The Weightless SIG has announced this week that the first Weightless-N low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) has been established in London. The new Weightless-N protocol, the first version of which was released in May, based almost wholly on technology from Nwave, now powers a network deployed in partnership with the UK’s Digital Catapult program. The government-backed Catapult has provided the roof infrastructure that secures the single Weightless-N base station. While initially very small, this deployment is more a test bed rather than a commercial venture, but the involvement of the Digital Catapult organization should open up this new platform to lots of the smaller startups that are involved in the program – which is backed by funding from the Innovate UK…