# The Things Network Oldham

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

- Country: [United Kingdom](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/united-kingdom/)
- Status: Campaign (a community getting started)
- Founded: 2016
- Members: 9
- Location: 53.5420, -2.1163
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/oldham/

## About

On a mission to provide Oldham, UK with a free IOT data network!

We want people to use technology for their own needs to make the lives of people in their community better, and to provide opportunities for learning and entrepreneurship .

## Contact

Join the discussion at [Hack Oldham forum](http://discourse.hackoldham.com/t/lorawan-a-smarter-oldham/482)

Or follow us [@ThingsOldham](https://twitter.com/thingsoldham) on Twitter.

## Resources

- [Forum](http://forum.thethingsnetwork.org/)

## 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

- [First HackOldham node](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/oldham/post/first-hackoldham-node.md) (2016-12-06)
- [Sharing our work at PyConUK conference](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/oldham/post/sharing-our-work-at-pyconuk-conference.md) (2016-09-19)
- [Planning the network](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/oldham/post/planning-the-network.md) (2016-09-11)