Here Technologies and Sigfox entered into a partnership to create and deploy a global location service that is meant to open new opportunities for IoT applications, particularly in supply chain and logistics. By integrating global coverage of Wi-Fi hotspots from Here with the Sigfox worldwide network and geolocation engine, industry and consumers will be able to locate their assets everywhere, both indoors (including inside factories warehouses and other buildings) and outdoors, without any additional infrastructure, regardless of the size and quantity of assets.
This partnership also expands asset tracking opportunities for companies that could not previously afford geo-location services. The combination of both Here and Sigfox technologies and their worldwide footprint enables clients to not only locate their assets, but to collect useful data that will help them to optimise their flows, ensure better transport conditions and increase service reliability. Use cases currently in live phase include air transport, luggage/trolley management, location of stolen/missing cars cars, industrial asset management and location of shipping containers.
