Dialog and Ideamart host Sri Lanka’s first ever NB-IoT Hackathon
Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka's premier connectivity provider, in collaboration with Ideamart, hosted Sri Lanka's first NB-IoT Hackathon (NB-IoT: Narrowband Internet of Things).
The first to launch the technology in South Asia in October 2017, NB-IoT is a narrowband radio technology specially designed to enable seamless connectivity amongst devices using Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) technology.
Held on the 17th of March, the hackathon consisted of 9 teams tasked with creating NB-IoT solutions using Dialog's IoT platform or making existing solutions NB-IoT compatible.
To date, Dialog's developer relations and community development arm, Ideamart has conducted over 15 NB-IoT awareness sessions around the country for students, technologists and startups.
The hackathon was carried out ...