The State of LoRaWAN

A Conversation with Donna Moore from the LoRa Alliance

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IoT For All
March 05, 2024

Hello readers!

On this week’s IoT For All podcast, Ryan speaks with Donna Moore, CEO and Chairwoman of the LoRa Alliance, about the state of LoRaWAN. Our conversation covers the key missions of the Alliance, the significant growth of LoRaWAN, the Alliance’s 2023 End of Year Report, and the emergence of Industry 5.0.

Why You Won’t Want to Miss This

  1. Discover the LoRa Alliance's role in establishing LoRaWAN as a leading standard and its impact on IoT ecosystems worldwide.

  2. Explore recent focuses of the LoRa Alliance, particularly on cities, utilities, and buildings/campuses, and the significant growth in these areas.

  3. Understand the advantages of LoRaWAN, such as low data rates, deep penetration capabilities, and its cost-effectiveness for massive IoT needs.

  4. Learn about the expansion of LoRaWAN into new verticals, including manufacturing and industrial IoT, driven by its flexibility and adaptability.

  5. Gain insights into the importance of certification and the expanding role of satellite connectivity in enhancing LoRaWAN's global reach and application.

Our Favorite Moment

“It’s all about the ecosystem. The fact that these companies come together to identify problems in the market and bring together a full end-to-end solution is what's driven LoRaWAN forward this last couple of years. The fact that we have an ecosystem that works together, partners that bring in other standards for us to collaborate on in their deployments is the reason we are so successful.”

— Donna Moore

LoRaWAN’s Continued Growth

Meet Donna Moore

Donna Moore is the CEO and Chairwoman of the LoRa Alliance. She oversees the organization and its strategy and direction to drive the global adoption of the LoRaWAN standard. Moore has nearly two decades of experience launching new companies and growing businesses across a variety of industries and competitive environments.

Donna is an IoT thought leader with an extensive background of successfully advancing IoT globally. Donna received IoT Breakthrough Award’s IoT Company CEO of the Year, and she was named a 2021 Connected World Women in Technology winner. Additionally, the LoRa Alliance won the 2021 Wireless Technology Innovation Award from the IoT Breakthrough Awards program. Published extensively, Donna has been featured in Authority Magazine and Telecom Drive (India) for her business leadership.

Donna was CEO of SpireSpark International, a company that provides highly skilled technical and operational expertise to design and build certification, compliance, and conformance programs. Prior to that, she served as the executive director of the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), as it became the de facto IoT standard for streaming video, audio, and picture files to each other over a LAN. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from San Diego State University.

The LoRa Alliance is an open, nonprofit association that has become one of the largest and fastest-growing alliances in the technology sector since its inception in 2015. Its members closely collaborate and share experiences to promote and drive the success of the LoRaWAN standard as the leading open global standard for secure, carrier-grade IoT LPWAN connectivity. With the technical flexibility to address a broad range of IoT applications, both static and mobile, and a certification program to guarantee interoperability, LoRaWAN has already been deployed by major mobile network operators globally, with continuing wide expansion into 2024 and beyond.