Empowering Massive IoT

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Empowering Massive IoT (with 0G)
Carter Ho
Managing Director TW, Co-Founder

UNABIZ IN FIGURES
> 2 Office & 2 Networks: Singapore & Taiwan
> 60 employees
> 200 ecosystem partners
> US$10 million in Series A funding
> Sales in 28+ Countries
> YoY 200% every year
UnaBiz is a company focuses on Massive
Internet of Things (IoT) Projects, based in
Singapore & Taiwan. We specialise in providing
affordable, well-designed wireless solutions
that are energy efficient, highly scalable and
simple to deploy.
WHO WE ARE

HOW WE DO IT
“[Unabiz] is building out hardware, software
and services capabilities, and it’s almost the
model for the telco of the future…”
- Charles Reed Andersen*
*Source : analyseasia podcast Episode 248: The State of LPWAN in Asia 2018
• OEM manufacturing capacity in Taiwan
• Reseller of existing devices
Devices
• Sigfox exclusive operator in Singapore and Taiwan
• Roaming in over 60 countries
• Customised, end-to-end solutions
• System Integration
Connectivity
Services
In-House Device
Development
Leveraging Taiwan as a high-tech,
high quality manufacturing hub
Prototype
Design
Test
Produce
1
2
3
4
6 MONTHS

simple. reliable. global.

Sigfox 0G Network
1. The Most Efficient Communication
• Ultra Narrow Band, use small bandwidth, and
ensure massive device connections
2. Fits best for small messages
• No Handshaking or Pairing, Multiple-frames &
spatial Diversity
3. The most energy saving technology
• Broadcast
• In deep sleep 99.9% of time

4
3
2
1 Utility Management- Water Meter
Asset Tracking- Keg Tracking
Cold chain Monitoring
Utility Management- Gas Meter
Key Use Cases

Product Design Performance TestingPrototype Production (Mass)
Utility Management- Water Meter
Taiwan is an island surrounded by sea, but the fact is we lack of water resources.
It’s challenging to measure and monitor precisely and efficiently the was level
consumption of every household regularly at specific period of time.
The solution not only collects daily readings from water meter, but also send
abnormal warning to the cloud. Water companies can react based on the alert
and arrange staff to do inspections and maintenance.
The data collected can also help the water companies to better allocate water
resources between Agriculture/ Industry/ Household usage.
While digitalisation is the way to go in the future.
During COVID-19 times, IoT can enable real social distancing, households will no
longer accept that utility operators visit them at home after such a crisis

MIU TRANSMISSION
IoT
Middleware
UnaBiz MIU
-可傳所有水表資訊
-架構單純
-最省電
-易安裝
-易維護
METER
Sigfox
The 0G Network
-最省電的無線通訊技術
Server
Cloud Server
Dashboard
UnaConnect
-雙向資訊傳輸
-高擴展性
-系統彈性
弓銓C級電子錶
瞬間用水量
區段用水量
正流、逆流
漏水警示
超載等訊號
Smart Water Meter Structure

Utility Management- Gas Meter
It is challenging to measure and monitor precisely and efficiently the gas
level consumption of every household regularly at specific period of time.
The cost from collecting the data was extremely high (¥10M) and
shortage of manpower is an issue.
While digitalisation is the way to go in the future, it is too costly to replace
existing assets with new digital meters.

WHY MONITOR
ENERGY & UTILITIES
There is an increasing concern around efficient generation, distribution
and consumption of energy sources due to the increasing growing
demand from industries, buildings, residences and vehicles.
Regulatory pressure to improve workers’ health and safety conditions,
and a need to provide better services to the customer, such as
preventing service breakdowns.
Providing timely updates on infrastructure conditions helps detect
abnormalities, prevent malfunctions, improving overall maintenance
efficiency and asset lifespan.
Estimated
to grow at approx.
22.50%
CAGR* by
2026.
Global IoT in Energy & Utility
Application Market
U S $
15b
Market
By 2024
*Compound Annual Rate Growth
Increased need
for Grid
Monitoring at
the Grid Edge

4 CHALLENGES OF
UTILITIES & ENERGY MANAGEMENT
Manual recording is time
consuming and prone to errors.
Physical copies of data are badly
maintained or misplaced.
It is impossible to precisely and
efficiently monitor consumption.
It is challenging to measure
and monitor remotely the
utilities consumption level
(water, gas & electricity) of
every household or every
industrial plant regularly at
specific period of time.
The cost of collecting data is
extremely high due to
recurring manpower and
transport cost. The shortage
of manpower often results
in irregular data collection.
ACCESSIBILITY . TECHNOLOGY . COST . ACCURACY
While advanced digital meters
are available, investment to
replace existing meters with
new meters could be hefty at a
large scale, not to mention it
requires skilled technicians and
workers to carry out.

