Digita to launch IoT network in Finland
Digita is to build a network to enable the Internet of Things (IoT) in Finland. The network will provide coverage for 85% of the population and around 95% of businesses. The company estimates that by 2023 almost 20 million IoT sensors will have been installed across Finland, with Juha-Pekka Weckström, Digita's CEO, giving an example of how an apartment rental company could use IoT technology to optimise the living conditions of residents via data transmitted over the network. Digita intends to roll out IoT services to include other areas as services develop and customer demand increases.
HELSINKI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digita plans to build a nationwide network enabling Internet of Things (IoT) in the autumn of 2016 in Finland. The network coverage will be 85% of the population and around 95% of enterprises, the primary target group of the network. Thanks to Digita's high masts and bidirectoral LoRa technology, diverse connected devices can be controlled easily and cost-efficiently in the network. Digita is a stable domestic network operator with solid experience and expertise in network design and maintenance.

"The range of the digital applications of IoT is almost unlimited - and already achievable. IoT offers great business opportunities for Digita and other Finnish companies in the coming years," says Juha-Pekka Weckström, CEO of Digita. Weckström notes that Digita's existing intrastructure supports the IoT network very well. Digita estimates that, by 2023, almost 20 million IoT sensors will have been installed across Finland, monitoring and easing our everyday lives.

The practical applications of IoT include facilities automation solutions and smart traffic. COO Markus Ala-Hautala provides an example of the applications of the network: "An apartment rental company such as VVO Group can make use of the Digita IoT network in optimising their residents' living comfort and the healthiness of the building by adjusting living conditions on the basis of data transmitted over the network." Digita plans to extend the IoT services to other areas after the network expansion, and as services develop and customer demand increases.

Digita’s video about the IoT: https://youtu.be/kbP2zcys2U4

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