LoRaWAN & Water Utility: how to select a long-term partner
summary
Semtech commits to chips sold since 2013 and roadmap promises decade‑plus availability; Connexin runs LoRaWAN as a DaaS with per‑meter per‑year SLAs; InfraX draws on Dubai Electricity & Water Authority AMI experience, warns of unlicensed spectrum and variable lead times (2 to 5 months); Wien Energie reports underground UK‑style meters force 8–10× gateway density, raising CAPEX and the need for strong supply‑chain, battery‑life and RF performance guarantees (gateway demodulation of weaker signals).
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Long-term LoRaWAN partnerships
- 2:33Defining long-term partnership
- 7:31Vendor selection metrics
- 12:55UAE utilities insights
- 15:44Contract models for outcomes
- 17:08Vienna city-scale partnerships
- 18:14Evaluating vendor road maps
- 19:59Single partner vs ecosystem
- 24:15Openness vs lock-in in IoT
- 25:00Closing remarks & Q&A
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