[chbot] IoT from Vodafone and Spark.

[Mark Atherton]

Yes, please

And some Bluetooth stories...

-mark


On 3/07/2017 6:33 PM, Marek Kuziel wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>     <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
>     <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
>     <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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