HIP 100: Deploy EU868 region plan to the majority of Africa #789

waveform06 · 2023-10-06T21:40:25Z

Added HIP XX: Deploy EU868 region plan to the majority of Africa

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waveform06 · 2023-10-10T10:02:39Z

We will be using the cultural meaning of "continent" which includes islands rather than the geographical meaning of a continuous area of land.

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+The immediate objective is to promote EU868 as a provisional standard, enabling Helium deployers to roll out EU868 Hotspots across the African continent. By introducing this provisional amendment to the Helium network, there's an opportunity to influence changes in the LoRa Alliance's LoRaWAN Regional Parameters specifications.  Major African countries like South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt and Kenya already utilize EU868. However, several African countries have yet to establish regulations specific to LoRaWAN. The EU868 plan is gaining traction as a potential global standard for IoT devices, particularly in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Region 1 (EMEA). The trigger countries for this HIP are Malawi, Liberia, The Democratic Republic of  Congo, The Republic of Congo, and Ghana which the Foundation are working with on the ground through the One Planet Education Network team to establish local LoRaWAN connectivity on EU868 in these countries.
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		The immediate objective is to promote EU868 as a provisional standard, enabling Helium deployers to roll out EU868 Hotspots across the African continent. By introducing this provisional amendment to the Helium network, there's an opportunity to influence changes in the LoRa Alliance's LoRaWAN Regional Parameters specifications. Major African countries like South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt and Kenya already utilize EU868. However, several African countries have yet to establish regulations specific to LoRaWAN. The EU868 plan is gaining traction as a potential global standard for IoT devices, particularly in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Region 1 (EMEA). The trigger countries for this HIP are Malawi, Liberia, The Democratic Republic of Congo, The Republic of Congo, and Ghana which the Foundation are working with on the ground through the One Planet Education Network team to establish local LoRaWAN connectivity on EU868 in these countries.

		![itu1 map](images/itu1.png)

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