Sigfox is a French global network operator founded in 2010 that built wireless networks to connect low-power objects such as electricity meters and smartwatches , which need to be continuously on and emitting small amounts of data.
10-633: Sigfox is based in Labège near Toulouse , France, and had over 375 employees. The firm also has offices in Madrid , San Francisco , Sydney and Paris . Sigfox had raised more than $ 300 million from investors that included Salesforce, Intel, Samsung, NTT, SK Telecom, energy groups Total and Air Liquide. In November 2016 Sigfox was valued at around €600 million. In January 2022 it filed for bankruptcy. In April 2022 Singapore-based IoT network firm Unabiz subsequently acquired Sigfox and its French network operations for
20-500: A " low-power wide-area network " ( LPWAN ). The network is based on one-hop star topology and requires a mobile operator to carry the generated traffic. The signal can also be used to easily cover large areas and to reach underground objects. As of November 2020, the Sigfox IoT network has covered a total of 5.8 million square kilometers in a total of 72 countries with 1.3 billion of the world population reached. Sigfox has partnered with
30-510: A number of firms in the LPWAN industry such as Texas Instruments , Silicon Labs and ON Semiconductor . The ISM radio bands support limited bidirectional communication. The existing standard for Sigfox communications supports up to 140 uplink messages a day, each of which can carry a payload of 12 octets at a data rate of up to 100 bits per second. Lab%C3%A8ge Labège ( French pronunciation: [labɛʒ] ; Occitan : Labeja )
40-631: A reported €25 million ($ 27m). Sigfox employs differential binary phase-shift keying (DBPSK) and Gaussian frequency shift keying (GFSK) over the Short-range device band of 868 MHz in Europe, and the Industrial, Scientific and Medical radio band of 902 MHz in the US. It utilizes a wide-reaching signal that passes freely through solid objects, called " Ultra Narrowband " and requires little energy, being termed
50-587: Is a cluster created in 2011 and located in Labège in the south-east of Toulouse . This ecosystem is specialized in the Internet of things (IoT). Named TIC Valley at the beginning, the cluster adopted its current name in May 2015. The same year, the association launched its startup accelerator called the Connected Camp. In 2018, the association launched Genesis, an online training platform dedicated to innovations and
60-850: Is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitania region in Southwestern France. Labège is a commune in the metropolitan area of Toulouse . Its urban core is located in the southeast suburbs of Toulouse along the Autoroute des Deux Mers (A61) towards Narbonne . The bordering communes are Saint-Orens-de-Gameville , Auzielle , Escalquens , Castanet-Tolosan , Auzeville-Tolosane , and Ramonville-Saint-Agne . Labège-Innopole station and Labège-Village station have rail connections to Toulouse, Carcassonne and Narbonne. The name "Labège" may be derived from La Berge ("The Bank") because of
70-567: The Internet of things. References [ edit ] ^ Digitale, Usine (15 April 2016). "Victime de son succès, la communauté IoT Valley de Labège pousse les murs" . Archived from the original on 2020-05-25 . Retrieved 2022-06-05 . ^ "Sigfox : Unabiz finalement désigné repreneur" . Archived from the original on 2022-05-09 . Retrieved 2022-06-05 . ^ "Avec Genesis, l'IoT Valley ouvre une formation en ligne axée Internet des objets" . Archived from
80-465: The end of the Renaissance did the village proper begin to take shape around the parish church. At the national level, the commune is part of the 3rd constituency of Haute-Garonne . Labège is made up of two sharply contrasted districts. To the southeast is Labège Village, the residential area, with most of the homes, local shops, a gymnasium, day-care, and the largest pétanque club in the vicinity. To
90-1122: The northwest towards Toulouse is the economic center of the commune, Labège Innopole, incorporating the headquarters of IoT Valley , the Labège 2 shopping centre, the Gaumont Multiplex movie theatre, and many restaurants, businesses, laboratories and Institutions. A green belt separates the two districts. Communes of the Haute-Garonne department IoT Valley Place in Occitanie, France IoT Valley [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IoT Valley Show map of France [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IoT Valley Show map of Occitanie Coordinates: 43°32′44″N 1°30′51″E / 43.5456165°N 1.5141193°E / 43.5456165; 1.5141193 Country [REDACTED] France Region Occitanie Communes Labège Website iot-valley.fr IoT Valley
100-642: The town's location on the banks of the Hers-Mort . Some Roman remains can be seen in Labège; but in Roman times no actual village existed here, only a few scattered homes along the thoroughfare between Baziège and Toulouse . Even in the Middle Ages, the settlement was sparse. Fourteenth century documents mention a Labège manor, which was owned by the College of Saint Front de Périgord for the next four centuries, but only toward
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