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Singapore-based Unabiz, owner of the Sigfox technology, has announced a deal with Shenzhen Kaifa Technology (KAIFA) to jointly sell Sigfox-based smart meters in global markets, and also to develop hybrid Sigfox and LoRa meters for certain markets. The deal is with the advanced metering...

Another shot-of-life for ultra-narrowband IoT technology Sigfox, on life support 18 months ago, until Singapore-based firm Unabiz plowed-in money, reinvented its business model, embarked on a charm offensive, and breathed new life and hope into its ailing ecosystem. The news this week from the...

The Mexican division of Latin American Sigfox operator WND has signed a deal with local metering outfit WaterMeter Corp to supply one million Sigfox water meters in the country over the next decade. Unabiz, the parent of the Sigfox technology and an IoT solution...

Heliot Europe, already the largest Sigfox operator in Europe, has said its new networks in the UK and Denmark have now been integrated into its infrastructure portfolio, which includes Sigfox networks in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and Liechtenstein. The Switzerland-based firm acquired the UK...

Sigfox USA has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in a Delaware bankruptcy court, owing almost $150 million in unsecured debt. The filing, on March 31, is separate from its parent’s receivership and sale in France, which is set to conclude tomorrow (April 5). At...

Singapore-based UnaBiz is in “pole position” to pick up the tech assets of troubled IoT firm Sigfox, in receivership, as a number of other groups and organisations also prepare bids before the auction process closes on February 25. Others in the frame include US...

Water and sewage service provider SABESP has deployed 100,000 smart water meters on narrowband IoT technology Sigfox in the city of São Paulo in Brazil. The deal was put together by Brazil-based industrial IoT company Laager Tecnologias Sustentáveis and engineering services company Vita Ambiental,...

After initially taking a massive hit on IoT spending across the globe, Covid-19 is actually offering more opportunities for the industry as it bounces back. The need for remote technology is increasingly apparent as the pandemic continues to rage, with opportunities ranging from the...

Irish postal company and fleet operator An Post Mails & Parcels (An Post) has contracted Irish Sigfox operator VT Networks to equip and monitor “several thousand” roll cages and containers for parcel processing and distribution. The state-owned logistics firm said the move, to embrace connected...

Sigfox IoT networks are now live in 70 countries. The French firm claims launches in three new markets in 2020, increasing its total country count by four and a half per cent compared with the end of 2019. Sigfox's network in the UK has...

Sigfox operator Wireless Network Developments (WND) has covered 85 per cent of the UK population with it Sigfox network, having deployed 1,500 Sigfox base stations. The deployment has been on time and in budget, said WNDUK, and the 85 per cent threshold means the...

The choice between licensed and unlicensed low-power wide-area (LPWA) connectivity technologies is about use cases, concurred a panel of ‘internet of things’ (IoT) operators at LPWA World in London this week. But if both technologies fit, as they do in most cases, the choice...

Following the launch of its global IoT network in Columbia, Sigfox claims to cover 57 percent of Latin America’s territory. Sigfox’s international expansion shows no signs of slowing down. The IoT operator has now announced the launch of its global IoT network in Columbia, together with...