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

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m pleased to be joined by one of the global leaders in the space -</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/wienke/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Wienke Giezeman</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- the Co-Founder & CEO of</span> <a href= "https://www.thethingsindustries.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Things Industries</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- and the Initiator of</span> <a href= "https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Things Network</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">01:20</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">What is</span> <a href= "https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Things Network</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">05:25</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">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?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">08:10</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">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? </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “Moving Forward, Looking Backward” paradigm</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">11:00</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">What are some of the top LoRa use cases that are driving adoption?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">16:40</span> <span style= "font-weight: