VIS 2019 Newsletter HighlightsHighlights
• Further penetration into international airports with full roll out in one Canadian airport, a pilot project in another large airport serving the West Coast, and an overseas pilot project with an airport in the UK – this is in addition to EIA which has also expanded WANDA into its newly renovated restrooms in the Departures area.
• A pilot project at two high-traffic locations in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area), leveraging WANDA and people-counting sensors for a large national chain of grocery stores.
• WANDA continues demonstrating value for gas and convenience store locations with added units sold to a retail gas chain located in South Carolina. WANDA leverages smart Wi-Fi light bulbs located in the managers’ offices to indicate restroom alerts.
• Expanding casino locations in Edmonton and Calgary. A high-profile casino in the Toronto region will be added to our portfolio shortly.
• Visionstate has also just recently added two new shopping centre locations which will be installed in January 2019, as well as two additional hospitals in Ontario. Currently underway is a new pilot project with a hospital location in Edmonton, Alberta.
Forbes Magazine in its article 2019 Tech Forecast: 11 Experts Predict The Next Wave Of Breakout Technologies points out that while IoT has experienced pre-adoption levels to date, it is predicted to become prevalent in 2019 in many different sectors including retail, manufacturing and healthcare − several of the industries already disrupted by Visionstate IoT Inc. Further, 5G networks will continue to roll out in order to support the growing number of connected devices like WANDA, Visionstate IoT Inc.’s signature product, which monitors cleaning and maintenance performance in the supply and facility management industries. The 5G networks, an alternative to Wi-Fi, can significantly expand adoption by providing reliable, accessible infrastructure. Visionstate is working with IoT divisions within both AT&T and Telus to test the 4G and 5G IoT network capability