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Together with Signalhorn, UCOPIA has won the race for a multi-annual, multi-million euro hybrid network project. Together with their partner Signalhorn, the UCOPIA team in central Europe has won the order to provide hybrid network communication services for Shell, one of the largest filling station chains in the world. The multi-million euro order will be completed over several years.

Within the scope of the agreement, Signalhorn and UCOPIA will address the dynamic changes in the fuel business for the retailers, among these the market trends such as All-IP-Migration, distributed service structures, IoT / M2M service, innovations in retail and business continuity with a hybrid SD-WAN solution, which integrates the WLAN infrastructure of customers and cloud-based security solutions in order to support the next generation of retail services for 3500 locations throughout seven European and APAC markets.

Signalhorn, a quality partner for hybrid network project

Signalhorn is a provider of worldwide premium hybrid communication solutions and services. The company is based in Switzerland and Germany.  It has teleports and operational centres in Leuk in Switzerland and in Backnang, Germany. Signalhorn offers turn-key, terrestrial, satellite and wireless network solutions directly for large companies and also government agencies, and works together with telecommunications operators as well as system integrators in order to ensure that the end users, even at the most remote locations, benefit from secure communications. More information about Signalhorn can be found at https://www.signalhorn.com.

Hybrid Network project Shell

UCOPIA’s Vice President Central Europe, Frank Baurmann comments on the current success of his team: “Winning this project clearly shows that we are continuing on our road to success with our solutions and we were not only able to retain our current pole position but have even been able to develop it further together with our strong partner Signalhorn. UCOPIA’s solutions offer a diverse and secure registration portal to all companies who provide their customers or employees with WLAN. The solutions are scalable between 5 and 200,000 simultaneous users. Each user is addressed in their own language, and simple access procedures are available via social media logins, such as Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin. The user data can also be specifically used for digital marketing. With this, companies not only build up more extensive coverage, they also get to know their customers better and they can monetise their offer.”

About UCOPIA, partner in the transformation of Shell’s hybrid network

UCOPIA is Europe’s market leader in WLAN access management and tailored proximity marketing experiences (UX = Usability Experience). The company utilises the huge potential of wireless networks to change the manner and way in which we work, cooperate, communicate, learn and are entertained. UCOPIA’s access management solutions are secure, simple to operate and can be aligned with heterogeneous and complex environments. UCOPIA converts the WLAN network into a smart proximity medium with the aid of analytical functions that significantly enrich the customer experience, by making the right information available at the right time and in the right place. UCOPIA solutions and services are aimed at a range of market segments, including companies – from small businesses to large groups, retailers, the healthcare sector, large public arenas, the education sector and hotels. UCOPIA is supported by a worldwide network of reseller partners. UCOPIA was founded in 2002 and has its head office in Paris. The company is also directly represented in the UK, Germany and Dubai. For further information: wordpress-stagging.ucopia.com