Things Connected: Jumpstarting

UK’s LPWAN eco-system

Dr. Alex Gluhak

Head of Technology, Lead Technologist for IoT

15. November 2016

• Applied R&D to accelerate economic growth

and productivity for the UK

• Combines tech and business expertise

• A not-for-profit, private limited company

• Completely neutral

DIGITAL CATAPULT

Our areas of strategic focus

How do we intervene

1) Providing access to large scale test beds

2) Open innovation processes between larger corporates and startups

3) EU and UK CR&D projects

4) Eco-system convening and making conversations happen across sub-sectors.

5) Development of open or closed standards

6) Co-creation of open source code-libraries or other forms of technology innovation solution

7) Coordinated, market-led analysis leading to policy recommendations

8) Commercially driven projects

9) Collaborations with private investors

[Source: Mobile Experts, 2016]

LPWAN opportunity[Source: Infoholics Research, 2016]

6Potential LPWAN applications Source: Beecham Research

Is UK falling behind in LPWAN race?

France (Orange, Bouygues)

Belgium (Proximus)

Netherlands (KPN)

Swiss (Swisscom)

US (Senet)

India (Tata Communications)

Korea (SK Telecom)

Japan (Softbank)

National Rollouts

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Things Connected initiative

National innovation support programme around LPWA testbeds in different UK regions to strategically support local IoT sector growth

Empower UK businesses, innovators and communities with the knowledge and skills to become quickly productive on top of LPWANs

Bring together demand and supply side stakeholders to accelerate the path to market for LPWAN based solutions

Establish strong ties to international LPWA initiatives to export success easier to different regions

Jumpstart the UK LPWAN eco-system by lowering barriers for technology access, innovation and market access for UK entrepreneurs and SMEs

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Digital Innovation Hub (Things Connected)

1) Lower barrier of tech access 3) Lower barrier of market access2) Lower barrier of innovation

Test network

Tutorial/Training

Device eco-system

Environment for App enablement

Partner network opportunity

Challenge sponsors (demand side)

Community platform

Challenge based open calls

Skill-up workforce

Knowledge transferBusiness modelling

support

Commercial prototype support

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Things Connected partners

Programme deliverySME innovation support

Research Knowledge transferWork force skill-up

Node-hosting

App Enablement Knowledge partnerCertification &

testingLORA net provider

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Current status

Deployed 15 base stations to cover centre of London – 50 by end of year to cover GLA

Launched open call with 70+ expression of interests, mainly SMEs

National expansion underway through IoTUK

First SME on-boarding from Jan 2017Current coverage (15 base stations)

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LPWAN innovator community

https://www.meetup.com/LPWAN-London/

300+ Members

Monthly meetings

Experience and knowledge sharing

Next meeting 24. Nov 16

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Beyond London

Digital innovation hubs providing access to LPWAN technologies, networks and eco-system

Intensive support for at least 10 UK SMEs over a period of 12 months, to accelerate the time to market for new products and services using LPWAN

14 applications received, 3 to be selected for funding

Open call for three new LPWAN digital innovation hubs in the UK

THANK YOU!

alex.gluhak@digicatapult.org.uk

info@digicatapult.org.uk

0300 1233 101

Digital Catapult

digicatapult.org.uk

/DigitalCatapult

@DigitalCatapult

Things Connected: https://www.digitalcatapultcentre.org.uk/things-connected/