Australia uses LoRaWAN to boost Victoria’s AgTech sector

Farmers in Australia’s south-eastern state of Victoria are getting a helping hand from a vast IoT network.
Deployed by Australian IoT operator National Narrowband Network Company (NNNCo), and funded by the Victorian government’s On-Farm IoT Trial, it uses the non-cellular LoRaWAN standard to connect a broad array of sensors. Various agriculture technology (AgTech) use cases have been trialed so far. These include keeping tabs on soil moisture and the weather, which helps farmers dete