# The Things Network Penang

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

- Country: [Malaysia](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/malaysia/)
- Status: Campaign (a community getting started)
- Founded: 2016
- Members: 29
- Location: 5.3969, 100.3695
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/penang/

## About

We embark on a mission to provide Malaysia with a free IoT data network!

We are the e-commerce company based in Malaysia that sells all sorts of components and robot parts to allow anyone to make their own robotics and electronics projects.

With rising trend of IoT in Malaysia, we discover there is still limitation for IoT application if WiFi connection does not exist in an area. With LoRa technology and LoRaWAN, we believe IoT application can be extended to another level.

With this technology, we hope can collaborate with government or authorities to develop useful applications to solve common daily problems, ranging from smart-city applications such as emergency traffic light system, to smart-home devices such as alarm system.

## Contact

You can find us on:

Facebook page - 
https://www.facebook.com/cytrontech

Facebook group -https://www.facebook.com/groups/CytronTech/
- Chat: https://thethingsnetwork.slack.com/archives/penang

## Resources

- [Forum](http://forum.thethingsnetwork.org/)
- [Forum post](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/penang-community/3677)
- [TTN - Generic Presentation](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49WRBg1NvMgM2lBcXRTU2ZqREU/)

## 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

- [Smart Cities with IoT Hackathon is live and kicking in Penang!](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/penang/post/smart-cities-with-iot-hackathon-is-live-and-kicking-in-penang.md) (2016-10-07)
- [Learn LoRa with us Penang Community](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/penang/post/learn-lora-with-us-penang-community.md) (2016-10-04)