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Roaming free TEXT: FRANK VAN LIESHOUT | PHOTOS: NEW TINXS
Enjoy hassle-free, fast and flexible internet access throughout Europe with your very own Linxs portable and powerful 4G Wi-Fi hotspot. Linxs is the latest innovative device developed by pioneering Wi-Fi and IoT (Internet of Things) specialists New Tinxs. No bigger than an iPhone 7 Plus, this groundbreaking device combines an advanced mobile router with the futuristic functionalities of an IoT sensor hub.
Guest Wi-Fi Based in the old medieval town of Bruges, New Tinxs are Belgium’s market leaders in Guest Wi-Fi and at the forefront of developing new applications in the rapidly growing IoT market. “In Belgium we have 64 | Issue 42 | June 2017
around two million registered users of our Guest Wi-Fi,” says New Tinxs CEO Gery Pollet. “These include several large companies who want to provide safe, reliable and smooth access for their employees and visitors.” One of New Tinxs’ biggest clients is De Lijn, Belgium’s largest and one of Europe’s major public transport companies. New Tinxs have built and operate a complete Guest Wi-Fi solution for De Lijn’s public transport network of buses and trams, serving hundreds of thousands of passengers each month. The advanced technology used in these high-end Wi-Fi routers has now been harnessed in a powerful, portable device the size of a mobile phone. “More and more of our business clients were ask-
ing for a small, affordable device which would support 4G and Wi-Fi as well as multiple IoT sensors,” Gery explains. “So we sat down with our technology partner imec, who helped us to develop and miniaturise the hardware. The end result is a powerful device which fits in the palm of your hand.”
Free roaming Linxs provides hassle-free, fast and flexible internet across Europe. “You don’t need a 4G subscription anymore,” says Gery. “And with new EU regulations coming into force this June, there are no extra charges for roaming in 28 European countries.” The device comes with a prepaid 4G sim card which you top up online at competitive prices and which