaining ground rapidly in manufacturing, agriculture, and other high-priority sectors.
The value that LoRaWAN brings as an open standard makes it inherently agile and encourages innovation across industries.” “LoRaWAN’s strengths—open standard, strong security, low power, battery-operated, long-distance transmission, low capital, and operating expense—make it the leading LPWAN for IoT and the natural choice for Industry 5.0,” added Moore, “Massive LoRaWAN deployments pave the way to meeting ESG goals and adoption of Industry
5.0.”
Recent industry developments and large-scale deployments include:
- Sigfox owner Unabiz to utilize global LoRaWAN networks via partnerships with LoRa Alliance members Actility , LORIOT, The Things Industries, and Senet
- Nova Labs collaborations with multiple members to integrate Helium Network as a roaming solution and expand global LoRaWAN connectivity for all network operators, including announcements with Actility and Senet