Semtech, SkyLab and HeNet Provide Stena Line Vessels with Multi-Band Gateways Leveraging LoRa®

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Semtech Corporation (NASDAQ: SMTC) has partnered with SkyLab and HeNet B.V. to launch innovative dual-band gateways utilizing LoRa® technology aimed at enhancing maritime logistics and monitoring. The new LongAP Pro gateway will support both sub-GHz and 2.4GHz ISM bands, streamlining asset tracking for maritime operators like Stena Line, which handles approximately 28,000 departures annually. This collaboration aims to improve visibility in global supply chains and unlock new possibilities in asset tracking through Semtech's advanced LoRa portfolio.

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• Launch of dual-band gateway using LoRa® technology enhances maritime logistics capabilities.
• Addresses asset tracking and condition monitoring for maritime operators, improving efficiency.
• Supports both sub-GHz and 2.4GHz ISM bands, expanding operational versatility.
• Collaboration with reputable partners (SkyLab and HeNet B.V.) strengthens market position.

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Collaboration launches first multi-band gateways using LoRa® for optimal maritime logistics and condition monitoring

CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading global supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced its collaboration with SkyLab, an independent supplier of wireless sensors, GPS tracking and monitoring systems, and HeNet B.V., developers of the LongAP, to provide a dual-band network using Semtech’s LoRa® devices in the LongAP Pro gateway for Stena Line’s RoRo/Passenger vessel MV Stena Hollandica.

Collaboration launches first multi-band gateways using LoRa® for optimal maritime logistics and condition monitoring (Photo: Business Wire)

Leveraging Semtech’s LoRa 2.4GHz gateway reference design, the innovative, dual-band gateway complements sub-GHz LoRaWAN® standard coverage with the support of the 2.4GHz global industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band, to optimally address global maritime logistics and sea condition monitoring use cases.

“Asset tracking and condition monitoring at sea is now easier than ever through our work with Semtech and its LoRa 2.4GHz technology alongside HeNet B.V.’s LongAP Pro gateway,” said Remy de Jong Sr, technical director, SkyLab B.V. “As a result of the joint collaboration, we’re offering a unique dual-band network that is perfect for maritime companies, such as Stena Line, to assist with the approximately 28,000 departures yearly while ensuring client/customer satisfaction and safe tracking/monitoring of the millions of tons of cargo on the vessel.”

When there is a need to continually track and trace across vessels and land carriers in different regions of the world, a gateway offering ubiquitous coverage utilizing the 2.4GHz and the sub-GHz bands can simplify the roaming of trackers and sensors.

“In a current time where global supply chains are under pressure to increase visibility and predictability, Semtech is continuing to solve these challenges with the expansion of our LoRa portfolio with multi-band capabilities,” said Marc Pégulu, vice president of IoT product marketing and strategy for Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group. “Simplified and cost efficient multi-band support is unlocking potential new uses in worldwide asset tracking such as maritime logistics, through the all-in-one capabilities of LoRa.”

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More information on the LoRa 2.4GHz gateway reference design and LoRa Edge™ platform can be found here.

About Semtech’s LoRa® Platform

Semtech’s LoRa chip-to-Cloud platform is a globally adopted long range, low power solution for IoT applications, enabling the rapid development and deployment of ultra-low power, cost efficient and long range IoT networks, gateways, sensors, module products, and IoT services worldwide. Semtech’s LoRa technology provides the communication layer for the LoRaWAN® standard, which is maintained by the LoRa Alliance®, an open IoT alliance for Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) applications that has been used to deploy IoT networks in over 170 countries. With the proliferation of LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN standard, the LoRa Developer Portal is a place to learn, connect, collaborate, and find resources to help accelerate your LoRa development process. Semtech is a founding member of the LoRa Alliance. To learn more about how LoRa enables IoT, visit Semtech’s LoRa site.

About SkyLab B.V.

SkyLab is a brand-independent ICT IoT supplier of measurement & sensor solutions and (indoor) tracking and retrieval systems. The company has more than 30 years of experience in IT, transportation security, law enforcement tracking and retrieval systems, asset tracking for Fortune 500 companies and solutions supplier for the insurance industry. SkyLab's solutions are used to observe and track products, objects, means of transport, work equipment, packages and people. With these solutions, the company mainly focuses on smart cities, tracking and tracing systems, gateways, sensors and other applications on the market. Visit www.skylab.nl for more information.

About Semtech

Semtech Corporation is a leading global supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms for infrastructure, high-end consumer and industrial equipment. Products are designed to benefit the engineering community as well as the global community. The Company is dedicated to reducing the impact it, and its products, have on the environment. Internal green programs seek to reduce waste through material and manufacturing control, use of green technology and designing for resource reduction. Publicly traded since 1967, Semtech is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol SMTC. For more information, visit www.semtech.com.

Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements

All statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact, including statements that use the words “designed to” or other similar words or expressions, that describe Semtech Corporation’s or its management’s future plans, objectives or goals are “forward-looking statements” and are made pursuant to the Safe-Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual results of Semtech Corporation to be materially different from the historical results and/or from any future results or outcomes expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: the uncertainty surrounding the impact and duration of supply chain constraints and any associated disruptions; the uncertainty surrounding the impact and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic; export restrictions and laws affecting Semtech Corporation’s trade and investments including with respect to Huawei and certain of its affiliates and other entities identified by the U.S. government, and tariffs or the occurrence of trade wars; worldwide economic and political disruptions as a result of the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine; competitive changes in the marketplace including, but not limited to, the pace of growth or adoption rates of applicable products or technologies; downturns in the business cycle; and the additional risk factors set forth in Semtech Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov) on March 16, 2022 as such risk factors may be updated, amended or superseded from time to time by subsequent reports that Semtech Corporation files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Semtech Corporation assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release, except as required by law.

Semtech, the Semtech logo and LoRa are registered trademarks or service marks, and LoRa Edge is a trademark or service marks, of Semtech Corporation or its affiliates.

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Ronda Grech

Semtech Corporation

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rgrech@semtech.com

Source: Semtech Corporation

FAQ

What is the recent collaboration involving Semtech Corporation (SMTC)?

Semtech Corporation has collaborated with SkyLab and HeNet B.V. to launch dual-band gateways using LoRa® technology aimed at enhancing maritime logistics.

How does the dual-band gateway benefit maritime logistics?

The dual-band gateway supports both sub-GHz and 2.4GHz ISM bands, improving asset tracking and condition monitoring for maritime operators.

Which maritime operator is mentioned as a beneficiary of the new technology?

Stena Line is highlighted as a key maritime operator benefiting from the new dual-band LoRa® technology.

What potential impact does this collaboration have on global supply chains?

The collaboration aims to increase visibility and predictability in global supply chains, addressing current logistical challenges.