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Perspectives from Last Mile Semiconductor on wireless edge intelligence, professional IoT, connected infrastructure and semiconductor innovation.
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DECT NR+ is finding its place on the factory floor
On the factory floor, timing is everything. When machines are moving, robots are working together and wireless becomes part of the control loop, it is not just about how fast…
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DECT NR+: A New Wireless Option for large-scale IoT — Roel Ottink | TTC 2026
DECT NR+ is a 5G-recognised standard for private IoT networks: no SIMs, no operator, a protected band free of interference, and self-configuring mesh for millions of devices. Roel Ottink (DECT…
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Wireless IoT Standards: State of the Union | TTC 2026
Seven wireless alliances on one stage: Z-Wave, Matter, Bluetooth, LoRaWAN, DECT NR+, Thread and Wi-Fi on what changed, what’s next, and why it is coexistence, not a standards war.
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When the Smart Home Becomes a Smart Building
“When the Smart Home Becomes a Smart Building, Connectivity Has to Scale” tackles one of the more under-explored tensions in the IoT industry at Unify 2026.
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The Next Generation of Connected Devices Needs a Different Approach to Connectivity
The next generation of Smart IoT won’t be limited by sensors or AI. It will be limited by wireless capacity. As deployments become denser, narrow regional sub-GHz bands and increasingly…
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Edge AI Is Coming to Buildings.
The next generation of Smart IoT won’t be limited by sensors or AI. It will be limited by wireless capacity. As deployments become denser, narrow regional sub-GHz bands and increasingly…
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PODCAST: Embedded Executive: Another Long-Range Networking Standard
NR+, aka DECT-2020 NR, is a non-cellular 5G wireless technology standard that operates without cell towers or operator subscriptions. It offers private, highly scalable mesh connectivity in the license-exempt 1.9-GHz…
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DECT NRPlus Solving the Smart IoT Bandwidth Problem
The next generation of Smart IoT won’t be limited by sensors or AI. It will be limited by wireless capacity. As deployments become denser, narrow regional sub-GHz bands and increasingly…
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What makes DECT NR+ different…?
A great explanation of one of the key architectural differences behind DECT NR+. Distributed intelligence at the edge, combined with a globally harmonised 1.9 GHz spectrum, gives developers the opportunity…
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NR+ Is Moving From an Interesting Technology to a Practical Wireless Platform
Why experienced wireless companies are independently arriving at the same conclusion. For a technology intended to transform industrial connectivity, DECT NR+ can sometimes be presented in remarkably technical terms. Channel…
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DECT NR+ : Physical Layer
DECT NR+ combines a modern OFDM-based physical layer with strong forward error correction, Hybrid ARQ, adaptive link management, and flexible spectrum operation to deliver reliable long-range wireless connectivity. These physical-layer…
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DECT NR+ : Upper Layer Architecture and Mesh Networking
DECT NR+ is more than a radio interface. Its upper-layer architecture defines how devices identify themselves, route traffic, secure communications, and scale across point-to-point, star, and self-organising mesh networks.
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DECT NR+ Applications: Enabling the Next Generation of Industrial and Professional Wireless Systems
DECT NR+ is designed to provide a common wireless foundation for the next generation of professional and industrial connected systems. Operating in the globally harmonised 1.9 GHz DECT spectrum, it…
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DECT NR+ Fundamentals: Understanding the New Private 5G Technology
DECT NR+ is a private 5G technology designed for reliable, low-power, large-scale machine communications. Unlike operator-managed cellular systems, it enables organisations to deploy and operate their own autonomous wireless networks…
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When the Smart Home Becomes a Smart Building, Connectivity Has to Scale
As smart-home experiences move into apartments, hotels, offices, and shared spaces, the connectivity layer has to scale with them.
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DECT NR+ and LoRa: Same Conversation, Different Design Philosophies
Range gets the headline. What happens after the device connects decides whether the network is ready for the real world.
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PRESENTATION: Announcing the DECT NR+ Interest Group
NR+, aka DECT-2020 NR, is a non-cellular 5G wireless technology standard that operates without cell towers or operator subscriptions. It offers private, highly scalable mesh connectivity in the license-exempt 1.9-GHz…
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PRESENTATION: Christoph Gulich – DECT World 2024
NR+, aka DECT-2020 NR, is a non-cellular 5G wireless technology standard that operates without cell towers or operator subscriptions. It offers private, highly scalable mesh connectivity in the license-exempt 1.9-GHz…
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PODCAST: DECT Today video interviews | Mario Orgis, Last Mile Semiconductor, 2nd source for DECT NR+ silicon
NR+, aka DECT-2020 NR, is a non-cellular 5G wireless technology standard that operates without cell towers or operator subscriptions. It offers private, highly scalable mesh connectivity in the license-exempt 1.9-GHz…
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