The LoRa Alliance is the non-profit organisation that maintains the LoRaWAN standard (public specification, product certification programme and operator programme), with more than 500 members worldwide, including the major silicon vendors, public operators and device makers.
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The LoRa Alliance has more than 500 corporate members (Cisco, IBM, Bosch, Orange and many others). It publishes the LoRaWAN Specification and the RP002 Regional Parameters as free public documents, runs a product certification programme (the "LoRaWAN Certified" logo, backed by tests at accredited laboratories) and a Network Operator programme. Its working groups cover topics such as Roaming, Security and Marketing. The Alliance was founded in 2015 and has driven steady standard evolution since then.
When specifying devices, require both "LoRaWAN Certified" status and a published certificate number on the LoRa Alliance website — the logo alone has been copied many times by uncertified products.
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