Semtech Corporation has announced that A2A, an Italian Utility company has launched A2A Smart City – an initiative to promote Internet of Things (IoT). They plan to deploy a low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) based on the LoRaWAN specification 2016.
The A2A Smart City initiative was started to position A2A as an IoT leader in Italy. Through the deployment of a LPWAN in the region and by offering resources for the design and implementation of smart technologies, A2A, along with the Smart City Lab, aims to promote the roll out of smart metering, infrastructure, parking, security, healthcare and government applications in Italy.
A2A chose the LoRaWAN specification, which is based on Semtech LoRa wireless RF technology and standardized by the LoRa Alliance, for its feature set that is specifically tailored for large-scale rollouts. LoRa technology offers long range reliability and scalability through extended battery life and streamlined implementation and by operating on low power. The LoRaWAN technology is one of the only technologies on the market that responds to the characteristics of reliability and scalability, required by our project, starting from the territories of Lombardy where A2A group operates in the cities of Milan, Brescia and Bergamo.
