Kontron joins the LoRa Alliance™

Toulon, France, July 20, 2017 – Kontron, a leading global provider of Embedded Computing Technology (ECT), today announced that it has become a member of the LoRa Alliance™, the fastest growing alliance developing a global low power wide area network (LPWAN) standard for Internet of Things (IoT). 

The LoRa Alliance was formed in 2015 with a mission to standardize LPWAN being deployed around the world to enable IoT, machine-to-machine (M2M), and smart city, and industrial applications. Today, over 500 members collaborate to make the LoRaWAN™ protocol the global open standard for IoT applications and guarantee interoperability between operators and private LoRaWAN networks.

“It is always a pleasure to welcome new members to our open ecosystem of LoRaWAN-based products and services,” said Geoff Mulligan, Chairman of the LoRa Alliance. “We’re excited to see Kontron’s approach to using IoT in the transportation industry and how they are able to leverage the Alliance’s resources to advance their goals. Intelligent Transportation is one of many emerging application spaces where the LoRaWAN protocol’s long-range, low-power and low-cost approach stands to offer significant benefits.”

Kontron has recently announced the availability of the TRACe LoRa-MQTT, its first LoRaWAN-based IoT gateway and network server for on-board rail. The TRACe LoRa-MQTT achieves continuous communications from LoRaWAN-based devices to the Cloud server, enabling secure data collection and remote analysis on a mobile platform.

“The Internet of Things in Transportation is in its infancy with several challenges specific to that industry” said Bernard Féaux, Business Development Manager, Transportation Business at Kontron. “LoRaWAN technology is the perfect candidate to unleash the full potential of IoT-based applications on a fast-moving platform. Being part of the LoRa Alliance will help Kontron further develop LoRaWAN-based IoT solutions for the Transportation industry and other sectors”.

Kontron plans to extend its IoT platform solutions supporting LoRaWAN and provide end-to-end solutions with edge analytics or general FOG computing capabilities for transportation, manufacturing and maritime, as well as and other sectors in the near future. 

Please find more information here:

• http://www.kontron.com/products/systems/transportation-computers/trace-railway-computers/trace-loramqtt.html

• https://www.eurotransportmagazine.com/23481/webinars/lora-wireless-connectivity-helps-operators-in-transportation/

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About Kontron - An S&T Company

Kontron is a global leader in embedded computing technology (ECT). As a part of technology group S&T, Kontron offers a combined portfolio of secure hardware, middleware and services for Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 applications. With its standard products and tailor-made solutions based on highly reliable state-of-the-art embedded technologies, Kontron provides secure and innovative applications for a variety of industries. As a result, customers benefit from accelerated time-to-market, reduced total cost of ownership, product longevity and the best fully integrated applications overall. Kontron is a listed company. Its shares are traded in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on other exchanges under the symbol "KBC". For more information, please visit: www.kontron.com. 

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alexandra.habekost@kontron.com

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