{"id":42648,"date":"2015-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techma.bakertilly.es\/telefonica-invierte-en-sigfox-principal-proveedor-del-mundo-de-una-red-movil-dedicada-al-internet-de-las-cosas\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T11:34:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T10:34:31","slug":"telefonica-invierte-en-sigfox-principal-proveedor-del-mundo-de-una-red-movil-dedicada-al-internet-de-las-cosas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techma.bakertilly.es\/en\/telefonica-invierte-en-sigfox-principal-proveedor-del-mundo-de-una-red-movil-dedicada-al-internet-de-las-cosas\/","title":{"rendered":"Telef\u00f3nica invests in Sigfox, world's leading provider of a mobile network dedicated to the Internet of Things"},"content":{"rendered":"
France's Sigfox has raised a \u20ac115M funding round involving financial and strategic investors from Europe, the US and Asia.<\/span><\/address>\n

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Sigfox funding round<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The round aims to accelerate its global network rollout in Europe, Asia and the Americas with the backing of international telecommunications operators (Telef\u00f3nica<\/span>, SK Telecom<\/a><\/span> and NTT DOCOMO Ventures<\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Sigfox is already present in France, Spain, the UK and the Netherlands.<\/span><\/p>\n

Investors in the round include the Spanish operator Telef\u00f3nica, Japan's NTT,<\/strong> the Korean\u00a0SK Telecom<\/span>the Welsh industrial groups\u00a0Air Liquide<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0GDF<\/span>and the fund manager\u00a0<\/strong>Elliot Management<\/span>.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Sigfox has completed two previous funding rounds, in 2012 and 2014. In its first funding round it raised a total of \u20ac10M. In 2014, Sigfox closed a further injection of \u20ac15M led by\u00a0Idinvest<\/span><\/span>,<\/span> renowned venture capital in France, together with the public equity fund Ambition Numerique\", says Diego Gutierrez of Abra Invest.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With the entry of groups such as Telef\u00f3nica, NTT and SK Telecom, the technology company is accelerating its global expansion plan - it is already present in 60 countries - and is laying the foundations for a future IPO.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sigfox<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

SIGFOX is the leading provider of mobile connectivity dedicated to the Internet of Things and M2M communications. SIGFOX complements existing high-bandwidth systems by offering cost-effective and energy-efficient bi-directional transmission of small amounts of data.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sigfox manages to reduce the barriers to the establishment of Iot and M2M solutions, considerably extending the battery and lifetime of connected devices.<\/span><\/p>\n

The SIGFOX global network is deployed through the SIGFOX Network Operator\u2122 alliance programme, with more than two million square kilometres currently covered. The company is headquartered in Lab\u00e8ge, France, with offices in Mountain View, California, and Madrid, Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Analysis of the internet of things for health<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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