# The Things Network Birmingham

A local community of The Things Network: people building an open, free LoRaWAN® network for the Internet of Things in and around Birmingham.

- Country: [United Kingdom](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/united-kingdom/)
- Status: Official community
- Founded: 2017
- Members: 48
- Location: 52.4778, -1.8935
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/birmingham/

## About

Our mission is to provide the entirety of Birmingham with Internet of Things data connectivity through citizens and local companies crowdsourcing the network.

We are happy to have you join the community. Contact the core team and help us unleash the Internet of Things in Birmingham.

## Contact

Follow us on Twitter at @TTN_Birmingham!
- Chat: https://ttn-birmingham.slack.com/

## Resources

- [Forum](http://forum.thethingsnetwork.org/)
- [TTN - Generic Presentation](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49WRBg1NvMgM2lBcXRTU2ZqREU/)
- [Unleash Your City - Guide](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/labs/story/unleash-your-community-get-started-with-the-things-network/)
- [Forum post](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/the-workbench/8970)

## Partners

- [Transport for West Midlands](https://www.tfwm.org.uk/)

## In the media

- [The Next Web - The Things Network wants to make every city smart](http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/08/19/the-things-network-wants-to-make-every-city-smart-starting-with-amsterdam/)

## Recent updates

- [The Birth of TTN Birmingham Community](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/birmingham/post/the-birth-of-ttn-birmingham-community.md) (2018-03-03)
- [The Things Network Birmingham visits The Things Conference!](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/birmingham/post/the-things-network-birmingham-visits-the-things-conference.md) (2018-03-02)