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Mar 2023
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Amazon opens its low-bandwidth, long-ran...

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Back in 2019, Amazon announced Sidewalk, its low-bandwidth, long-range wireless network that uses the 900 MHz spectrum to connect Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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