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Report Title: Wi-Fi & LoRaWAN ® deployment synergies Issue Date: September 2019 Version: 1.0. final version 15 LoRa Alliance & Wireless Broadband Alliance Confidential & Proprietary Copyright © 2019 Mobile Network Operators The challenge for MNOs is to leverage their existing 3G / 4G infrastructure and optimize spectrum usage. Historically, MNOs have been focusing on connecting mobile phones for their customers with ever-increasing throughput requirements. With the rise of M2M, most operators also developed strategies to provide connectivity for Telematics or Navigation devices. The use of the network is controlled, and secured, by a SIM card and billing is mostly on a per device and data consumption basis. The implementation of Cellular IoT (NB-IoT, LTE-M) can be cost prohibitive depending on use cases. Unlicensed band operators The majority of Wi-Fi and LoRaWAN ® adopters do not have access to licensed spectrum. It drives a diverse array of new and existing network players. Thus, triggering development of various strategies to participate in the IoT value chain: solution companies, venue owners, start-ups, utilities, MSOs, satellite operators, enterprises, railway companies, tower companies, utilities, real estate actors, equipment suppliers, industry 4.0, etc., diversifying to provide IoT services, disrupting roll-out, go to market and roaming business models, but also bringing fragmentation. Therefore, interconnection has become a key factor of success for IoT. Enterprises As per Vodafone IOT 2019 barometer [8], the majority of private companies are moving or planning to move to an IoT inclusive digitalization strategy. Companies are starting to experience the benefits of IoT and adoption is rapidly increasing. Almost every adopter says their projects are delivering results, and over half say that the benefits are significant. These benefits range from cost reductions to improved safety; from increased responsiveness to entirely new revenue streams. Unsurprisingly, the companies that are seeing the biggest advantages are those that are the most committed to the technology. But it's not all or nothing — there are benefits to be gained throughout the journey, from first steps to the most highly sophisticated, fully integrated solutions. Public actors (city, council, region, government) Cities, councils, and governments across the world are all developing IoT strategies and in many cases deploying their own infrastructure to enhance the life of its citizens or foster innovation by letting businesses use the infrastructure. In addition, anchor use cases, such as water metering, are driving network build out that can then be used for subsequent use cases. More and more, cities tend to use a mix of public and private networks depending upon the criticality of the use-cases. Public networks such as Objenious and Orange in France or Swisscom in Switzerland already cover more than 95% of the population, thus make it quick and easy for cities to deploy LoRaWAN ® use cases over a large territory. Open communities It is close to impossible to predict all possible use cases and potential business models which call for open communities, driven by developers, to explore any potential solutions in a simplistic way. LoRaWAN ® open developer communities like The Things Networks, Actility, Loriot, Everynet, and Digital Catapult have enabled local initiatives in around 140 countries, attracting 50 000+ developers [9].