LPWAN for IoT: Interview with Ludovic Le Moan, CEO of Sigfox
IoT Business News : Sigfox has been one of the first players to launch a dedicated technology and connectivity service for low-power, low data rate IoT applications. Where is Sigfox today in terms of commercial deployments (live applications), network footprint and connections?
Ludovic Le Moan (Sigfox) : We now cover 980M people in 46 countries. Our network is the only one able to propose the same value proposition for customers all around the world. It is very important to understand that wherever you are in the world you can benefit from the same SLA, same API, same everything. Our customers can sign a global contract with one price, without roaming or complex conditions.
IoT B.N. : Demand for LPWA solutions is accelerating and competition intensifies among IoT network operators. In the unlicensed networks arena, LoRa seems to gain momentum on the market (at least in terms of adoption) and licensed LPWA networks (using LTE-M and NB-IoT) are growing very fast. How Sigfox is responding to this competition and what is your strategy to differentiate?