011: How an open and pragmatic approach led to global LoRaWAN network w/ The Things Network's Wienke Giezeman

In today's podcast, we discuss one of the technologies that underpins the Internet of Things -  Low Power Wide Area Network, or LPWANS for short. And more specifically, we are going to take a look at LoRa - one of the leading LPWAN technologies.  I'm pleased to be joined by one of the global leaders in the space - Wienke Giezeman - the Co-Founder & CEO of The Things Industries - and the Initiator of The Things Network.  01:20 What is The Things Network?  05:25 What has led to your impressive growth - to the point where you are now in 151 countries, have a community of over 100k developers and have deployed 18k LoRaWAN gateways worldwide? 08:10 The Things Network has grown into a global LoRaWAN network - wouldn't it have been easier to leverage existing mobile networks than trying to build your own?  The "Moving Forward, Looking Backward" paradigm 11:00 What are some of the top LoRa use cases that are driving adoption? 16:40 How creating a collaborative LoRaWAN network led to the creation of The Things Conference - the world's largest LPWAN conference.  1500 attendees, 61 countries Sponsors included AWS, Microsoft, Semtech & ST Micro All the videos from the event can be found here 20:00 What's next? The Things ________? 25:00 IoT has not lived up to the hype. What has held the industry back from reaching its potential? 28:00 Narrowband IoT, or NB-IoT, has exploded in China, but had sluggish growth elsewhere. What has hindered it's growth outside of China? 32:55 What's the best IoT solution you have ever seen? 34:00 Final question - about What is FEBO - and do you still eat there? Spoiler alert - he's a fan of "bamischijf"! Find out more Connect with Wienke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wienke/ The Things Network: www.thethingsnetwork.org  The Things Industries: https://www.thethingsindustries.com  The Things Conference: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/conference/  YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv85CXnZUXEKnlZpQapTAwQ