Tasmania to get IoT ready

Cloud services provider TasmaNet has announced that it had partnered with Internet of Things (IoT) startup Thinxtra to make the island-state of Tasmania “IoT-ready”.

According to a report in ZDNet, the two companies were building a dedicated IoT network to cover 95 per cent of the population by the year-end of the year. This included all major cities such as Burnie, Devonport, Hobart, Launceston, and Ulverstone.

According to TasmaNet, the rollout would “empower” businesses in Tasmania as most IoT use cases required wireless sensors to send small messages such as meter index readings, GPS position, temperature, movement, vibration level, and battery life status.

Additionally, it would address the problems of steep pricing, high energy consumption, and complexity of deployment and maintenance faced by businesses deploying IoT devices over traditional networks, TasmaNet said.

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