February 2019, Issue 38

MultiTech Launches Lens™, the World's First Toolset for Secure, Distributed, Scalable LoRaWAN Enterprise Networks      

Enables Resource-Efficient Deployment and Management of Local LoRaWAN Networks at Scale      

Works with Leading MultiTech IoT Gateways and Any LoRaWAN-Compliant End Devices

Earlier this month, MultiTech announced the availability of the MultiTech Lens™ LoRaWAN™-optimized embedded network server and key management toolset. This unique architecture is ideal for enterprises who want to cost-effectively connect sensors and actuators clustered in a commercial or industrial facility using a private LoRaWAN network. This disruptive new product enables resource-efficient deployment, operational resiliency and secure management of LoRaWAN networks across multiple sites at scale. 

MultiTech continues to innovate the enterprise LoRaWAN experience that it brought to market in 2015, optimizing the LoRaWAN network server embedded into the MultiConnect® Conduit® gateways (the industry’s most configurable, manageable, and scalable LoRa gateway for industrial IoT applications) to create a private LoRaWAN network capable of connecting thousands of end nodes directly to a business platform with the lowest operational cost.

Read the press release here. 

See it demonstrated at Mobile World Congress.

Read about it in Sensors Magazine.

Learn more here.

MultiTech Joins CBRS Alliance to Promote Private LTE for Resilient Industrial Internet of Things  

Announces the Development of a Private-LTE Test Lab at Minnesota Headquarters   

MultiTech has joined the CBRS Alliance, a group of companies dedicated to improve usage of 3.5GHz CBRS band to deliver in-building and outdoor coverage and capacity at scale, leveraging 3GPP standards-based OnGo™ technology. The company also announced the current development of a Private-LTE test lab in its Minneapolis headquarters and production facility to accelerate device interoperability and trials of CBRS. 

“We are excited that MultiTech, a well-respected industrial device manufacturer, has joined and will bring their extensive wireless knowledge and experience into the OnGo community,” said Alan Ewing, executive director, CBRS Alliance. “Industrial applications will need reliable, hardened-communication equipment they can rely on for mission critical connection to their assets.”

Read the press release.  

MultiTech Named Best Healthcare Communication Equipment Manufacturer 2018
by GHP

The GHP Technology Awards 2018 were established to recognize the important contributions made by companies and individuals who are dedicated to enhancing the quality of healthcare available and create innovative healthcare solutions for individuals across the world. The magazine is published by AI Global Media Ltd.

See this and other recent awards here.  

Utility Industry Leaders Join New Alliance to Champion Private Broadband Networks for Critical Infrastructure 

MultiTech Utility and Tech Leaders to Help Found UBBA

United in advancing the development and adoption of dedicated wireless broadband networks for utilities, a diverse group of power providers, technology innovators and industry leaders are establishing the Utility Broadband Alliance (UBBA). UBBA aims to assist its members in planning and deploying secure, reliable, and resilient private broadband networks to support America's transforming digital grid. 

Read the coverage in Fierce Wireless or in Stacy Higginbotham's blog Stacy on IoT.

Speak. Exhibit. Advertise. It's all about events.    

Come see MultiTech face-to-face at one of these upcoming industry events. Let us scan your badge and we’ll make a donation in your name to Technovation[MN].  

Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2019
February 25-28, 2019  |  Fira Gran Via Hall 8
Barcelona, Spain

See us at the LoRa Alliance™ stand, Hall 8.0 Stand 8.0D3, at Mobile World Congress to see MultiTech's full suite of LoRa® enabled technology hardware - perfect for the IIoT.    

Stop by to see our live demonstration of MultiTech Lens™, the World’s First Toolset for Secure, Distributed, Scalable LoRaWAN Enterprise Networks. Lens enables resource-efficient deployment and management of local LoRaWAN networks at scale and works with leading MultiTech IoT gateways and any LoRaWAN-compliant end devices.  

Mobile World Congress takes place in Barcelona, Spain, the mobile capital.  MWC is the mobile industry's largest trade event. This global event will surely bring the mobile industry together. With attendees well over 50,000 this event proves to be grand. 

Contact us if you would like an appointment. 

Event website.