South Essex councils deploy shared LoRaWAN IoT network for smart city services
Summary
Seven councils in South Essex (Basildon, Brentwood, Castle Point, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock, and Essex County) deployed a region-wide LoRaWAN IoT network to monitor public buildings, flooding, footfall, environmental conditions, safety risks, and transport activity. The shared, scalable platform with a central management hub was delivered by Abzorb using existing dark fibre investment. The project came in £40,000 under budget and reduced gateways from 60 to 44 through advanced RF planning, achieving 98% regional coverage.
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The councils aimed to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and increase visibility across public assets and services, while avoiding financial justification issues from isolated deployments.
The project came in 40,000 under budget and reduced gateways from an initial estimate of 60 to 44 using advanced RF planning, achieving 98% regional coverage.
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