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And some Bluetooth stories...<br>
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On 3/07/2017 6:33 PM, Marek Kuziel wrote:<br>
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<div>That's a great news!<br>
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The main difference (AFAIK) is that LoRaWAN operates in
unlicensed spectrum (868/915MHz) whereas NB-IoT is for
licensed bands.<br>
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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>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 4:43 PM, hamster
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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" moz-do-not-send="true">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" moz-do-not-send="true">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" moz-do-not-send="true">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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