# The Things Network Thessaloniki

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

- Country: [Greece](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/greece/)
- Status: Official community
- Founded: 2016
- Members: 44
- Location: 40.6306, 22.9441
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/thessaloniki/

## About

We are on a mission to provide the entire city with an open LoRaWAN network, owned and operated by its users. The community consists of people with different backgrounds and expertise including designers, developers, engineers and entrepreneurs. Most members of the core team come from the Wireless Communities in Thessaloniki.

Back in the day, when the wireless community networks started developing in Greece (2001-2002), we made a big WAN in our city networking our homes using rooftop antennas and wifi equipment/routers/servers. The motivation back then was high speeds and the difficulty, the visual contact between the nodes.

After creating wifi community networks, it's time for a Wide Area network for Internet of Things :)

## Contact

http://www.tlab.gr
+30 231 111 TLAB  ////  ( 0030 231 111 8522)
info (at) tlab.gr
- Chat: https://thethingsnetwork.slack.com/messages/thessaloniki/

## Resources

- [Forum](http://forum.thethingsnetwork.org/)
- [facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ttnskg/)
- [TTN - Generic Presentation](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49WRBg1NvMgM2lBcXRTU2ZqREU/)
- [TLab.gr local tech community](http://www.tlab.gr/)
- [Discord Communications Channel](https://discord.gg/tS85bKyd6d)

## Partners

- [NewHostServers.com](http://www.newhostservers.com/)
- [TLab.gr - Thessaloniki Tech Lab](http://tlab.gr/)

## 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/)
- [Σήματα παντού H Ολλανδία λανσάρει το πρώτο εθνικό δίκτυο για το Ιnternet of Things](http://mobile.in.gr/Article.aspx?Id=1500087711)
- [Educational Conference : Steps in the future](http://www.tlab.gr/2017/01/28/1st-seminar-academy-of-robotics-steps-in-the-future/)
- [Το The Things Network παρουσιάστηκε για πρώτη φορά στην Ελλάδα από τον ιδρυτή του](https://hitech.digital/wienke-giezeman-presents-iot-the-things-network-first-time-in-greece/)

## Recent updates

- [Introducing TLab.gr's μNode / IoT development board](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/thessaloniki/post/introducing-tlabgrs-node-iot-development-board.md) (2019-01-06)
- [Workshop: How to make your first TTN node](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/thessaloniki/post/workshop-how-to-make-your-first-ttn-node.md) (2017-09-09)
- [50 Billion IoT devices will be connected by 2020](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/thessaloniki/post/50-billion-iot-devices-will-be-connected-by-2020.md) (2017-05-19)
- [The Things Network Thessaloniki becomes official!](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/thessaloniki/post/the-things-network-thessaloniki-becomes-official.md) (2017-05-03)
- [From ZeRo to LoRa HeRo](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/thessaloniki/post/from-zero-to-lora-hero.md) (2017-04-25)
- [Gateways in Thessaloniki, Greece](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/thessaloniki/post/gateways-in-thessaloniki-greece.md) (2016-12-04)
- [Συνεργασία με την εταιρία που κρύβεται πίσω από την επιτυχία του Raspberry Pi](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/thessaloniki/post/raspberry-pi.md) (2016-11-07)
- [The Things Network Thessaloniki](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/thessaloniki/post/the-things-network-thessaloniki.md) (2016-08-23)