SIGFOX announced that it will extend its low-power wide area Internet of Things (IoT) network to Colombia and across the Latin America.
The IoT network is expected to be used support a variety of use cases and applications for companies and government agencies including logistics, supply-chain management, asset-tracking, crop and soil monitoring, alarm systems for homes and businesses, smoke detectors, smart-city apps and utility meter reading.
The rollout, managed by Phaxsi Solutions, which is the exclusive SIGFOX Network Operator (SNO) in Colombia, coincides with the launch of a nationwide alliance of universities, technology leaders and companies known. Phaxsi Solutions is collaborating with WND, the SIGFOX partner founded in 2015 to deploy the network throughout Latin America, to provide IoT connectivity in Colombia. The partners said the country’s top 10 urban areas, representing more than 50 percent of the country’s population, will be covered by mid-2017.
Following deployment of SIGFOX’s dedicated, bidirectional IoT network in Brazil and Mexico earlier this year, Colombia becomes the third Latin American nation to roll out the global network and the 24th globally.
Carolina Campo, Phaxsi CEO and co-founder
First, its light infrastructure enables Phaxsi to quickly and simply connect Colombian businesses and citizens to the IoT. Second, our goal is to work with the national alliance to sustainably develop, consolidate and grow the IoT market in Colombia.
Rodolphe Baronnet-Frugès, SIGFOX executive vice president networks and operators
SIGFOX’s economical and reliable connectivity solution will help overcome infrastructure and cost barriers for IoT adoption in Colombia. In addition, the company’s global ecosystem of partners, such as component and device manufacturers, IT developers and integrators, will help quickly grow Colombia’s IoT ecosystem.
