{"id":41656,"date":"2020-12-16T10:45:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T10:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=a8cdcc5f24b2480feeb5d918ea2203ff"},"modified":"2020-12-16T10:45:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T10:45:07","slug":"connexin-rolls-out-uks-first-nationwide-iot-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/connexin-rolls-out-uks-first-nationwide-iot-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Connexin rolls out UK’s first nationwide IoT network"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Smart city development firm Connexin has announced plans to expand its\u00a0Internet of Things (IoT)<\/a>\u00a0network across the entirety of the UK, with all local authorities and regions now able to link up with the company\u2019s flagship platform.<\/p>\n

Such a universal carrier-grade roaming long ranger wide area network (LoRaWAN) aims to lower the barriers to entry for regional governments hoping to\u00a0launch their own smart city projects<\/a>. This also eases the process for all organisations hoping to adopt IoT products.<\/p>\n

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\nThis national rollout is the first of its kind in the UK and has started following successful regional deployments in Yorkshire, with organisations such as Yorkshire Water, Hull City Council and Amey among those which are already using the system.<\/p>\n

Using the LoRaWAN network can allow any organisation in public service, from councils to utility firms, deploy IoT products without having to build their own network as they can tap into Connexin\u2019s universal system.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith 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,\u201d said the founder and CEO of Connexin, Furqan Alamgir.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cNot 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

This news builds on an \u00a380 million fundraising effort in September, with the company aiming to become the UK\u2019s chief smart cities provider following successful regional deployments in Sheffield, Hull, and the South Coast. The expansion of its national IoT network to cover all areas of the UK is now underway.<\/p>\n

The presence of a national IoT network may help to kickstart smart city projects across the UK, with only limited implementation and success to date. Many projects are either small in scale, or in the pipeline for future development, such as\u00a0the government\u2019s \u00a390 million cash injection to build \u2018future transport zones\u2019<\/a>. These will be located in the West of England Combined Authority, Portsmouth and Southampton, and Derby and Nottingham. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Smart city development firm Connexin has announced plans to expand its\u00a0Internet of Things (IoT)\u00a0network across the entirety of the UK, with all local authorities and regions now able to l…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":433,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41656"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41658,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41656\/revisions\/41658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}