Kontakt.io empowers businesses by bridging the gap between real and digital.
Kontakt.io empowers businesses by bridging the gap between real and digital.
This is how the company summarizes what it does. It might sound like yet another startup trying to change the world, but Kontakt.io has managed to become the leading company in the field of bluetooth proximity technologies worldwide with clients including the city of London and the FC Porto football club. Yet why would such a successful company partner up with IOTA?
| FactBox:
– Founded in 2013 – A leading global provider of proximity technologies – Main product line: beacons – More than 10,000 customers worldwide |
The company’s main focus is on so-called beacons: these tiny devices “transmit a unique signal multiple times every second which can be received by phones within a few meter radius. Phones can accurately position themselves by receiving signals from all nearby beacons. The mechanism is very similar to how ships used to use lighthouses – the lighthouse would emit light which was picked up by passing by ships.
Unlike GPS, beacons can be used for accurate positioning indoors. Numerous applications have emerged – including indoor navigation, location based marketing, location based customer service, clienteling, and personalized assistance. Since the beacons use standard Bluetooth LE, it is supported well on both Android and iOS. (source)”
What started out as a service for the visually impaired has grown into a possibility for all kinds of companies to reduces costs and increase efficiency. Let us have a look at some of Kontakt.io’s customers:
