Synopsis:

Unlicensed Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs) such as Sigfox and LoRaWAN™ continue to make up the largest portion for long-range industrial Internet of Things but solutions using  NB-IoT and LTE-M are growing faster. 

With low-cost, battery-powered wireless sensors, LPWANs are connecting assets many miles away, monitoring equipment deployed in multiple factory sites and providing continuous visibility of mobile assets with significantly reduced connectivity and maintenance costs. The number of connected industrial LPWAN devices will more than triple by 2028.

ON World’s most recent survey with 160 industrial IoT professionals-- completed with the International Society of Automation (ISA) and the LoRa Alliance™-- found that nearly 2 in 3 are developing or researching industrial LPWAN solutions. Three quarters of LPWAN developers are targeting new industrial IoT applications that cannot be addressed with existing technologies.

Driving IoT Innovations

Competition among LPWAN technologies has driven IoT innovations such as multi-radio devices, radio-based geolocation, disposable devices and evolving network operator business models. The growing licensed and unlicensed public LPWAN ecosystem has resulted in services now available in over 100 countries. With 173+ public network operators worldwide, growth is accelerating for private LoRaWAN™ networks that provide rapidly deployable, dedicated networks for enterprises.

In 2030, there will be 700 million connected LPWAN devices in use worldwide for industrial automation, logistics, agriculture, construction, mining and other industrial markets.

Primary Research:

Surveys/interviews with industrial IoT executives and senior managers in the following industries:

End Users
Manufacturing, utilities, agriculture, oil and gas, mining, construction, geotechnical, others

Vendors/Suppliers/Experts
LPWAN component suppliers, device manufacturers, software developers, network operators and industry experts.

Overview:

Target Markets:

• Market forces analysis of each of the major LPWAN markets including the following:

Manufacturing
Oil & Gas
Electric Power
Water & Wastewater
Agriculture
Logistics
Mining, Construction and Others

1NCE
3GPP
3S
ABB
AcSiP
Actility 
Adaptive Network Solutions
Adaptive Wireless
Adeunis
Advantech B+B SmartWorx
Aisenz
Anaren 
Apprion
ARM
Ascienta Value Creation
ATIM 
Auto Assembly
Automatic Controls
Automotion Components (ACI)
Avonmore Electrical
AwiaTech 
Axible 
Azbil Corporation
Banner Engineering
Behrends
BFUSA
Birdz
Buckman
CANTV
Carbon Controls
Carollo Engineers
Carriots 
Cartón de Colombia SA
CD Nova
CDS Wireless
Centeron 
Certa
Cisco
Connit
Control Data Systems 
Cortexo
Cosasco
Craft ai
CRESITT Industrie
Cumulocity
DASH7 Alliance
DB360 Consulting
Decawave
Defendec
Dekra
DIC Corporation
Digi
Digital Excellence
Digital Matter
Dimonoff
Dover
Drust
Dwyer Instruments
Dynamic Recycling
E.B Horsman & Son
Eaton
Electric Imp 
Electrochem
Emerson
Endress+Hauser
Enerwave Automation
Enforta
enModus
Enocean
Ericsson
ESDS 
Essence Group
Every Drop Counts Foundation
EVVOS
Exacter
Fleet Space Technologies
Endress + Hauser Flowte AG
FreeWave
G+D Group
GasSecure (Dräger)
Gemalto
General Electric
Global Logic
Greenwaves Technologies
Grid Connect
Haas Automation
Halma 
Haya
Haystack Technnologies
Hewlett-Packard
Hitachi
Honeywell
IBM
IJINUS
IMST 
IndustreeX
Ingenu
Inkoel
INOVA Geophysical
IOTA Devices
Iota Communications
ITEE Radom
Itron
Johnson Controls
KAA IoT
Kaman Corporation
KB Intelligence
Kerlink
Keyence
Kinney Consulting
KLATU Networks
KONCAR
Kontakt 
Kontron
Laird
Lavoro Technologies
Lewis University
Libelium
Linear
Link Labs
LORD MicroStrain 
Lucerne University
Lumedyne (Google)
Lumenus

Lyse
MACTek Corporation
Mesimedikal Teknik
Metso
Microchip
Microland
Microsoft
Mipot
MIT
MITRE
Moxa
MultiTech Systems
Munio Security
Munisense
Murata Wireless
National Instruments
Nemeus
New Cosmos Electric
Nexcom
NKE Watteco
NXP 
Objenious
OleumTech
Omnimetrix
ON Semiconductor
Opti
OrbiWise
Origin Energy
OSRAM
Pacific Environment
Packetworx
Panasonic
Panduit
Parametric GmbH
Parr Instrument Company
Pedigree Technnologies
Pepperl+Fuchs
Permasense
Perpetua Power
Perpetuum
Pervasive Displays
Phoenix Contact
Procter & Gamble
PTC/ThingWorx
Qorvo
QoSCom
Qowisio 
Quantified Ag
Radiocrafts
Rakon
Raycap
Raytheon
Redline
relayr
Requea Open Solutions
Rieker Incorporated
Riken Keiki 
RisingHF
RMV Motion
Rockwell
Rotork 
RTX 
Safeport
Sagemcom 
Samsung
Samtek Energy
Sandia National Laboratories
Scanimetrics 
Schneider Electric
Semtech
Sencorables 
Senet
SenRa Tech
SENSeOR
Sensolus 
SensorWare Systems
Sensys Networks 
SERCEL 
Shift Thinking
Siemens
Sigfox
Silicon Labs
Silvair
SiTune Corporation
Smart Cloud
SmartSensor Labs
SoftDEL
Softing
Spartan Controls
SQRL Solutions
Sony Semiconductor
SRETT
Star-Tech Instrument Systems
Strega Technologies
Sustainable Energy Management Group
SVS Consultants
SYSDEV
Tadiran Batteries
TD Next (Telecom Design) 
TDK Corporation
Tekelek 
Telensa
Telit
Texas Instruments
Thinxtra
TICATAG
TrackNet
Trax
Trilliant
TUV Rheinland
Ubisense 
u-blox
UOL Sac
Urmet
VIT Student Services
WellAware
WESROC 
Wipro
Worldsensing 
Wulian
Wyres
Yokogawa
Zedi
Zencus

Forecast Summary
Forecast Scope
Methodology

The Industrial LPWAN Ecosystem
Value Proposition
Accelerating Land Grab
Unlicensed LPWAN
Licensed LPWAN

The Industrial LPWA Value System
Market Trends & Drivers
Cloud Infrastructure
System Integratio
Overcoming IoT Barriers
Connecting Stranded Assets
Location Services

Market Trends & Drivers
Cloud Infrastructure
System Integration
Overcoming IoT Barriers
Connecting Mobile & Stranded Assets
Asset Tracking and Locating

The Market Opportunity
Market Segmentation
Industrial LPWAN Applications
Process Monitoring
Asset Management
Equipment Monitoring
Corrosion & Structural Integrity Monitoring
Tank Levels & Other Asset Monitoring Applications
Asset Tracking & Locating
Disposable Tags
Multi-Radio Smart Tags
Health, Safety & Environmental Monitoring
Smart Water Networks
Emissions Monitoring
Perimeter Security

Survey Results
Respondent Overview

Wireless Sensor Networks
Adoption Stage
Growing Deployments, Expanding Network Sizes
Fastest Growing Applications
WSN Protocols Used
Wireless Standards & Mesh Adoption
Most Important Features
Satisfaction with Current WSN Systems
Future WSN Applications
Adoption Inhibitors
Innovation Areas
Strategic Investments
Equipment Costs

Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN)
LPWAN Status
Product Development
LPWAN Applications
LPWAN Impact
Future Projections
LPWAN Challenges
Comments
Surveyed Organizations

Technology Dynamics
Summary

LPWAN Standards, Technologies & Industry Alliances

Cellular Based LPWAN Technologies
LTE-M
NB-IoT
EC-GSM-IoT

Non-Cellular LPWAN Technologies
SigFox
LoRa Alliance
Weightless SIG
ETSI’s Low Throughput Networks (LTN)
IEEE 802.15.4k (Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Networks)

Other LPWAN Technologies
RPMA (Ingenu)
Qowisio
Link Labs
NB-Fi (WAVIoT)
Telematics Wireless
Telensa
Haystack Technnologies

Competing Alternatives & Related Industry Groups
DASH7 Alliance
Wi-SUN Alliance
IEEE 802.11ah (HaLow)
uCIFI Alliance

Network Simulations
Simulation Focus
Simulation Result Overview
Range
LoRa and SigFox Ranges
LoRa Spreading Factor Ranges
Network Test 1: Near Real-time Pressure Sensing
Network Test 2: Precision Moisture Detection
Network Test 3: GPS - Magnetometer Location Tags

Global Total Market Size Forecasts
Methodology
Total Addressable Market
Total Connected Devices, Moderate & Aggressive
Total Connected Devices by Market Segment
Total Revenues by Market Segment
Total Units by Application
Total Revenues by Application
Total Units by Product Segment
Total Equipment Revenues by Product Segment
Total Revenues by Equipment & Services
Total Revenues by Geography
Total Units by Technology
Total LPWAN Module Revenues

Target Markets

Manufacturing
Summary
Market Size Forecasts
Units by Application
Revenues by Application
Revenues by Equipment & Services
Revenues by Geography
Units by Technology

Oil & Gas
Summary
Market Size Forecasts
Units by Application
Revenues by Application
Revenues by Equipment & Services
Revenues by Geography
Units by Technology

Electric Power
Summary
Market Size Forecasts
Units by Applications
Revenues by Application
Revenues by Equipment & Services
Revenues by Geography
Units by Technology

Water & Wastewater
Summary
Market Size Forecasts
Units by Applications
Revenues by Application
Revenues by Equipment & Services
Revenues by Geography
Units by Technology

Agriculture
Summary
Market Size Forecasts
Units by Applications
Revenues by Application
Revenues by Equipment & Services
Revenues by Geography
Units by Technology

Logistics
Summary
Market Size Forecasts
Units by Applications
Revenues by Application
Revenues by Equipment & Services
Revenues by Geography
Units by Technology

Mining, Construction and Others
Summary
Market Size Forecasts
Units by Applications
Revenues by Application
Revenues by Equipment & Services
Revenues by Geography
Units by Technology

Competitive Landscape
Components
Product Segmentation
Company Profiles
IoT Connectivity, Device Management & Network Infrastructure
Product Segmentation
Company Profiles
Devices & Vertical Systems
Product Segmentation
Company Profiles
Network Operators

