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PUBLISHER: The Business Research Company | PRODUCT CODE: 1705306
LPWAN, a wireless communication technology, enables long-range connectivity with minimal power consumption, facilitating efficient data exchange over significant distances. These networks, capable of transmitting data across several kilometers, are ideal for applications spanning wide geographical areas, such as agricultural monitoring and smart city infrastructure.
The primary components of LPWAN include platforms and services. Platforms encompass the technological frameworks and ecosystems that support the deployment and management of LPWAN solutions. Various technologies such as SIGFOX, LoRaWAN, Weightless, and others are deployed in on-premise and cloud modes for applications such as smart gas and water metering, asset tracking, smart buildings, smart parking, precision agriculture, smart waste management, and livestock monitoring. These technologies cater to diverse end-users in sectors such as healthcare, agriculture, logistics and transportation, manufacturing, and government.
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The low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) market size has grown exponentially in recent years. It will grow from $17.09 billion in 2024 to $27.74 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 62.3%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to increased demand for IoT connectivity, increased in cost-effective and long-range network, increased in industrial automation, increased use in smart agriculture applications, increased battery life, increased use in smart city, and increased business models.
The low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) market size is expected to see exponential growth in the next few years. It will grow to $190.96 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 62.0%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to rising implementation of smart agriculture, expanding applications in industrial, growing demand for long-range connectivity, increasing innovative LPWAN business models, increasing demand for smart city infrastructure, and growing focus on environmental monitoring and sustainability applications. Major trends in the forecast period include increasing adoption in IoT applications, advancements in LPWAN technologies, rising demand for long-range, low-power connectivity solutions, integration with 5G networks, and advancements in battery technology.
The increasing adoption of smart meters is expected to drive the growth of the low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) market. A smart meter is a device that monitors and records electricity or gas consumption in homes and commercial establishments. The adoption of smart meters is rising due to their accurate energy monitoring, simplified billing, and improved energy management for both consumers and utilities. LPWAN technologies enhance the functionality and efficiency of smart meters by providing reliable, long-range, low-power, and cost-effective communication solutions. These capabilities enable better data management, operational efficiency, and scalability in smart metering systems, which are vital for modern energy management and utility services. For instance, in March 2024, the UK Statistics Authority reported that energy suppliers in Great Britain installed 201,800 smart and advanced meters in smaller non-domestic sites in 2023, marking a 39% increase compared to 2022. Therefore, the rise in smart meter installations is driving the growth of the LPWAN market.
Leading companies in the LPWAN market are focused on developing innovative solutions such as SaaS chip-to-cloud services to enhance network efficiency, scalability, and integration capabilities for IoT applications. SaaS chip-to-cloud service connects hardware (chips) to cloud-based services through a managed platform, facilitating seamless data collection, processing, storage, and analysis from IoT devices. For instance, Semtech Corporation launched the LoRa Cloud Locator in June 2022, a SaaS chip-to-cloud service that showcases LoRa Edge, an ultra-low-power geolocation platform. This platform allows for the development of indoor and outdoor tracking systems using LoRa Edge ICs, optimizing power consumption and costs compared to traditional GNSS methods. It supports precise asset tracking indoors and outdoors by combining LoRa Edge with GNSS and Wi-Fi.
In July 2023, Actility S.A. acquired Acklio, enhancing its position in delivering comprehensive IoT solutions via LPWAN networks. Acklio, a France-based software company, specializes in enabling connected objects to communicate over LPWANs, bolstering Actility's capabilities in smart metering and smart building solutions.
Major companies operating in the low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) market are Verizon Communications Inc., Comcast Corporation, AT&T Inc., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Vodafone Group Plc, Cisco Systems Inc., Bouygues S.A, Qualcomm Technologies Inc., Avnet Inc., NXP Semiconductors N.V., Swisscom AG, Orange Business, Tata Communications, Semtech Corporation, Sigfox, Kerlink, Eseye, Ingenu Inc., Actility S.A., Senet Inc, WavIoT, Link Labs, LORIOT AG, Nwave, Everynet
North America was the largest region in the low-power wide area network (LPWAN) market in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
The countries covered in the low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.
The low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing services such as data transmission, interoperability, remote monitoring and control, and asset tracking. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) market also includes sales of LPWAN gateways, modems, sensors, development kits, and antennas. Values in this market are 'factory gate' values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
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