Will IoT work without Internet?

With the right set of technologies, communication between devices can be achieved without using the Internet.  Thingstream, long-distance device connectivity that is built on the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) messaging. The USSD offers more secure IoT connectivity without any involvement of the Internet.

The Low Power Wide Area Network can be alternate for using IoT without the Internet. This allows the IoT devices to communicate over large distances- depending on the environment with the help of gateways that can interface to the standard IP networks.