SK Telecom sets commercial IoT precedent with LoRaWAN launch

Koran operator SK Telecom has become a trailblazer in the commercialisation of IoT with the launch of a LoRa-based network along with a range of IoT-specific tariffs.
The company says its LoRaWAN network covers 99% of the population of South Korea and has been completed six months ahead of schedule. SK Telecom had already completed the nationwide rollout of an LTE-M network earlier this year, and while NB-IoT is not specifically referred to in the announcement, this implied the network is design