Figures

Figure 1: Global Smart Industry WSN Connections, LPWAN & Others
Figure 2: Network Operators by LPWA Technology
Figure 3: LPWA Network Operators by Geography
Figure 4: (Select) Barriers Limiting IoT Adoption
Figure 5: IoT Adoption Considerations – Network Range & Battery Life
Figure 6: Total Potential Industrial Wireless Smart Objects by Market
Figure 7: Most Common LPWA Target Markets
Figure 8: Asset Monitoring Growth Over the Last 2 Years
Figure 9: Industrial Corrosion Costs by Segment
Figure 10: Global Industrial WSN Asset Monitoring Revenues
Figure 11: Global Industrial Connected Smart Tags
Figure 12: Respondents by Industry Role
Figure 13: Respondents by Job Position
Figure 14: Respondents by Geographical Region
Figure 15: Respondents by Targeted Industry
Figure 16: WSN Adoption Stage
Figure 17: WSN Adoption Stage Over the Last 2 Years
Figure 18: Total WSN Devices Deployed (All Locations)
Figure 19: Largest WSN Deployment/Location
Figure 20: Current WSN Applications by Growth
Figure 21: Fastest Growing WSN Applications
Figure 22: WSN Protocols Used
Figure 23: WSN Protocols Used Over the Last 2 Years
Figure 24: Wireless Mesh Field Devices Over the Last 2 Years
Figure 25: Preferred Standards Approach Over the Last 2 Year
Figure 26: Most Important WSN Features Rated
Figure 27: Most Important WSN Features Over the Last 2 Years
Figure 28: Satisfaction with WSN Systems
Figure 29: Satisfaction with WSN Systems Over the Last 2 Years
Figure 30: Planning Future/Additional WSN
Figure 31: Planned WSN Applications Over the Last 2 Years
Figure 32: WSN Inhibitors Rated
Figure 33: Biggest WSN Inhibitors Over the Last 2 Years
Figure 34: Important Innovations Rated
Figure 35: Most Important Innovations Over the Last 2 Years
Figure 36: Strategic Investments Rated
Figure 37: Most Important Strategic Investments Over the Last 2 Years
Figure 38: Average Cost per WSN End Node Over the Last 2 Years
Figure 39: LPWAN Adoption Status
Figure 40: LPWAN Product Timeline
Figure 41: Most Likely LPWAN Applications
Figure 42: Wireless Sensing/M2M Applications Requiring >1K Bytes/Day
Figure 43: LPWAN’s Impact
Figure 44: Most Likely LPWAN Technologies
Figure 45: LPWAN IoT Penetration Rate
Figure 46: Most Likely LPWAN Technologies
Figure 47: LPWAN Challenges
Figure 48: Range in Meters
Figure 49: 5000 Node Percent Complete vs Power Used
Figure 50: LoRa Spreading Factor Range in Kilometers
Figure 51: LoRa Spreading Factors on Air Times/Percentage Complete
Figure 52: Sigfox vs LoRa Node Battery Lifetime in Years
Figure 53: Sigfox vs LoRa System Throughput
Figure 54: Sigfox vs LoRa Node Battery Lifetime in Years
Figure 55: Sigfox vs LoRa System Throughput
Figure 56: Sigfox vs LoRa Node Coin Battery Lifetime in Hours
Figure 57: Global Industrial WSN Connections by Market
Figure 58: Global Industrial WSN Connections & LPWAN Pen Rate
Figure 59: Global Industrial Connected LPWAN Devices, Mod & Aggressive
Figure 60: Global Industrial Connected LPWAN Devices by Market
Figure 61: Global Industrial LPWAN Revenues by Market
Figure 62: Global Industrial LPWAN Annual Units by Application
Figure 63: Global Industrial LPWAN Revenues by Application
Figure 64: Global Industrial LPWAN Annual Units by Product Segment
Figure 65: Global Industrial LPWAN Equipment Revenues by Product Segment
Figure 66: Global Industrial LPWAN Revenues, Equipment & Services
Figure 67: Global Industrial LPWAN Revenues by Geography
Figure 68: Global Industrial LPWAN Chipsets by Technology
Figure 69: Global Industrial LPWAN Module Revenues by Technology
Figure 70: Manufacturing WSN Connections & LPWAN Pen Rate
Figure 71: Manufacturing LPWAN Annual Units by Application
Figure 72: Manufacturing LPWAN Revenues by Application
Figure 73: Manufacturing LPWAN Revenues, Equipment & Services
Figure 74: Manufacturing LPWAN Revenues by Geography
Figure 75: Manufacturing LPWAN Chipset Units by Technology
Figure 76: Oil & Gas WSN Connections & LPWAN Pen Rate
Figure 77: Oil & Gas LPWAN Annual Units by Application
Figure 78: Oil & Gas LPWAN Revenues by Application
Figure 79: Oil & Gas LPWAN Revenues, Equipment & Services
Figure 80: Oil & Gas LPWAN Revenues by Geography
Figure 81: Oil & Gas LPWAN Chipset Units by Technology
Figure 82: Electric Power WSN Connections & LPWAN Pen Rate
Figure 83: Electric Power LPWAN Annual Units by Application
Figure 84: Electric Power LPWAN Revenues by Application
Figure 85: Electric Power LPWAN Revenues, Equipment & Services
Figure 86: Electric Power LPWAN Revenues by Geography
Figure 87: Electric Power LPWAN Chipset Units by Technology
Figure 88: Water/Wastewater WSN Connections & LPWAN Pen Rate
Figure 89: Water/Wastewater LPWAN Annual Units by Application
Figure 90: Water/Wastewater LPWAN Revenues by Application
Figure 91: Water/Wastewater LPWAN Revenues, Equipment & Services
Figure 92: Water/Wastewater LPWAN Revenues by Geography
Figure 93: Water/Wastewater LPWAN Chipset Units by Technology
Figure 94: Agriculture WSN Connections & LPWAN Pen Rate
Figure 95: Agriculture LPWAN Annual Units by Application
Figure 96: Agriculture LPWAN Revenues by Application
Figure 97: Agriculture LPWAN Revenues, Equipment & Services
Figure 98: Agriculture LPWAN Revenues by Geography
Figure 99: Agriculture LPWAN Chipset Units by Technology
Figure 100: Logistics WSN Connections & LPWAN Pen Rate
Figure 101: Logistics LPWAN Annual Units by Application
Figure 102: Logistics LPWAN Revenues by Application
Figure 103: Logistics LPWAN Revenues, Equipment & Services
Figure 104: Logistics LPWAN Revenues by Geography
Figure 105: Logistics LPWAN Chipset Units by Technology
Figure 106: Mining/Other WSN Connections & LPWAN Pen Rate
Figure 107: Mining/Other LPWAN Annual Units by Application
Figure 108: Mining/Other LPWAN Revenues by Application
Figure 109: Mining/Other LPWAN Revenues, Equipment & Services
Figure 110: Mining/Other LPWAN Revenues by Geography
Figure 111: Mining/Other LPWA Chipset Units by Technology
Figure 112: The Industrial IoT/LPWAN Competitive Landscape

