Today, TDF and Qowisio announced the signature of a contract for the hosting of their French lowbandwidth, long-range communication network for the Internet of Things (IoT).
A start-up from Angers, Qowisio is a company that is active along every part of the value chain for connected devices (range of innovative devices, connectivity, applications, cloud, etc.). Last June the company raised €10 million in setting up its first public network on mainland France. There is still a significant challenge ahead though, because it is estimated that France will have 2 billion connected devices by 2020.
TDF operates 10,000 sites around the country to host telecoms and audiovisual equipment. Through selecting TDF infrastructure, Qowisio will benefit from a nationally renowned industrial partner and can be certain that its equipment will be set up and installed quickly.
This project poses a major challenge for the TDF teams, as well as for Qowisio, as they aim to connect as many devices in France as possible by 2016.