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Proximus Inks Partnership with iMinds to Leverage LoRa IoT For Faster Smart City Applications Deployment

Proximus Inks Partnership with iMinds to Leverage LoRa IoT For Faster Smart City Applications Deployment Image Credit: Proximus

Leading Operator in Belgium, Proximus inks a partnership with Flemish digital research center iMinds to start off a strategic cooperation that will focus on aspects such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart city applications.

Initially, the two partners want to take the lead in the further development, refinement and standardization of Long Range Low Power (LoRa) technology. LoRa is a new IoT network technology specifically developed to connect sensors and other devices to the Internet in an easy and cost-effective way. The data provided by the connected sensors enable smart city applications to be continuously adjusted; e.g. for optimized traffic flows and improved city mobility.

In addition, LoRa network technology is energy-efficient, cheap, and ideally suited to devices that occasionally send limited amounts of data, making it a promising support pillar for the international rollout of IoT and smart city applications. 

Dominique Leroy, CEO of Proximus
Right from the beginning, Proximus has been an active member of the international LoRa alliance, which is dedicated to the standardization of the LoRaWAN technology. iMinds is now also joining this alliance to introduce and implement the new LoRa solutions together with us. 

Danny Goderis, CEO of iMinds
But ultimately, we want to extend the strategic cooperation between iMinds and Proximus to other fields in the coming years. The expertise of our researchers in fields such as cloud computing, big data, digital TV, etc. is a perfect match for the core activities of Proximus.

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