A Simple Network Communication Unit (NCU)
The Solution
Controller MCU
Sigfox
Communication
Gas meter
Meter gas valve
• Read gas meter value
• Open/Close valve
• Interpret 5 binary bit protocol
• Device Firmware Update
Transmission format
specified separately
Sigfox
communication
module
Instead of replacing the gas meter, an NCU was retrofitted to help
read and transmit consumption data to utility company precisely,
making existing assets smart again.
High Quality Formatted Data,
24/7 at US$20 per reader
A Gas Meter Reading NCU
Exploiting AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS,
SNS, Cloudwatch & AppSync
Powered by
AWS Cloud serverless services enable us to operate Scalable IoT Projects

Device Specifications
Customised design schematics, PCB layout, per firmware requirements
131 x 76 x 62 mmDimensions
PC/ABS. IP54Enclosure & IP rating
- 20 °C to 65 °CTemperature range
-20 °C to 65 °COperating temperature
Replaceable 3.6V Lithium batteryPower supply
5 bit binary protocolInterface
VCCI, Telec, SigfoxCertifications
Compact design
Embedded radio antenna.
Easy to install
Easy installation under 10 min
Replaceable and Long-lasting battery
10 years with daily reporting in 60 min interval
Robust and cost effective design
Dust , drip, rain proof and withstand vibrations.
Zero Downtime
Installation does not affect meter operation
Equipped with MicrocomputerController
The Product

Why It Works?
Product Design & Connectivity Expert
Cohesive ecosystem
for a great customer
experience
Utility Expert (Solution Provider)
Successful Partnership with Our Ecosystem

Sigfox
Global Leader of LPWAN
Why It Works?
From Ideation to Reality
A B C
• Antenna
• AA Battery
• PCBA
- Industrial Design Conception
- Electrical Engineering
- Firmware Programming
- Mechanical Engineering
- Signal Integrity
- Product Reliability Test
- RF Tuning
- Tooling / Molding
Prototype Product Design Performance
Testing
Production
(Mass)
- Certification Process
- Life-cycle Assessment
- Mass Production
- Product Delivery
Complete
POC Dashboard / Visualization
Components Sourcing
EVT DVT
WEEK 1-6 WEEK 6-14 WEEK 14-19 WEEK 19-22

The Benefits
ROI
After Implementation
• No more manual data collection – Solved the labor force shortage.
• Number of readings increased from 1 to 720 per month – Usage forecast is more accurate.
• Timely data logs received at pre-configured interval, stored in the cloud – Easy to retrieve for audit.
• Utilities company or customer can remotely switch off the valve within 24 hours.
• Data collected can be used to optimise tanks delivery to increase revenue sources e.g. reselling to other suppliers.
Before Implementation
• Dedicated manpower assigned to take readings of gas consumption manually.
• Readings were taken monthly.
• Cost of collecting data is extremely high, at ¥10 Million yearly/field worker.
Automate Billing remotely
activate/ deactivate
service
Real-time optimisation
Better manpower
management
Reduce cost of data collection
& deployment
Accurate consumption
forecast create new
revenue stream

Utility Image
Asset tracking
Our customer expert in providing beer keg services is struggling keeping tabs
on the whereabouts of its fleet, loses assets and losing money while not
being able to charge its customers properly for the rental of their kegs
(breweries/producers etc).
Solution
A completely customized and autonomous smart tracker that is able to send
messages/alerts at each state of its lifecycle reporting its location along with
several other critical information, with a specific mounting system.
Result
The customer has drastically reduced its fleet loss (almost to 0 now) and has
increased his billings by 20% now being able to charge its clients more
accurately.

Cold chain monitoring
Our customer, one of the leaders in Europe for the rental of refrigerated
furniture, was looking for an all in one easy to use solution that could assist
them with several pain points they had : view over their refrigerators’ fleet,
real time alerts when their fridges would break a threshold (dangerous for
the perishable) or power is cut off.
Solution
An industrial grade (IP55) but affordable Wifi tracker/temperature sensor (via
prob) & CT clamp that install easily within the fridge and reports location, alerts
when outside of temperature range but also when the fridges happen to be
powered off.
Result
Now customer has reduced the loss of its assets by 10-15%, supermarkets'
operation team are able to be alerted close to real time whenever something is
wrong and more importantly before it is too late for the perishable so they can
take swift measures to either change fridges or move the perishable somewhere
else.

w w w. u n a b i z . c o m
o We are the 1st Sigfox Operator with ISO 9001:2015 certification
o Real experience in implementing massive devices in the field
o We have a dedicated design team that specialises in customising Low Power Wireless Solutions.
o We are agile in responding to your requirements, and flexible in terms of order quantity.
o We provide one of the quickest prototyping service in the market.
o We guarantee quality products with strong components at the lowest price.
o Our services are tried and tested by international clients around the globe.
o We provide priority access to a wide range of solutions and partners to accompany you on your journey to further enhance your business
with IoT.
Why you should start your next Smart Project with UnaBiz?
Contact us:
Carter Ho, Managing Director Taiwan
cater.ho@unabiz.com
+886 976-595-686
We were really impressed to see such a small structure so dynamic
and motivated. Becoming one of our supplier in such a short period
of time is a challenge, and UnaBiz managed to work it out perfectly.
- Industrial Project Leader
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GlobalSigfox Operators Local
Customer References
SingaporeTaiwan
International

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