Vortech Myanmar Company Limited and Taiwan Kiwi Technology (TWSE 6699) join forces on LoRaWAN solutions & services

Vortech Myanmar Company Limited and Kiwi Technology (TWSE 6699) announced today that they would launch an IoT-driven solution that uses easily deployed devices compatible with low-power, wide-area, and wireless LoRa technology to enable smart temperature monitoring service in Myanmar. The IoT solution will reduce food wastage and inefficiencies by visualizing refrigerator temperatures.

Convenience stores and supermarkets have been rapidly expanding in the larger cities in Myanmar in recent years. Consumer behaviors and purchasing power continue to grow with a positive outlook for retailers are optimistic and the sector is set to experience constant growth. Popular retailers in Myanmar are Asia Light, ABC Convenience Stores (100 outlets in Yangon in all key strategic locations and townships in Yangon) by Myanmar Indo Best, Grab & Go (300 outlets) by Capital Diamond Star, City Mart Supermarket, Marketplace, and City Express Convenience Stores (70 outlets) by City Mart, One Stop Mart (100 outlets) by One Stop, Gamone Pwint Departmental Stores, Gandamar Wholesale, Market Place Supermarket, Orange Supermarkets, Ocean Super Center, Ruby Mart Supermarkets, Star Mart Supermarkets, GQ Convenience Stores, KumuDra Convenience Store, Shwe Paline Mini Mart, Pyae Wa General Stores, and Union Mini Mart.

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A digitalization transformation is a megatrend that is going to affect all. Because of the COVID-19 business impact, “Zero-touch” could be a new lifestyle factor. Vortech Myanmar and Kiwi Technology’s immediate launch of an AIoT-driven temperature remote monitoring service for industrial refrigerators and freezers in Myanmar. Customers can use either smartphones or PCs to monitor the temperature and humidity of their equipment, get alerts in the event of any abnormality, receive weekly or monthly basis reports on temperature or humidity trends, and change settings based on such reports. All data upload, storage as well analysis are cloud service. The subscription cloud service is available based on 5 years for free.

Vortech Myanmar developed the service in collaboration with Kiwi Technology, a global leading AIoT solution and service company based in Taiwan that provides IoT technology based on LoRa®, a wireless data communication technology for low-power, extra-long-range transmissions. Temperature or humidity data collected at the supermarket, convenience store, grocery stores, and restaurants are available in the cloud in real-time for reliable temperature management, including efficient automation of processes such as visual confirmations by employees, and reduced food wastage as well as Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) compliance.

The system uses the LoRaWAN™ specification, a low-power, wide-area networking protocol introduced by the LoRa Alliance™, which enables sensors to run for more than five years without replacement battery.

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Refrigeration temperature management is an important issue for supermarkets, convenience stores, grocery stores, and restaurants because equipment breakdowns can lead directly to food spoilage. Despite the high demand for industrial refrigerators with remote monitoring functionality, such equipment is expensive and replacement cycles can be long, so many refrigerators without such functionality are operating in the Myanmar market.

The new and innovative service has been launched under Vortech Myanmar global IoT initiative, which was introduced on July 2020 to provide AIoT connectivity and operational support and consulting to Myanmar enterprises that have IoT operations. Going forward, Vortech Myanmar and Kiwi Technology expect to continue collaborating with cutting-edge Myanmar companies to introduce additional AIoT solutions that help customers raise their productivity and create new value.

A couple of the companies in Myanmar already done the POC tests to the AIoT solution.

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Established in 2002, Kiwi Technology provides a complete set of products and solutions of “end-to-end (M2M)” autonomous networks for enterprise customers, and we are providing “cloud”, “connection”, ”edge” and “end” AIoT integrated solutions and platform services. We are committed to providing more innovative, forward-looking, user-friendly, and simpler solutions that create superior value for our customers and be a world-class leader in the AIoT industry.

For more detailed information, Kiwi Technology website (https://www.kiwi-tec.com) and Vortech Myanmar ရဲ့ Website (https://www.vortechcomms.com) and Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/VortechMM/)