IoT and M2M connectivity hardware specialist Libelium has announced the integration of Semtech’s LoRa radio technology and support for Telefonica’s cloud into its Waspmote wireless sensor platform this week. The Spanish company’s modular Waspmote units are designed to connect a sensor network to a cloud, and the new LoRa modules are available immediately. First, Semtech’s LoRa technology is a low power wide area network (LPWAN), with a greater range than cellular and a far lower power consumption, according to Semtech. With a long range star network topology, Semtech says LoRa’s adaptive data rate can adjust to network capacity conditions – allowing the network to add many more additional devices without overloading the gateway. In this model, the gateway can turn…