Industrial LWPA: Market Dynamics Report
Industrial low power wide area (LPWA) solutions continue to penetrate industrial Internet of Things (IoT) markets. For industrial IoT developers who have spent years with wireless mesh sensor network technologies such as WirelessHART and ISA100 these new LPWA technologies are disruptive. They also represent a new opportunity to extend wireless sensor networks with hybrid industrial wireless sensing solutions.
Unlicensed LPWA Networks Expand Worldwide:
Much of Europe and many parts of the Asia Pacific region are covered with Sigfox and LoRa networks with LPWA services offered by key telecom operators such as Arqiva, Bouygues, Orange, KPN, Proximus, Swisscom as well as dedicated IoT operators such as Thinxtra in Australia. In the U.S., LoRa® will have the largest private unlicensed industrial LPWA network growth and LTE-M1 will do the same for licensed public networks.
Oil & Gas LPWA
Over the past 12 years, the publisher has covered the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on the oil and gas industry. In the past two years, we saw growing interest in Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) network solutions such as LoRa®, Sigfox, LTE-M and NB-IoT and this trend continues. The multi-mile sensing and control capabilities provided by LPWA technologies is perfectly matched for oil and gas wellhead automation and pipeline operations as well as innovative solutions for asset tracking and logistics.
The US congress’s decision to allow oil and gas exports was a key decision that has enabled the US oil and gas industry to have a faster recovery from the 2014-2016 oil downturn. LPWA is the latest development that impacts this industry by solving complex and labor expensive monitoring and management of remote wellheads and assets. LPWA solutions move the networking and provisioning complexity to the in-premises or cloud network server. This lowers labor costs as routers and repeaters are not needed and development is primarily done in the cloud.
LoRa®: Market Dynamics
With a thriving global ecosystem and 10,000s of networks worldwide, LoRa® has captured a significant slice of Internet of Things markets.
LoRa’s chirp spread spectrum advantages, deep building penetration, open source networking and suitability for private and public networks has drawn thousands of developers and the world’s largest network operators. The LoRa Alliance™ has grown to over 500 members in just two years and new breakthroughs such as LoRa backscatter using 1000X less power with 10 cent sensing devices transmitting up to 1 kilometer may soon make the promise of billions of IoT devices a reality.
Standards based LoRaWAN™ networks are rolling out worldwide. Complete coverage of nearly all EU countries is completed or underway and most major network operators including Bouygues, Orange, KPN, Proximus and Swisscom are deploying LoRa gateways in thousands of towers, driving new roaming standards, leveraging unlicensed spectrum and aggressively targeting enterprises. In Asia, SK Telecom has one of the first commercial public LoRa networks and SoftBank (ARM) with partner Actility is deploying LoRa services in Japan. Public LoRa networks will soon cover North America as Comcast’s machineQ service is aggressively expanding to 20 major US cities.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
3GPP
ABB Group
Actility
Adaptive Wireless
Adeunis RF
Advantech B+B SmartWorx
Ambient Systems
AMIHO
Apprion
ARM Holdings
ATIM
Auto Assembly
Automotive Components (ACI)
Axible
Banner Engineering
Behrends
Carriots
CDS Wireless
Cisco Systems
Connit
Cortexo
Craft ai
Cumulocity
Dynamic Recycling
Dow Chemical
Drust
Eaton
Electrochem
Eltav
Embeblue
Emerson
Enerwave Automation
EnOcean
E-Senza
EVVOS
FreeWave
Gemalto
General Electric
Grid Connect
GridSense
GSMA
Halma
Helium
Hitachi
Honeywell
IBM
IDT
IJINUS
IMST
Industrial Automation Networks
Ingenu
Inkoel
Intesens
Itron
Johnson Controls
Kerlink
KB Intelligence
Keyence
Kinney Consulting
KLATU Networks
Laird Technologies
Libelium
Link Labs
LoRa Alliance
LORD MicroStrain
Lumenus
M2M Spectrum
mcThings
MEMSIC
Mesh Systems
Metso
Microchip
