# The Things Network Perth

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

- Country: [Australia](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/australia/)
- Status: Official community
- Founded: 2015
- Members: 148
- Location: -31.9382, 115.8531
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/perth/

## About

We are a community of volunteers in Perth Western Australia who are building a free long-range low-power Internet of Things data network for anyone to use to innovate, learn and demonstrate the value of IoT.

This project is run through [Perth IoT](https://perthiot.com/), a purpose-driven organisation helping many partners achieve the promised outcomes of emerging technology by focusing on people ahead of technology, fact ahead of hype, and sustainable outcomes for our planet ahead of profit.

We are accelerating our efforts through a coordinated effort to acquire gateways, hosts and build experiential learning through Perth Internet of Things Communications Network project - [PIoTCN.org](http://piotcn.org/)

The project will allow the broader workforce community to future-proof themselves with relevant skills needed for the fourth industrial era.

Want to be involved? Join us and host a gateway or help us rollout the network. You can attend our IoT related workshops and collaborate with follow community members to build IoT solutions.

The volunteers of the [Perth IoT Community](https://www.meetup.com/Perth-IoT-Community/) number over 2000 members who collaborate and network through meet-ups. In partnership with the The Things Network we've called the project The Perth IoT Communications Network.

Follow the progress of our community project on twitter at https://twitter.com/TTN_Perth

or catch up on everything at https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/perth/post/its-all-about-communication

## Contact

Tom Zorde - Perth IoT Community Manager and PIOTCN Founder
Email: tom@perthiot.com
- Chat: https://thethingsnetwork.slack.com/messages/perth/

## Resources

- [Forum post](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/getting-momentum-with-your-ttn-roll-out/7850)
- [Perth IoT](https://perthiot.com/)

## Partners

- [City of Bayswater](http://www.bayswater.wa.gov.au/)
- [City of Joondalup](http://www.joondalup.wa.gov.au/)
- [City of Perth](https://www.perth.wa.gov.au/)
- [IOTDC](http://iotdc.com.au/)
- [Perth IoT](https://perthiot.com/)
- [SimplyCity](https://www.simplycity.net.au/)

## In the media

- [Perth IoT Communications Network Project Launched](http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/tech-heads-create-free-internet-network-to-future-proof-perth-20170614-gwqxli.html)

## Recent updates

- [Contribute to Australian server and frequency decisions](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/perth/post/contribute-to-australian-server-and-frequency-decisions.md) (2021-02-16)
- [Gateway for Lesmurdie](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/perth/post/gateway-for-lesmurdie-1.md) (2020-07-16)
- [Gateway for Lesmurdie?](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/perth/post/gateway-for-lesmurdie.md) (2019-10-09)
- [It's all about communication - The Perth IoT Communication Network PIOTCN Journey](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/perth/post/its-all-about-communication-the-perth-iot-communication-network-piotcn-journey.md) (2017-06-08)
- [Perth IoT Communications Network Project Launch](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/perth/post/perth-iot-communications-network-project-launch.md) (2017-06-01)
- [Perth IoT Communications Network Project Launched](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/perth/post/perth-iot-community-network-project-launched.md) (2017-06-01)
- [Perth's IoT Network with Tom - Zorde of the Things](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/perth/post/fast-tracking-perths-iot-network.md) (2017-05-15)
- [Adding to the awareness of The Things Network](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/perth/post/adding-to-the-awareness-of-the-things-network.md) (2017-05-15)