Internet of Things (IoT) and smart city operator Connexin has announced it would expand its IoT network in the whole of the United Kingdom (UK), providing carrier-grade roaming long range wide area networks (LoRaWAN) connectivity and infrastructure to customers.
Founded in Hull in 2006, Connexin is an innovative and disruptive technology company specialising in building and operating award-winning smart city infrastructure to support the IoT.
The new national low cost wide-area network rollout lead by Connexin is a strategic investment aimed at supporting the increasing demand for smart networks throughout the UK, said the company. The universal connectivity will lower the barriers to entry and better enable every type of organisation across the UK to adopt IoT solutions to provide further insights that will address future challenges, promote a better quality of life and create environmental improvements for all.
“With a low cost wide-area networking solution becoming available to all organisations across the UK, it opens up opportunities for those looking to deploy IoT solutions for a fraction of the cost of existing cellular infrastructure solutions,” said Furqan Alamgir, Founder & CEO of Connexin in a written statement. “Not only does this promote the development of new IoT-based technology but it allows existing solutions to be rolled-out nationwide to encourage further adoption and will allow more people to utilise and benefit from affordable, carrier-grade IoT connectivity.”
Connexin had raised £80 million in funding in September to become the leader in smart infrastructure and end-to-end IoT deployment in the UK. Connexin currently has regional LoRaWAN networks in place in East and South Yorkshire following deployments in Sheffield with Amey and Yorkshire Water, Hull with Hull City Council and the South Coast with Icosa Water.
The expansion of the national IoT network to cover other areas of the UK is now underway, further cementing Connexin’s position as the leading provider of densely populated low powered metropolitan networks and demonstrating the importance of having carrier-grade IoT infrastructure nationwide to support new technologies and innovation across UK industry.
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