Microsoft
MIT
MITRE
Multi-Tech Systems
Murata Wireless
Munisense
National Instruments
NEMEUS
Nexcom
NKE Watteco
Oceasoft
OleumTech Corporation
Omnimetrix
ON Semiconductor
Origin Energy
OrbiWise
Pacific Environment
Parr Instrument Company
Pedigree Technologies
Pepperl+Fuchs
Permasense Ltd
Perpetua Power
Pervasive Displays
Phoenix Contact
Procter & Gamble
ProSoft Technology
PTC/ThingWorx
Qowisio
Quantified Ag
Radiocrafts
relayr
Rockwell Automation
RTLS
RTX
Safeport
Samsung
Sandia National Laboratories
Scanimetrics
Schneider Electric
SCR Dairy
Semtech
Sencorables
SENET
Sensolus
SensorWare Systems
Siemens
Sigfox
Silicon Labs
Silver Spring Networks
SiTune Corporation
Shift Thinking
SmartSensor Labs
Spartan Controls
SVS Consultants
SRETT
Stream Technologies
Tadiran
TD Next (Telecom Design)
TDK Corporation
Telematics Wireless
Telensa
Texas Instruments
The Button Corporation
Thinxtra
TICATAG
Traqueur
U-Blox
vMonitor (Rockwell)
WAVIoT
Weenat
Weightless SIG
Worldsensing
Wulian
Yokogawa Electric
Zedi
Zencus
Companies Mentioned
Industrial LWPA: Market Dynamics Report- 3GPP
- ABB Group
- Actility
- Adaptive Wireless
- Adeunis RF
- Advantech B+B SmartWorx
- Ambient Systems
- AMIHO
- Apprion
- ARM Holdings
- ATIM
- Auto Assembly
- Automotive Components (ACI)
- Axible
- Banner Engineering
- Behrends
- Carriots
- CDS Wireless
- Cisco Systems
- Connit
- Cortexo
- Craft ai
- Cumulocity
- Dynamic Recycling
- Dow Chemical
- Drust
- Eaton
- Electrochem
- Eltav
- Embeblue
- Emerson
- Enerwave Automation
- EnOcean
- E-Senza
- EVVOS
- FreeWave
- Gemalto
- General Electric
- Grid Connect
- GridSense
- GSMA
- Halma
- Helium
- Hitachi
- Honeywell
- IBM
- IDT
- IJINUS
- IMST
- Industrial Automation Networks
- Ingenu
- Inkoel
- Intesens
- Itron
- Johnson Controls
- Kerlink
- KB Intelligence
- Keyence
- Kinney Consulting
- KLATU Networks
- Laird Technologies
- Libelium
- Link Labs
- LoRa Alliance
- LORD MicroStrain
- Lumenus
- M2M Spectrum
- mcThings
- MEMSIC
- Mesh Systems
- Metso
- Microchip
- Microsoft
- MIT
- MITRE
- Multi-Tech Systems
- Murata Wireless
- Munisense
- National Instruments
- NEMEUS
- Nexcom
- NKE Watteco
- Oceasoft
- OleumTech Corporation
- Omnimetrix
- ON Semiconductor
- Origin Energy
- OrbiWise
- Pacific Environment
- Parr Instrument Company
- Pedigree Technologies
- Pepperl+Fuchs
- Permasense Ltd
- Perpetua Power
- Pervasive Displays
- Phoenix Contact
- Procter & Gamble
- ProSoft Technology
- PTC/ThingWorx
- Qowisio
- Quantified Ag
- Radiocrafts
- relayr
- Rockwell Automation
- RTLS
- RTX
- Safeport
- Samsung
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Scanimetrics
- Schneider Electric
- SCR Dairy
- Semtech
- Sencorables
- SENET
- Sensolus
- SensorWare Systems
- Siemens
- Sigfox
- Silicon Labs
- Silver Spring Networks
- SiTune Corporation
- Shift Thinking
- SmartSensor Labs
- Spartan Controls
- SVS Consultants
- SRETT
- Stream Technologies
- Tadiran
- TD Next (Telecom Design)
- TDK Corporation
- Telematics Wireless
- Telensa
- Texas Instruments
- The Button Corporation
- Thinxtra
- TICATAG
- Traqueur
- U-Blox
- vMonitor (Rockwell)
- WAVIoT
- Weenat
- Weightless SIG
- Worldsensing
- Wulian
- Yokogawa Electric
- Zedi
- Zencus
Oil & Gas LWPA
- AEC
- American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers
- Apache Corp.
- Applied Measurement & Control
- Arkema
- Ashland
- Baker Hughes
- Bayer
- Beaubout Company
- BP
- BRAAS Company
- Brazos Electric
- BSC Engineering
- BSI Engineering
- Byres Security
- Cal Trol
- Chemtech
- ChevronPhillips
- CMC Associates
- Colpipe
- ConocoPhillips
- Dave Allert Company
- DDTop Group
- Discovery Acquisition
- Dubai Natural Gas Company
- DuPont
- EcoPetrol
- Electronic Controls Design
- Elgin Industries
- Energy Transfer
- ESP Safety Inc.
- ExxonMobil
- Experitec
- Factory IQ
- FiberTEQ
- Fluor
- Ford, Bacon & Davis
- Frontline Management
- Halliburton
- Hart Communication Foundation
- Herman Storey Consulting
- Hilliard Corporation
- Holly Frontier
- Industrial Automation Networks
- ISA
- KBR
- Lawrence Berkeley National Labs
- LBA Group
- Lesman Instrument Company
- Lubrizol
- Mcki Wireless
- Mead O'Brien
- Metso
- Mettler Toledo
- MTS Systems Corp.
