The two suppliers will roll out a low-power wide area network (LPWAN) within the next few months, with key urban centres going live before the end of 2016. Sigfox claimed the network could cover 85% of Finland by spring 2017.
The Finnish project mirrors other Sigfox-based networks that are being constructed across Europe, including in the Czech Republic, France, Germany, and the UK, where the France-based firm has partnered with wireless comms specialist Arqiva.
“Finland is one of the world’s most competitive economies, with a strong focus on innovation and adopting new technologies in such fields as electronics and telecommunications,” said Rodolphe Baronnet-Frugès, Sigfox’s executive vice-president of networks and operators.
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Connected Finland said the presence of a national IoT network would bring new opportunities for Finnish device and solution providers to develop future IoT use cases.
It has already enlisted Helsinki Ventures, a local ‘boutique’ accelerator, to work on a developer programme in Finland.
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