The integration of Sigfox and LoRa took another step this week as UnaBiz said its Sigfox 0G technology will be enabled on Semtech’s LoRa Edge and LoRa Connect platforms.

This collaboration will let engineers develop products that combine LoRaWan and Sigfox technologies to provide global coverage for more IoT use cases such as asset management through low-power geolocation in industries including supply chain and logistics.

Semtech’s LoRa technology, with its long range, low power and secure communication capabilities, has emerged as the de facto IoT platform for private LPWAN IoT applications. Today, LoRa Edge and the LoRa Connect transceivers offer radio performance with features such as multi-band connectivity, low-power wifi and GNSS scanning capabilities in a single monolithic silicon, making them cost-effective platforms for IoT and geolocation applications in the global unlicensed LPWAN market.

This collaboration paves the road for LoRa Cloud geolocation on the Sigfox global 0G network, present in more than 70 countries. Simplifying IoT deployments and enhancing global availability based on the combined network’s coverage will enhance the options and opportunities for developers.

UnaBiz joined the LoRa Alliance as a contributor member recently following a series of partnership announcements with several LoRaWan ecosystem members. In April, UnaBiz opened up the Sigfox device library to the public and IoT community to build bridges with all IoT communication technologies and power sustainable business growth. The open device library facilitated the integration of the Sigfox 0G technology with the LoRa Edge platform.

“With this collaboration, we are bringing together the LoRaWan and Sigfox ecosystems to expand Semtech’s LoRa platform to an even larger footprint of LPWANs across the globe and provide IoT developers and customers with best-in-class solutions for ultra-low power connectivity, security and cloud-based geolocation,” said Tom Mueller, executive vice president at Semtech. “We are creating a cost-effective, single SKU platform for our customers to benefit from the best available network coverage globally and we are enabling LoRa Cloud geolocation across these networks, bringing ultra-low power wifi and GNSS sniffing for logistics and asset tracking.”

Remi Lorrain, vice president at UnaBiz, added: “This collaboration demonstrates our commitment to provide our customers with the most cost-effective and energy-efficient technologies for sustainability. By accelerating technology convergence at the device and software layer, we provide our customers the freedom to select the most effective and relevant connectivity, leveraging both Sigfox 0G network and LoRaWan coverage, based on their business requirements and sustainability goals.”

California-based Semtech is a semiconductor, IoT systems and cloud connectivity service provider dedicated to delivering technology that enables a smarter, more connected, and sustainable planet.

UnaBiz is a Singapore-based massive IoT service provider and integrator that specialises in design, manufacturing, connectivity and data platform services across a hybrid of network communication technologies to power sustainable business growth. It owns the Sigfox 0G technology which powers the global 0G network that connects over 11 million sensors for 1500 B2B users in collaboration with more than 70 national 0G operators and global strategic partners.