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What Are LoRa and LoRaWAN? | Wienke Giezeman, CEO & Co-Founder of The Things Industries | #IoTFounders E048

IoT For All Podcast · 16 Jan 2020 · 51m

What this episode covers

Wienke Giezeman, CEO and Co-Founder of The Things Industries, explains the distinction between LoRa (the radio protocol) and LoRaWAN (the network protocol) and how they enable secure, low-power IoT connectivity. He details The Things Industries' open-source network management system, which allows enterprises like Williamson and WeWork to build private, interoperable LoRaWAN networks with end-to-end encryption. Giezeman highlights specific use cases in smart buildings, agriculture, and maritime logistics, arguing that local network control is critical for application performance compared to managed LPWAN services. He also discusses the challenges of hardware development and the importance of open standards to avoid vendor lock-in and integrate with existing enterprise IT stacks like AWS and SAP.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
The Things Industries, SEMTEC, Williamson, WeWork, AWS, SAP
Products
The Things Network
Also
LoRa, LoRaWAN, Sigfox, NB-IoT

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