[chbot] IoT from Vodafone and Spark.

[Marek Kuziel]

That's a great news!

The main difference (AFAIK) is that LoRaWAN operates in unlicensed spectrum
(868/915MHz) whereas NB-IoT is for licensed bands.

If there'd be an interest from the group I can bring over few LoRaWAN
"things" that I've built for the next meeting.

Marek

On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 4:43 PM, hamster <hamster at snap.net.nz> wrote:

> Just saw https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/94336747/
> spark-and-vodafone-announce-competing-investments-in-internet-of-things
>
> Vodaphone is deploying "NarrowBand IoT" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
> NarrowBand_IOT, which can go in the Cellular network bands.
>
> Spark are going LoRa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LPWAN - which looks
> to be on separate bandwidth from Cell Phone traffic.
>
> To me, it looks like the Spark offering is actually a new service and most
> likely superior for true IoT apps (low power, occasional short messages
> like utility meters, garage doors, light bulbs and toasters), and the
> Vodafone offering is a "but we can do this!" to muddy the waters, as who
> really needs Mb/s+ speed for an IoT device?
>
> They might end up being complementary...
>
> Mike
>
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