- Myotis Wireless
- New Page Corp.
- NACE International
- NIST
- Oak Ridge National Labs
- Omega Engineering
- Origin Energy
- Orange Research
- OYO Geospace
- Palmer Wahl
- PanTech Controls
- PCS Ferguson (Dover)
- Petrobras
- Petroleos de Venezuela
- Proteus Vietnam
- Puffer Sweiven
- RasGas
- Reichhold
- Rexel
- R.S. Stover
- SABIC
- Saudi Aramco
- Sietech Solutions
- Simarck Controls
- Solar Reserve
- South West Water
- Spartan Controls
- Statoil
- Suncor Energy
- Syncrude
- Tyco
- URS Corporation
- US Amines
- Valero
- Weatherford
Williams
LoRa®: Market Dynamics
- 3GPP
- ABB
- Actility
- Adaptive Wireless
- Adeunis RF
- Advantech B+B SmartWorx
- Altair
- Ambient Systems
- AMIHO
- Applied Risk
- Apprion
- Arkema
- ARM Holdings
- ATIM
- Auto Assembly
- Automatic Controls Company
- Automotion Components (ACI)
- Axible
- Azimut
- BASF
- Beep Networks
- Behrends
- Bosch
- Carbon Controls
- Carollo Engineers
- Carriots
- CDS Wireless
- Cisco Systems
- Civic Smart
- Cobject
- Codit
- Comcast
- Compology
- Connit
- Cortexo
- Craft ai
- Cumulocity
- DB360 Consulting
- Dow Chemical
- Drust
- Dräger
- DSN Australia
- Dynamic Recycling
- E-Senza
- Eaton
- Electrochem
- Eltav
- Embeblue
- Emerson
- Endetec Homerider Systems
- Endress+Hauser
- Eneida
- Enerwave Automation
- Enevo
- Engie
- EnOcean
- Epcos
- Ericsson
- Essence Group
- EVVOS
- Fiox & Dole
- Flashnet
- Gemalto
- General Electric
- Grid Connect
- GridSense
- GSMA
- HidnSeek
- Hitachi
- Honeywell
- Iberdrola
- IBM
- Idosens
- IDT
- IMST
- Industrial Automation Networks
- Infosys
- Ingenu
- Inkoel
- Intent Technologies
- InterDigital
- Intesens
- Invisible Systems
- IoTA
- Itron
- Johnson Controls
- Kapsch
- KB Intelligence
- Kerlink
- Keyence
- Kinney Consulting
- KLATU Networks
- Laird Technologies
- Landis+Gyr
- Libelium
- Link Labs
- LoRa Alliance
- Loriot
- Lucerne University
- Lukoil
- Lumenus
- M2M Spectrum
- Maddalena
- Marsh Group
- Martech International
- mcThings
- MEMSIC
- Mesh Systems
- Metso
- Microchip
- Microsoft
- MIT
- MITRE
- Multi-Tech Systems
- Munisense
- Murata Wireless
- National Instruments
- NEMEUS
- Nexcom
- NKE Watteco
- Novelis
- Oceasoft
- Omnimetrix
- ON Semiconductor
- OrbiWise
- Origin Energy
- OSRAM
- Pacific Controls
- Pacific Environment
- Parr Instrument Company
- Pepperl+Fuchs
- Permasense Ltd
- Perpetua Power
- Pervasive Displays
- Phoenix Contact
- Powerdale
- Procter & Gamble
- PTC/ThingWorx
- Qowisio
- Quantified Ag
- Radiocrafts
- relayr
- Rockwell
- RTLS
- RTX
- SafePort
- Safeport
- Sagemcom
- Samsung
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Scanimetrics
- Schneider Electric
- Seaco Team
- Semtech
- Sencorables
- SENET
- Senso Wave
- Sensolus
- Sensorware Systems
- Sensys Networks
- Shenyang Institute of Automation
- Shift Thinking
- Sidus Solutions
- Siemens
- Sierra Wireless
- SigFox
- Silicon Labs
- Silver Spring Networks
- SiTune Corporation
- SK Telecom
- Smart Parking
- SmartSensor Labs
- Spartan Controls
- SRETT
- Stone Technologies
- Stream Technologies
- Superior Controls
- SVS Consultants
- Swisscom
- Tadiran
- TDK Corporation
- Ted D. Miller Associates
- Telecom Design
- Telematics Wireless
- Telensa
- Telit Wireless
- Texas Instruments
- The Button Corporation
- The Things Network
- Thinxtra
- Ticatag
- Traqueur
- Tridonic
- Trilliant
- u-Blox
- Unigrid Solutions
- Urbiotica
- Vigilent
- Virtual Power Solutions
- WAVIoT
- Weenat
- WellAware
- Worldsensing
- Wulian
- Xylemic
- Yokogawa