South Korea’s SK Telecom has launched the country’s first commercial Internet of Things (IoT) nationwide.
The new LoRaWAN network, which stands for long-range wide-area network, is a low-power wireless network protocol specifically designed for Internet-connected, battery-operated objects.
This represents an attempt to standardise LPWAN (low-power wide-area networks), which offers a cheaper and more power-efficient alternative to Bluetooth, Wi Fi, and cellular networks.