France, Nov. 21, 2017: At the Sigfox World IoT Expo that concluded recently, the company announced that its network now spanned 36 countries, as “part of its mission to offer a consistent level of connectivity quality and service anywhere in the world.”
Four new operators in four different continents also recently joined the Sigfox network according to a company press release:
COGNIX: working with Latin American partner WND, local operator COGNIX will expand low-cost, low-energy, dependable IoT networking to Costa Rica.\
IoT Net Adria: Croatian Sigfox Operator is extending the Sigfox coverage in eastern Europe.
IoT Tunisie: with an expanding manufacturing sector, demand for IoT solutions is high in Tunisia. Together with Sigfox, IoT Tunisie can meet that demand and promote hi-tech growth.
Platt Nera: the collaboration is set to connect hundreds of thousands of objects, as Thailand invests in smart cities, intelligent energy, and other transformational digital projects.
“We’re excited to work with all of our new partners, this move marks yet another key milestone towards Sigfox’s vision of a global IoT network. We are looking forward to collaborating with our new Sigfox operators to help their local ecosystems to seamlessly scale IoT solutions wherever the Sigfox network is present in the world. Together, we’re building a future that will be better to live in.”
— Rodolphe Baronnet-Frugès, Executive Vice President of Operators at Sigfox.
Sigfox said its operators were not only contributing to accelerate IoT development in their local markets, they were also committed to deploying and operating the network infrastructure. It claimed almost 100 million euros have been invested by Sigfox operators to offer a unique access to the Sigfox IoT services, with the exact same quality of service.
This global offer was enriched with Sigfox new service ‘Monarch’, that allowed IoT devices to recognise and automatically adapt to every local communications standard in the world without roaming. By enabling ‘globe trotter’ assets that can seamlessly adapt as they move across borders, Monarch represents a game-changer for logistics, freight, and consumer goods industries, said Sigfox.
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