Tables

Table 1: The Industrial IoT/LPWAN Value System
Table 2: Industrial LPWA Market Segments & Adoption Drivers
Table 3: LPWAN Technologies Summarized
Table 4: Sigfox vs LoRa Node Coin Battery Lifetime in Hours
Table 5: Global Industrial WSN Connections by Market
Table 6: Global Industrial WSN Connections & LPWAN Pen Rate
Table 7: Global Industrial Connected LPWAN Devices, Moderate & Aggressive
Table 8: Global Industrial Connected LPWAN Devices by Market
Table 9: Global Industrial LPWAN Revenues by Market
Table 10: Global Industrial LPWAN Annual Units by Application
Table 11: Global Industrial LPWAN Revenues by Application
Table 12: Global Industrial LPWAN Annual Units by Product Segment
Table 13: Global Industrial LPWAN Equipment Revenues by Product Segment
Table 14: Global Industrial LPWAN Revenues, Equipment & Services
Table 15: Global Industrial LPWAN Revenues by Geography
Table 16: Global Industrial LPWAN Chipsets by Technology
Table 17: Global Industrial LPWAN Module Revenues by Technology
Table 18: Manufacturing LPWAN Annual Units by Application
Table 19: Manufacturing LPWAN Revenues by Application
Table 20: Manufacturing LPWAN Revenues, Equipment & Services
Table 21: Manufacturing LPWAN Revenues by Geography
Table 22: Manufacturing LPWAN Chipset Units by Technology
Table 23: Oil & Gas LPWAN Annual Units by Application
Table 24: Oil & Gas LPWAN Revenues by Application
Table 25: Oil & Gas LPWAN Revenues, Equipment & Services
Table 26: Oil & Gas LPWAN Revenues by Geography
Table 27: Oil & Gas LPWAN Chipset Units by Technology
Table 28: Electric Power LPWAN Annual Units by Application
Table 29: Electric Power LPWAN Revenues by Application
Table 30: Electric Power LPWAN Revenues, Equipment & Services
Table 31: Electric Power LPWAN Revenues by Geography
Table 32: Electric Power LPWAN Chipset Units by Technology
Table 33: Water/Wastewater LPWAN Annual Units by Application
Table 34: Water/Wastewater LPWAN Revenues by Application
Table 35: Water/Wastewater LPWAN Revenues, Equipment & Services
Table 36: Water/Wastewater LPWAN Revenues by Geography
Table 37: Water/Wastewater LPWAN Chipset Units by Technology
Table 38: Agriculture LPWAN Annual Units by Application
Table 39: Agriculture LPWAN Revenues by Application
Table 40: Agriculture LPWAN Revenues, Equipment & Services
Table 41: Agriculture LPWAN Revenues by Geography
Table 42: Agriculture LPWAN Chipset Units by Technology
Table 43: Logistics LPWAN Annual Units by Application
Table 44: Logistics LPWAN Revenues by Application
Table 45: Logistics LPWAN Revenues, Equipment & Services
Table 46: Logistics LPWAN Revenues by Geography
Table 47: Logistics LPWAN Chipset Units by Technology
Table 48: Mining/Other LPWAN Annual Units by Application
Table 49: Mining/Other Revenues by Application
Table 50: Mining/Other LPWAN Revenues, Equipment & Services
Table 51: Mining/Other LPWAN Revenues by Geography
Table 52: Mining/Other LPWA Chipset Units by Technology
Table 53: Industrial LPWAN Component Suppliers by Product Segment
Table 54: Industrial LPWAN Components – Profiles
Table 55: Industrial LPWAN IoT Platforms by Product Segment
Table 56: LPWAN IoT Platforms – Profiles
Table 57: Industrial LPWA Equipment Suppliers by Product Segment
Table 58: Industrial LPWAN Devices & Systems – Profiles
Table 59: (Select) LPWAN Network Operators