Morse Micro, the Sydney-based semiconductor company, has announced a partnership with Taiwan’s Browan Communications to accelerate the rollout of Wi-Fi HaLow, a low-power wireless standard designed for the Internet of Things (IoT).
The collaboration, unveiled at The Things Conference in Amsterdam, will see Browan develop a new access point built on Morse Micro’s MM8108 chip, which supports throughput of up to 43Mbps over extended ranges.
The companies said the device would provide the foundation for a new wave of connected products, including edge artificial intelligence applications and so-called “IoT 2.0” systems.
Wi-Fi HaLow, ratified by the Wi-Fi Alliance, is designed to offer long-range, energy-efficient connectivity for devices in sectors such as smart cities, industrial IoT, and connected homes.
Advocates argue the technology addresses the limitations of conventional Wi-Fi in power consumption and range, while offering higher data rates than alternatives such as LoRaWAN and Sigfox.
“Collaborations like this will accelerate the adoption of IoT 2.0,” said Michael De Nil, co-founder and Chief Executive of Morse Micro. “By combining the performance of our MM8108 chip with Browan’s expertise in wireless access technologies, we’re enabling a new class of connected devices.”
Henry Huang, Chief Executive of Browan, said Wi-Fi HaLow was “redefining what’s possible for IoT connectivity” and that the partnership would help bring to market solutions for autonomous systems and smart energy networks.
The agreement marks a further step in the development of the Wi-Fi HaLow ecosystem, which has been slow to take off since its initial specification in 2016 but is attracting renewed interest as industries seek scalable alternatives to short-range Bluetooth or high-power cellular connectivity.
Morse Micro, founded in 2016 and backed by investors including Blackbird Ventures and Main Sequence, has positioned itself as a leading supplier of Wi-Fi HaLow silicon. Its chips are designed to offer greater range—up to 10 times that of traditional Wi-Fi—and broader coverage, which the company claims can extend 100-fold compared with standard networks.
Browan, part of Taiwan’s Gemtek Group, has longstanding experience in wireless access technologies and supplies equipment for IoT networks worldwide.
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