Development of Standards for Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) is a "must" for being deployed around the world to enable Internet of Things (IoT), It makes the connections possible for machine-to-machine (M2M), and smart cities, and industrial applications. The LORA Alliance members will make the global success of the LoRa protocol (LoRaWAN), by sharing knowledge and experience to guarantee interoperability between operators in one open global standard.
LoRaWAN™ is a Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) specification intended for wireless battery operated Things in regional, national or global network.
The organisation of LoRa® Alliance is an open, non-profit association of members that believe the internet of things era is now. LoRaWAN target key requirements of internet of things such as secure bi-directional communication, mobility and localization services. The strong need for a standard is there and will provide seamless interoperability among smart Things without the need of complex local installations and gives back the freedom to the user, developer, businesses enabling the role out of Internet of Things.
The LoRa® Alliance has a mission to ensure that the open LoRaWAN™ specification for secure, carrier grade, low power wide area networks (LPWAN) will enable all end devices to behave in a predetermined way when connected to a LoRaWAN™ network and interoperate with all gateway products. The Certification Program will provide assurance to end customers that their application-specific end devices will operate on any LoRaWAN™ network, which is a crucial requirement for the global deployment of the IoT using LPWANs. See for the basic principles here
A technical overview of LoRa and LoRaWAN in a document is to be found here
For the Netherlands Sietse Vis explain wy the LORA Alliance- KPN important is, see the video here
Much more detailed information is to be found at the website of LORA Alliance