<div dir="ltr"><div><div>That's a great news!<br><br></div>The main difference (AFAIK) is that LoRaWAN operates in unlicensed spectrum (868/915MHz) whereas NB-IoT is for licensed bands.<br><br></div>If there'd be an interest from the group I can bring over few LoRaWAN "things" that I've built for the next meeting.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Marek</div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 4:43 PM, hamster <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hamster@snap.net.nz" target="_blank">hamster@snap.net.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<p>Just saw <a href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/94336747/spark-and-vodafone-announce-competing-investments-in-internet-of-things" target="_blank">https://www.stuff.co.nz/<wbr>business/industries/94336747/<wbr>spark-and-vodafone-announce-<wbr>competing-investments-in-<wbr>internet-of-things</a></p>
<p>Vodaphone is deploying "NarrowBand IoT" - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NarrowBand_IOT" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>NarrowBand_IOT</a>, which can go in the Cellular network bands.</p>
<p>Spark are going LoRa - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LPWAN" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>LPWAN</a> - which looks to be on separate bandwidth from Cell Phone traffic.</p>
<p>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?</p>
<p>They might end up being complementary...</p>
<p>Mike</p>
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