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The Current State of Indoor Positioning with IoT | Navigine's Alexey Panyov and Elvina Sharafutdinova

IoT For All Podcast · 26 Jul 2021 · 31m

What this episode covers

Alexey Panyov, CEO, and Elvina Sharafutdinova, CMO, of Navigine discuss their software platform for precise indoor and outdoor positioning, which integrates with hardware like Bluetooth beacons, Wi-Fi routers, and Ultra-Wideband (UWB) solutions. They explain how Navigine’s hardware-agnostic approach serves verticals including retail, healthcare, and logistics, addressing use cases from museum wayfinding to hospital asset tracking. The conversation highlights the distinction between public navigation (Google Maps) and private B2B needs, emphasizing the importance of Proof of Concept pilots with measurable KPIs to demonstrate ROI before full deployment.

Most relevant to

companies scaling up

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Navigine
Products
Google Maps, iBeacons
Also
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Ultra-Wideband, Wi-Fi RTT, Kaggle, GitHub

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