Thinxtra releases “X News” for June 2017

Thinxtra is a Sydney-based tech company, founded by Internet of Things (IoT) experts and backed by Rakon Ltd, NZ-listed hi-tech company. Thinxtra is currently deploying two new nationwide wireless networks in Australia & New Zealand dedicated to the Internet of Things, in partnership with the world-leading technology provider in that field.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Thinxtra: Finalist In The IoTAA Impact Category Of The 2017 ACOMM Awards
  • The IoT Impact Award, presented by the IOT Australia Alliance and Communications Alliance is the communications industry’s Award for Excellence that recognises a company that has positively impacted the adoption of the Internet of Things in the Australian economy. The Thinxtra team is very proud and excited to be a finalist for this award category.

• Talking IoT with Microsoft Azure in Adelaide
  • Sigfox and Microsoft are global partners. Locally, Thinxtra and Microsoft joined forces to present a half day workshop in Adelaide, talking to a full house of industry customers about how Sigfox and Azure are enabling real life IoT applications. This successful first event included a live demonstration of the Xkit.

• New EW Analog & Digital Logger
  • The Eden Worth SIG-ANALOG and SIG-DIGLOG provide quick and simple ways to connect legacy analog and digital devices via the Sigfox network. The units provide up to 10 years logging and reporting using a highly stable LISOCL chemistry power source (sensors require their own supply). Ideal for the following probes: Soil moisture, Pressure/Level sensors.

• New Motiv Industrial Modbus
  • The Motiv Modbus-Sigfox MMS2 connects almost any industrial device with a RS485 interface to a SCADA backend via the Sigfox IoT network. The Motiv MMS2 has been designed to fit into two 18 mm DIN rail slots. It can easily be retrofitted to legacy hardware to provide monitoring and control of industrial devices in the field. Made in New Zealand.

• HidNseek New Record
  • On June 10, 2017, HidnSeek hit a world record distance transmission using Sigfox connectivity. A stellar performance of 1151Km between the HidnSeek small tracking device and the Sigfox base station, from Lisbon (Portugal) to the Canary Islands. Locally, Thinxtra previously reached a 212km transmission between a base station and a Sens’it device in New Zealand.

• Sigfox – Bosch Strong Collaboration
  • Sigfox and Bosch have joined forces to design and produce the new Sigfox Access Station which includes many new technical features in addition to having a smaller and sleeker form factor while consuming half as much energy. This partnership follows on from a first commercial agreement with e.l.m leblanc (a Bosch Group subsidiary), with the aim of connecting more than 100,000 boilers to the Sigfox network.

• Malaysian Strategic Investment Fund Invests In Sigfox
  • Sigfox announced that Khazanah, the strategic investment fund of the Government of Malaysia, has acquired a minority stake in the company. This shows a keen interest from Malaysia to be at the forefront of new IoT infrastructure in the region as well as enhancing Sigfox image locally.

• Industry 4.0: The Connected Wagon
  • Railway wagons are not effectively used to their full potential at the moment. It is clear that the visibility afforded by real-time tracking of high value assets helps to pre-empt problems, address demand fluctuations and better manage all business processes associated with those assets. Welcome to the future of freight railway: Digital Wagons made possible with Sigfox.

• Is 2017 The Year Of The Smart Meter?
  • Utilities are facing the biggest restructure of the past 20 years due to the advent of digitisation and stronger competition, as well as the requirements to be more efficient and more transparent with their users. Smart metering is at the core of this change. Sigfox low power, low cost connectivity is best suited for smart water and gas metering.

• LPWAN Comparison White Paper
  • LPWAN is the emerging technology that will unlock the potential of connecting millions of IoT devices. There are few players in this segment each with unique business and technological characteristics. To provide a guide showing the fit for purpose of each technology, this complete and simple infographic explains the positioning and clarifies where Sigfox, LoRa, NB-IoT and LTE-M fit.

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