Today Sigfox, the world’s leading IoT service provider, announced that 5 new countries have joined its global network, bringing the total number of countries in the network to 45. The network currently serves around 803M people and covers 3.8M km2. With these latest additions, Sigfox is on track to achieve its aim of extending the network across 60 countries and regions and reaching 1 billion people in 2018.
The following operators will become Sigfox’s exclusive strategic partners, responsible for deploying the network in their territories, developing the Sigfox ecosystem and establishing strong support channels to address all verticals:
Asia :
Xperanti in Malaysia
Amotech in South Korea
Europe :
Heliot in Switzerland
Omnicell IoTnet in Hungary
Middle East :
iWire in UAE
Sigfox’s reliable, global network provides energy-efficient and cost-effective connectivity, allowing companies to generate additional revenues, by not only improving their performance but creating new business models too.
“WE’RE VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME THESE 5 NEW OPERATORS TO THE GROWING SIGFOX FAMILY. WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM TO EXPAND THE POWER OF THE LPWAN AND STRENGTHEN OUR ECOSYSTEM. IT’S ANOTHER MAJOR STEP THAT REINFORCES OUR STRONG, UNIQUE POSITION IN THE IOT MARKET. THESE NEW PARTNERSHIPS TAKE US A STEP CLOSER TO OUR GOAL OF CREATING A WORLDWIDE NETWORK ABLE TO SUPPORT BUSINESS BOTH LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY, THANKS TO AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF BUSINESS PARTNERS.”
RODOLPHE BARONNET-FRUGÈS, EXECUTIVE VP OF OPERATORS AT SIGFOX.
Sigfox’s reliable, global network provides energy-efficient and cost-effective connectivity, allowing companies to generate additional revenues, by not only improving their performance but creating new business models too.
The national rollout will begin in Q1 2018 and include initially all urban and industrial areas and main transport/communications systems. It will bring new opportunities to a vast number of industry sectors, from supply chain, transportation and energy management, to oil and gas, food, agriculture, pharmaceutical and telecare solutions, where Sigfox is already collaborating with other companies. Local operators will play a key role in the development of the IoT industry going forward, accelerating adoption among universities and start-ups, and enriching Sigfox’s ecosystem.
