How IoT is an essential tool against climate change

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where the network coverage is limited or

and sensors, but also any other sector which requires utility metering, alongside early warning systems for fire and flood detection – which Kantaros said was becoming more important “due to climate change” – and environmental monitoring such as soil moisture and soil health. “For the data collection of any meter or sensor out in the field, it’s important for it to be resilient enough and reliable enough,” explained Kantaros. “Having a device out in an uncontrolled environment is far more challenging than having a device in a controlled environment like an office. “The challenges are quite clear,” he added. “When you have to measure, for example, the water quality in the woods,

the signal penetration is not the same as in an urban environment, this is a challenging environment for traditional cellular technologies.” The Sigfox 0G technology combats these challenges by ensuring a larger penetration, “it can create from the base station a longer distance to the device while ensuring a high quality of service,” and therefore greater coverage, Kantaros explained. This is achieved by keeping to a small bandwidth and only transmitting the required measurement sent by a