# The Things Network Vila Real

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

- Country: [Portugal](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/portugal/)
- Status: Campaign (a community getting started)
- Founded: 2018
- Members: 30
- Location: 41.3010, -7.7422
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/vila-real/

## About

Our mission is to provide the entire Vila Real with Internet of Things data connectivity by crowdsourcing the network by its citizens and local companies.

We are happy to have you join the community. Contact the core team and help us unleash the Internet of Things in Vila Real.

## Contact

Antonio Valente
avalente@utad.pt
https://twitter.com/TTN_VilaReal (@TTN_VilaReal)
- Chat: https://ttn-vilareal.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/thethingsnetwork-vila-real/13070)

## Partners

- [Critical Software](https://www.criticalsoftware.com/pt/homepage)
- [FIKALAB](http://www.fikalab.pt/)
- [INESC TEC](https://www.inesctec.pt/en)
- [PyCom](https://pycom.io/)
- [University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD)](http://www.utad.pt/)

## 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/)
- [Implementing LoRaWAN in Douro Wine Region](https://hackathon-douro-porto-desafio-1.readthedocs.io/)

## Recent updates

- [TheThingsNetwork Vila Real Community](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/vila-real/post/thethingsnetwork-vila-real-community.md) (2018-03-07)