The LoRa Alliance is an open, non-profit association of members that believes the internet of things era is now. It was initiated by industry leaders with a mission to standardize Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) being deployed around the world to enable Internet of Things (IoT), machine-to-machine (M2M), and smart city, and industrial applications. The Alliance members will collaborate to drive the global success of the LoRa protocol (LoRaWAN), by sharing knowledge and experience to guarantee interoperability between operators in one open global standard. Membership Our members come from organizations of all types around the world addressing all aspects of the Eco-system. Members include multi-nationals telecommunication companies, equipment manufacturers, system integrators, sensor manufacturers, entrepreneurial start-ups and semiconductors. In Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, our members develop, deploy and use the technology across countries and continents, driving the implementation of internet of things. The LoRa Alliance is an organization with memberships addressing the need of the individual company and is divided into a sponsor, contributor and an adopter group.