Comcast is expanding a new network that’s designed to run internet-of-things devices, and Baltimore is among the cities.

According to our sister site Technical.ly Philly, the comms giant is expanding machineQ to a dozen cities after a quieter trial period in Philly, San Francisco and Chicago.

The network uses the LoRaWan protocol, which Comcast says results in a lower-power, longer range network to run sensors and other devices. The company is aiming for 50 percent coverage in the metro area. The service also includes a platform that transmits data over the devices, or to the cloud.

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