LMT nominated for leading telecoms award

The mobile operator and technology company LMT has been shortlisted for the world’s leading telecommunications award – the GLOMO award presented by GSMA. The company’s smart smoke detector and air quality sensor is nominated in the “Best connected consumer device” category. 

LMT is competing against Samsung’s Galaxy Watch5 Pro and Huawei’s GT 3 Pro smartwatch, among others. The winner will be announced at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, held February 27-March 2. Last year, ZTE – a Chinese partially state-owned company – won the category with its AI home security camera. 

“We are honoured for the recognition of the GSMA judging panel for our smart smoke and air quality sensor. Moreso, we’re thrilled to be in the same category with some of the world’s leading mobile innovators. This simply emphasises Latvia’s capacity for mobile innovation,” stated Dr. Juris Binde, President of LMT.

Plug-and-play device with broad functionality

LMT released the innovative alarm in 2022, wrote Labs of Latvia. Unlike others on the market, LMT’s product is connected to the mobile network and can therefore do more than a typical battery-operated smoke alarm or air quality sensor. Using smart algorithms, it can tell when smoke is caused by real fire, or simply if someone has burnt their dinner. In the case of real fire, in addition to sounding an alarm, it can also send notifications to residents’ and neighbours’ smartphones, and even has the ability to be integrated with local fire fighting institutions. Meanwhile the smart air sensor can monitor, detect, and report on air quality, ranging from harmful emissions like carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds to temperature and humidity. 

The plug-and-play standalone device functions on LTE-M and NB-IoT networks. It does not require connections to a central hub, nor an energy or Wi-Fi connection. 

The majority of available smoke alarms are only effective if someone hears the alarm. Despite a significant 65% drop in fire fatalities in Europe over the last 30 years, estimates suggest the region still faces 5,000 deaths in residential fires yearly, with the number of injured individuals being 10 times as high. 

The device has received significant international recognition. It was selected as the best national digital solution for the World Summit Awards of 2022 in the Health & Well-Being section and has been shortlisted for the “Safety or fire hardware product innovation of the year” category at the Security & Fire Excellence Awards 2022, wrote Labs of Latvia. 

Author: Lelde Beņķe (labsoflatvia.com). Publicity photo.