SIGFOX

The need for a narrowband wide area network devoted to IoT was obvious but it is only recently it has become obvious for many.

There is a technological tsunami heading straight to the centre of the mobile telecoms world. IoT promises a deluge of connected “things”, from smart water meters and remote perimeter access control systems to traffic congestion monitors and the intelligent home.

Any observer of the relationships between business and technology over the years will recognise those slightly awkward periods between the first emergence of a new technological concept and its eventual acceptance as a part of everyday life.

SIGFOX and VT Networks have announced they will roll out the SIGFOX network across Ireland, allowing nationwide low-power and cost-effective connectivity for the first time in the country.

As the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes larger and larger, the list of communications protocols vying to power the extensive wireless wide area networks (WAN) that the infrastructure will require grows both longer and more complex.

Though one of the most discussed topics of recent years, the jury is still out on how smart the world we live in really is. With new devices and applications launching on a daily basis the assumption could be that our homes and workplaces are now pretty much operating themselves – but how close to

The City of San Francisco and SIGFOX are partnering to deploy a dedicated Internet of Things (IoT) network designed to provide low-cost, energy-efficient and two-way connectivity for smart city programs, as well as businesses in multiple verticals.

The Advanced Digital Institute (ADI) has launched Meds Companion, a product designed to help patients to take their medication on time and develop an effective routine.

SOGEDO is to implement an array of service innovations over the SIGFOX Internet of Things (IoT) network.

Building on its continued rapid growth in Europe and its network rollout in 10 major U.S. metropolitan areas, SIGFOX has announced its expansion in the Middle East and Africa (MEA). The world’s leading provider of dedicated cellular connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT) is opening an office in Dubai to manage its network rollout in

SIGFOX, the global provider in cost-effective, energy-efficient Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, will kick off a road trip in France and Europe with its SIGFOX Maker Tour, starting Oct. 8, 2015, in Lille, France.

SIGFOX, a provider of Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, has announced that mobile-telecom industry veteran Allen Proithis will head the company’s expansion in North America, including deployment of the SIGFOX network in 10 major U.S. metropolitan areas by Q1 2016.

LUXEMBOURG CITY and ETTELBRUCK, Luxembourg, and LABEGE, France – Continuing the rapid expansion of SIGFOX’s wireless Internet of Things network in Europe, SIGFOX and two partners, POST Luxembourg and RMS.lu, announced the deployment of the network in Luxembourg.

Labege, France – SIGFOX, the provider of a global network dedicated to the Internet of Things, and FIWARE, an open initiative whose platform provides application programming interfaces (APIs) that simplify development of smart applications, announced a seamless connector between the FIWARE platform and SIGFOX ReadyTM devices. 

The global epicenter of low-power, wide-area connectivity saw a lot of action last week with the LoRa Alliance’s second membership meeting starting Thursday in Paris. Why call France the epicenter of this important new technology for the Internet of things? Take a look at recent events:

Belgium has become the seventh European country where the SIGFOX dedicated IoT network is being rolled out nationwide or already operating.