SIGFOX announced that it will further expand the deployment of its subscription-based low-power, wide-area (LPWA) Internet of Things(IoT) network to another 100 cities across the country in 2016. Last year, the company inked a partnership with the City of San Francisco for a pilot deployment of a dedicated Internet of Things(IoT) network for smart city applications and other business verticals.
Its expansion in Latin America last month, with network deployment underway in Brazil, marked the company’s presence on all continents and another step in its goal of establishing one global, seamless network that provides ubiquitous connectivity for billions of objects.
To achieve rapid network deployment in 100 U.S. cities before year-end and meet the market’s strong demand, SIGFOX has strategically partnered with multiple site owners, including tower, rooftop and billboard sites. Together the partnerships give the company access to more than 230,000 sites across the United States, said Sigfox.
Taking advantage of the simple and fast rollout of the network, which requires far lighter infrastructure than traditional wireless networks, SIGFOX will need a limited number of these sites to further extend its network’s footprint in the country, said the company.
Allen Proithis, president of SIGFOX North America
Our partnerships with these site owners enables SIGFOX to leverage existing sites to rapidly deploy our out-of-the-box connectivity solution in the U.S. market. SIGFOX’s low-cost Internet of Things connectivity complements cellular networks, and allows billions of additional devices to participate in the benefits of IoT.
