# The Things Network Kaunas

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

- Country: [Lithuania](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/lithuania/)
- Status: Official community
- Founded: 2016
- Members: 29
- Location: 54.8978, 23.9040
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/kaunas/

## About

Our mission is to provide the entire city with Internet of Things data connectivity by crowdsourcing the network by its citizens and local companies.

By the end of the year, we want to have at least 10 gateways in place, which should be enough to cover the city center.

## Contact

Egidijus Kazanavicius ekaza@ifko.ktu.lt
- Chat: https://kaunasttn.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/making-the-things-network-sustainable/4356)

## Partners

- [Fejana](http://www.fejana.com/)
- [Kaunas University of Technology, Centre of Real Time Computer Systems](http://ktu.edu/en/faculty-informatics/centre-real-time-computer-systems)

## 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

- [Centre of Real Time Computer Systems](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/kaunas/post/centre-of-real-time-computer-systems.md) (2016-12-28)
- [About initiator](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/kaunas/post/about-initiator.md) (2016-12-28)