Sigfox, the world’s leading provider of connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT), and Thinxtra, the Sigfox Operator in Australia and New Zealand, today announced an agreement to roll-out Sigfox’ IoT network in Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region) in 2017.
Sigfox’s network is now present in 28 countries and on track to be in 60 by 2018, which will represent over 80 per cent of the world’s growth domestic product.
“Hong Kong as an innovation hub and technology center, and as the gateway to China, will benefit greatly from the most advanced and mature global IoT network, and developing the local ecosystem will benefit all the other countries in the region. We look forward to extend our partnership with Thinxtra, our operator in Australia and New Zealand”, said Rodolphe Baronnet-Frugès, Sigfox Executive Vice-president networks and operators.
Thinxtra was the first Sigfox operator to extend the network in Asia Pacific and has achieved rapid coverage, having rolled out the network across 65 per cent of the Australian and 80 per cent of the New Zealand population in just 8 months. Earlier this year, Thinxtra has announced an engagement with Silicon Controls for 1M connections, as well as a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the State Government of South Australia and Sigfox, for full state roll out of the Sigfox network across South Australia.
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