Cellnex Telecom and Sigfox present the advantages of their network for the Internet of Things

To present in detail the benefits of your IoT network, Cellnex Telecom and Sigfox have held an informative day attended by more than 80 professionals linked to device development companies, sensors, applications and platforms.

The network for the Internet of Things (IoT) that offers Cellnex Telecom presents a connectivity model that links physical objects of daily life, like a water meter, a garbage container or an emergency lighting system, and keeps them integrated into the network.

This network is characterized by allowing low-cost deployment with an assured maintenance model whose access is possible in more than 1.300 base stations implemented by this independent wireless telecommunications infrastructure operator, located in all types of environments. One points that have the technology of Sigfox in a territorial coverage that is significantly higher than that of other European countries.

Thanks to this network, it is possible to develop products that have already seen the light on the market., as is the case of the new generation of Verisure alarms developed by Securitas Direct with dual Sigfox connectivity. However, The applications that can be developed in the future are numerous and could materialize in sectors such as healthcare., waste and water management or smart infrastructure.

To publicize the details of this IoT network, Cellnex Telecom, together with Sigfox, has held an informative day attended by more than 80 professionals linked to device development companies, sensors, applications and platforms.

“It is necessary that Spanish companies take advantage of the opportunity to have the most extensive UNB Network in Spain. (Ultra Narrow Band) until now deployed in Europe under Sigfox technology. Cellnex Telecom wants to help Spanish companies to be the first to generate business opportunities that until now could not have been developed due to the lack of UNB coverage like the one deployed by our company., For this reason we have organized this day together with Sigfox”, explains For Pablo Oliete, Commercial Manager of Abertis Telecom.

It is estimated that in 2020 more than 28.000 millions of objects are connected to each other and in these perspectives the alliance between Cellnex Telecom and Sigfox seeks to provide Spain with a relevant role in this process.

Gonzalo Garcia, IoT Operations Manager at Cellnex Telecom, is committed to locating companies with the capacity to generate solutions and create an ecosystem in which synergies and business volume are developed. “We are committed to a multi-technology environment to which in certain cases a more efficient transmission model such as that of Sigfox is added., supported by a national deployment”.