REGINA — In partnership with Waterloo-based wireless IoT solution provider eleven-x, SaskTel announced today it has launched its first long-range wide area network (LoRaWAN) which has been purpose-built to handle a wide assortment of smart city applications and deliver the real-time requirements of modern smart technologies.
With coverage across Regina and Saskatoon, the SaskTel LoRaWAN creates new opportunities for businesses of all sizes to enhance and evolve their operations through deployment of machine-to-machine (M2M) applications and Internet of Things (IoT) enabled devices, by leveraging the low-data, battery-efficient and inexpensive hardware benefits of LoRaWAN technology, says SaskTel’s news release.
The company has turned to eleven-x to ensure a successful network deployment and to provide ongoing technical and service support. Eleven-x is a member of the LoRa Alliance, the global association of companies backing the open LoRaWAN standard for IoT low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs).
Eleven-x will provide expertise to SaskTel in several areas including providing its own solutions that leverage its XIU platform, deployment of third-party sensors, secure cloud-based network services and remote sensor infrastructure management. In addition, eleven-x’s network services and solutions will enable SaskTel to offer use cases ranging from water management and sustainability programs, smart parking and smart agriculture to building management including air quality monitoring (to help with reopening post-Covid-19 and ongoing occupancy) and energy monitoring, says the release.
“We are excited to be partnering with SaskTel to enhance their capabilities in providing a wide range of easy-to-use, cost-efficient IoT solutions to their customers. The timing couldn’t be better as wireless, remote monitoring is moving to the forefront for helping cities and has proven its value, even in challenging environments and times,” said Dan Mathers, president and CEO of eleven-x, in the release. “We’ve had tremendous success across Canada deploying a variety of use cases that have provided real ROI in terms of reducing costs while improving programs and services for cities of all sizes.”
SaskTel president and CEO Doug Burnett added: “With the launch of this innovative new type of network… our business customers in Regina and Saskatoon now have access to a powerful platform that they can utilize to better integrate state-of-the-art smart technologies into their day-to-day operations to better meet the needs and wants of their customers today and in the future.”
