The Weightless SIG, which controls the would-be standard for low power wide area (LPWA) connectivity, has announced the first network using its Weightless-N protocol. This has been established in London and deployed in partnership with the UK’s Digital Catapult program. Weightless-N, released in May, had to be developed somewhat hurriedly after the group switched its attentions from its original target spectrum in the TV white spaces, to the ISM licence-exempt bands also occupied by rival LPWA offerings like LoRa and Sigfox Weightless-N is based almost entirely on technology from Nwave, whereas the initial platform was devised by Neul, which is now part of Huawei and the Chinese giant’s bid to push a hybrid LPWA/cellular solution through the 3GPP under the…