Through the use of Semtech's LoRa technology, Alibaba Cloud plans to support a rich ecosystem created by LoRa-based sensors. China Unicom's Zhejiang branch will deploy a LoRa technology-based LoRaWANTM network in Hangzhou and Ningbo before mid-2018. In order to expand the scope of its Internet of Things network services, the cooperation of the three industry leaders will enable users to more easily adopt the low-power wide area network (LPWAN) solutions to implement IoT solutions (applications). Alibaba According to Ku Wei, vice president and general manager of Alibaba Cloud's IoT business division: 'Semtech's LoRa technology is an IoT technology that has been widely adopted and has been integrated into tens of millions of devices around the world.'
Zhong Yongxin, deputy general manager of China Unicom Zhejiang Branch stated: 'The operators have been pushing for the deployment of the Internet of Things network in recent years. We believe that LoRa is a very good complement to the existing Internet of Things technology.'
'The China's Internet of Things industry has been developing rapidly, and China has become one of the leading countries in the adoption of smart and innovative applications,' said Marc Pegulu, Vice President and General Manager of Wireless and Sensing Products Division at Semtech. 'Semtech and Alibaba Cloud The cooperation with China Unicom Zhejiang Branch will continue to promote the goal of making LoRa technology one of the global preferred Internet of Things platforms.