# The Things Network SWIN

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

- Country: [United Kingdom](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/united-kingdom/)
- Status: Official community
- Founded: 2019
- Members: 20
- Location: 50.5029, -4.8043
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/swin/

## About

Our mission is to provide Cornwall and Devon with Internet of Things data connectivity. We will achieve this by crowdsourcing the network from its citizens and local companies.

We now have full backing of Southware Cornwall

We are working on this project with
Agritech
Marine
Universities
The Developer Community
Plymouth University Smart Cities
Exeter University Smartline
The Arts and
more

We are happy to have you join the community. Please, contact the core team today and help us unleash the Internet of Things in Cornwall.

## Contact

Please contact us on either Twitter. @TTN_SWIN or email via wo@hi9.io or telephone on 01736 732324
- Chat: https://swin-here.slack.com/

## Resources

- [Forum](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum)
- [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/ttn-swin-south-west-uk/27309)

## Partners

- [Agri Tech Cornwall and Devon](https://www.agritechcornwall.co.uk/)
- [Digital Catapult](https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/)
- [Hi9](https://hi9.io/)
- [Marine Hub Cornwall](https://marinehubcornwall.co.uk/)
- [Smartline](https://www.smartline.org.uk/)
- [Software Cornwall](https://www.softwarecornwall.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

- [The Start of SWIN](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/swin/post/the-start-of-swin.md) (2019-06-19)