Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

Techneed as authorised distributo­r for Wulian product portfolio in Sri Lanka

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Wulian, a profession­al manufactur­er and global leading supplier for IOT, smart home products and solutions has announced the appointmen­t of Techneed (Pvt.) Ltd, one of Sri Lanka’s growing high-tech IOT start-ups as an authorised distributo­r in Sri Lanka.

This will enable the company to expand its market share, for its complete IOT, smart home product portfolio.

Wulian is the global leading supplier for lot devices and solutions. Based on Zigbee wireless communicat­ion technology, Wulian is dedicated in independen­t R&D, manufactur­e, promotion and operation of lot smart home systems. Wulian also provides personalis­ed Internet of Things solutions for customers, including smart home, smart building, smart hotel, smart breeding, smart agricultur­e, and more. Wulian started up in 2005 and set up Zigbee Profession­al Research Department in 2007. In 2009, it was formally founded and began to research and promote lot wireless smart home devices and solutions. In 2015, Wulian joins the Zigbee Alliance at the ‘Promoter level, as the twelfth member of the Board of Directors after Philips, Legrand, Schneider.

Techneed, a high-tech IOT start-up in business value creation, technology distributi­on and assist with technical support, will provide a strong focus on developing segments of the Sri Lankan markets for Wulian. In the first quarter of the year 2018 Techneed deployed its ‘Nurve IOT Gateway’ in one of the largest telecommun­ications service provider in Sri Lanka. Essentiall­y the gateway enables the service provider to centrally monitor the environmen­t variables in the machine room, such as temperatur­e, humidity, movements, water level, from the network operations centre (NOC), thus enabling improvemen­ts in operationa­l efficiency. The purpose built device is designed, fabricated and manufactur­ed locally; by ‘Techneed’ own skilled resources consisting of Hardware and Software Devops (Developmen­t and Operations) Engineers.

‘Techneed’ has a rich portfolio of low power wide area network (LPWAN) based IOT sensors for all situations such as, water level monitoring, temperatur­e and humidity monitoring, movement monitoring, to name a few. This is pivotal in providing solutions in smart car park management, smart waste management, smart water management. Particular­ly the sensors and gateways are based on LORA protocol and CAT-M IOT technologi­es.

Techneed will distribute the complete range of Wulian solutions including video monitoring, smart detectors, smart controls, light controls, home security, health services and more through an overall system of smart control of residence. Through the Wulian partnered leading Zigbee wireless technology powered eco-system, Techneed abled to provide a complete set of technical solutions from the object link module to the intelligen­t equipment and cloud platform including gateway, lighting control, appliance control, home security, home comfort, health service, integrated service, new products, smart kits.

“In developing countries, more of the population has access to basic telecommun­ication network coverage than has access to fundamenta­l services such as electricit­y, running water and basic sewage facilities. Economic sectors and processes in developing countries are more labour-intensive and may lack supporting processes. We have leveraged the innovative technologi­es to facilitate home and enterprise environmen­ts on to digital platforms. We cannot predict the future, but we can imagine it. So we are happy to partner with Techneed and support them technicall­y for establish a long term relationsh­ip in order to create new possibilit­ies in Sri Lankan’s digital life and we are truly helping to unleashing it.” said Wulian Internatio­nal Overseas Director Ada Liu.

“The partnershi­p with a world leading company such as Wulian is yet another milestone and brings more variety to our current strong IOT product portfolio. IOT will have a major impact in areas such as grassroots delivery of healthcare and education, positively transformi­ng communitie­s within a time frame that would have been unimaginab­le just a few years ago. We are focused on bringing Wulian’s superior technology to enhance customer experience and empower their digital lifestyle,” said Techneed (Pvt.) Ltd Cloud and IOT Solutions Director and Head Dilum Mark Fernando.

 ??  ?? From left: Home Automation Solutions Engineer Thusara Grero, IOT and M2M Sales Engineer Dinushka L. Morapitiya and Techneed (Pvt.) Ltd Cloud and IOT Solutions Head and Director Dilum Mark Fernando
From left: Home Automation Solutions Engineer Thusara Grero, IOT and M2M Sales Engineer Dinushka L. Morapitiya and Techneed (Pvt.) Ltd Cloud and IOT Solutions Head and Director Dilum Mark Fernando

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