Cisco to Stop Activity in the LoRaWAN Market by End-2029

Cisco announced it would stop its activity in the LoRaWAN market for IoT device connectivity. The company said it will exit the space and withdraw all support services for its products by the end of the decade.

The “end-of-sale and end-of-life dates” for Cisco LoRaWAN would be 1 January 2025 as the last day to order the impacted products. It will then continue to offer software updates until the beginning of 2026, and address any security vulnerabilities until the end of that year, before ceasing all support services towards the end of the decade.

Cisco offers 800MHz and 900MHz LoRaWAN Gateways within the portfolio, as well as other associated products such as antennas, software, and routers. “Cisco will be exiting the LoRaWAN space. There is no planned migration for Cisco LoRaWAN gateways,” the company said.

The news is a setback for the low power wide area IoT network technology and will undoubtedly impact companies that have built IoT offerings based on Cisco technology. Cisco is also notably part of the LoRa Alliance, a lobby group that oversees the development of the LoRaWAN protocol, along with other industry heavyweights.

The move comes after the company announced a restructuring, with plans to cut costs by axing around 7% of its global staff. It is also now investing heavily in AI, cloud, and cybersecurity, and in June announced a $1 billion fund to invest in AI startups.