The Internet of Things (IoT) is a game-changer, and it is disrupting every industry sector .It is a global net of objects connected to the Internet that have the ability to interact and exchange data among themselves without human intervention.

There are billions of devices in homes, factories, oil wells, hospitals, cars, and thousands of other places that can be used for a wide range of uses, for example:

• Industrial IoT applications for predictive quality and maintenance and to remotely monitor operations
• Connected home applications for home automation, home security and monitoring, and home networking
• Commercial applications for traffic monitoring, public safety, and health monitoring

We predict that by 2020 more than half of new businesses will incorporate some element of the Internet of Things technology, as the IoT uses previously considered impracticable will become increasingly viable.

Baltic Broadband in partnership with Internet of Things Limited (IOTLTD) and the Liverpool Internet Exchange have together, since 2017, been building the largest LoRaWAN network in the Liverpool City Region that operates over 50 gateways that spans an estimated 724 km²

As a LoRaWAN Network Operator, we’ve connected our public gateways to the free to use Things Network which is all about enabling low power Devices to connect to an open-source, decentralised Network to exchange data with Applications. These gateways are also connected to our high capacity Internet fibre backbone that connects the region together, resulting in a low latency, highly available and resilient service.