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REPORT
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2021 was a pivotal year for the LoRa Alliance
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and LoRaWAN
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Not only did we solidify LoRaWAN as the LPWAN of choice for
massive IoT, we also achieved our 2021 goals:
• To be accepted as an international standard by an
independent SDO
• To evolve LoRaWAN technology and guidelines to make
development and deployments of LoRaWAN simpler,
especially at high volumes
• To expand our market opportunities by pursuing collabo-
rations with complementary radio technologies to support
true multi-RAN deployments
• To secure membership of key market leaders in the alliance,
to further grow our ecosystem, and advance the LoRaWAN
technology through member collaboration on end-to-end
solution offerings
• To increase LoRaWAN device certifications, and have
the most certified LPWAN sensors on the market
• To increase visibility of and accessibility of LoRaWAN
services and products to facilitate deployments
The LoRa Alliance developed LoRaWAN as an open standard
from the beginning with the foresight that massive IoT scaling
requires interoperable connectivity solutions and cannot be
sustained by single-source solutions. Thanks in part to this
strategy, LoRaWAN was formally accepted as an international
standard by the independent standards organization
ITU. Achieving the ITU-T Recommendation for LoRaWAN
as a global standard clearly sets the stage for further market
acceleration as we enter 2022.
To remain the leading LPWAN, we must continually
evolve the standard. Last year, we made tremendous strides
toward increasing global coverage and access by facilitating
global roaming and expanding our NetID program to grow
LoRaWAN's reach. I'm excited to share that many of the largest
global brands have implemented LoRaWAN roaming across
their networks, making LoRaWAN more accessible than ever
before. Additionally, LoRaWAN terrestrial networks may roam
with LoRaWAN satellite networks to provide global coverage.
2021: THE YEAR OF MASSIVE SCALING
Donna Moore,
CEO & Chairwoman of the LoRa Alliance
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