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5177 Brandi n Court, Frem ont, CA94538 | Tel : +1 51 0 -4 9 2 -4044 | Fax : +1 510 -4 9 2 -4001 | www.l o ra -al l i anc e.org Document Title Here for allocation of blocks of sixteen Type 7 NetIDs based upon payment of an annual fee and subject to the terms of the Member NetID Policy. Unused NetID types (Types 1, 2, 4, 5) are reserved for future use. They may be used when the currently assigned types are fully consumed or NwkIDs generated from NetIDs start to collide. 5. Why are there some non-sponsor members holding Type 0 NetIDs? Certain Sponsor and Contributor members are holding Type 0 NetIDs which were granted prior to May 19, 2017 under the initial NetID scheme. Member companies may retain the Type 0 NetIDs issued prior to May 19, 2017 as long as they continue to maintain their status as a Contributor or Sponsor member. 6. What happens if I upgrade my membership? You can retain your currently assigned NetIDs and request an additional NetID based on your new membership level. For example, an adopter member holding a Type 6 NetID would keep that NetID and would have the opportunity to apply for a Type 3 NetID when upgrading to contributor level. 7. What happens if I downgrade my membership? Except for the limited exception noted in Question 5 above, any NetID from your past membership level (i.e., Type 0 if you were a Sponsor, and Type 3 if Contributor) is taken away. The company must reapply with the current NetID policy available for the NetID in relation to the new member level status. Once the application is received, LoRa Alliance will process accordingly and will provide assignment of the new allocation. For example, a Sponsor member receiving its Type 0 NetID on or after May 19, 2017 downgrading to Contributor level would lose its Type 0 NetID, retain its Type 3 NetID, and have an opportunity to apply for a new Type 6 NetID. A contributor member downgrading to adopter level would lose its Type 3 NetID (as well as any Type 0 NetID issued prior to May 19, 2017) and retain its Type 6 NetID. In the context of a member changing Alliance membership level, the member has a six-month grace period to migrate its devices using the released NetID to another NetID that has been assigned. 8. What happens when my LoRa Alliance membership expires?

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