State-owned energy provider Wien Energie is to deploy a LoRaWAN network across the city of Vienna as part of its bid to make the Austrian capital the “most livable and smartest city in the world”. Wien Energie has appointed LoRaWAN mainstay Actility to provide the network infrastructure and management platform. Its sister company, network provider Wiener Netze, will handle outdoor infrastructure rollout, while Wien Energie takes charge of the indoor componentry.
A press statement said little about the applications that will be deployed on the network, but presumably they include smart metering, plus some advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) in the energy network, as well as related smart-city infrastructure for smart street lighting, environmental monitoring, plus sensor nodes to support other city services. Actility said the project “leans into the city’s commitment to human digitalization, ensuring the technology supports its residents rather than displacing them”.