Looking back 2019 H2, Sigfox Japan KCCS

July

NTT-Com, “Things Cloud” supports multi LPWA

NTT Communications' "Things Cloud" IoT platform supports Sigfox in addition to LoRaWAN. here

CACH, monitoring solution at underground construction

CACH, which is developing solutions using strain sensors, has announced an monitoring solution for underground construction sites. There are some places where it is difficult to check visually at the underground construction site, which has the advantage that it can be monitored safely. here

OTARI Smart village project

Student ideas from “IoT idea contest” held in 2018 will be implemented by KCME and Tokyo Denki University with the cooperation of Otari Village in Nagano Prefecture. The environment where students can develop an inexpensive paddy water level monitoring system and implement it in society is wonderful. here

August

TOA web camera got Sigfox connectivity

LPWA models are available in TOA's outdoor camera "Town Recorder". Using Sigfox communication, you can check the status of devices and send email notifications when a device error occurs.
In the past, many surveillance cameras have not been connected to networks, and in the future, mechanisms that lead to “when something happens” will become important. here

**Global alliance between AlpsAlpine and Sigfox **

AlpsAlpine, a developer of IoT trackers for the logistics industry, has signed a partnership agreement with Sigfox. In the future, its alliance will also develop an indoor location information solution that supports Bubble beacons.

Monarch DevKit UnaMKR was released

UnaBiz, a Sigfox Operator in Singapore and Taiwan, has released a development board "UnaMKR" with a LITEON module that enables seamless roaming overseas. Pin compatible with Arduino MKR. here

**September **

Water meter reading commercial service in Okinawa

OTNet, OCC Corporation announced that it will start commercialization of automatic water meter reading on Minnajima Island in October using Azbil Kinmon's smart water meter.

Eutelsat satellite service ELO

Eutelsat, a major European satellite communications company, has announced the launch of a satellite communications service dedicated to IoT. Under the partnership with Sigfox, a hybrid service of land network (Sigfox 0G Network) and satellite network is planned.

**October **

**Japanese radio law relaxation **

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has announced relaxation of Giteki Certification (TELEC/ARIB). As for Sigfox devices, if they meet RC3 Sigfox certification, overseas products, even no Giteki certification, can be used for testing purposes in Japan. here

**November **

Sigfox CONNECT 2019

Sigfox CONNECT 2019 was held in Singapore. Topics in this year are:
- Ultra low cost button device
- NICIGAS connects 850,000 Gas meters in Japan
- PAN (Private Area Network)
- Satellite and Terrestrial Hybrid Network, Admiral LEO
- Airport solution: PinPoint by Amadeus

**Test report of LP GAS field trial was published **

NEC and Mitsuroko published their test report conducted in Nagoya, which showed delivery costs was cut by 30%. here

**TIACT started GSE tracking in Haneda airport **

TIACT (Tokyo International Air Cargo Terminal) has installed a Sigfox device on dollies at Haneda Airport, and adopted “IoT Tracker” with the aim of ascertaining dolly location information at any time.

**December **

Atlas wifi location service launched

"Altas wifi", provides location information for IoT terminals based on Wi-Fi access points, has officially entered the service. It is a service that can provide location information even indoors where GPS does not reach, and use cases are emerging in the logistics field. It uses the technology of HERE Corp, a company acquired by Mitsubishi Corporation and NTT. here

KCCS IoT Idea contest 2019

KCCS sponsored IoT idea contest for students was held. In the Prototype category, "Support system for elderly people with Home IoT recycle bin" was won, and in the Idea category, "Advanced use of electronic triage tags" received the highest award.