Aplix Press Release
TRANSLATION FOR REFERENCE ONLY

November 30, 2017
(This English translation was released on December 11, 2017)

Aplix Corporation(Code: 3727 TSE Mothers)

Aplix Participates in Sigfox Partner Program― Providing IoT Solutions Using LPWA Wireless Communication Technology Sigfox ―Aplix Corporation (headquartered in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director Kengo Nagahashi,hereinafter “Aplix”), a solutions developer for IoT (Internet of Things) products, participated in the Sigfox*1
Partner Program*2 run by KYOCERA Communication Systems Co., Ltd. (KCCS) on November 27, 2017.
Aplix will start providing consultation, application development, service development and operation
services in December 2017 by leveraging Sigfox’s features, including low power consumption, low price,
long distance transmission, convenience and global development.
As announced in our timely disclosure through the Tokyo Stock Exchange, "Development of Vision for
New IoT Solutions Businesses (Japanese version only)" dated November 9, 2017, Aplix is working on
expanding the communication systems it supports from the conventional Bluetooth Low Energy andwireless LAN to 3G to 5G, LPWA (Low Power Wide Area), PLC (Power Line Communication), etc.
Support for Sigfox is part of these efforts. Drawing on its expertise and experience in the field ofwireless communication, Aplix is looking to develop a convenient and secure IoT society using Sigfox as
an Integration Partner and Application Partner in the Sigfox Partner Program together with otherparticipating companies.
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Sigfox：An LPWA (a generic term for wireless communication technologies that enable communication in the unit of kilometer at
low power consumption) standard. Sigfox is a network standard for IoT provided by Sigfox S.A., a French global
communications provider. In Japan, KCCS has been providing the service as an operator since February 2017.
<KCCS’s Sigfox Web Site> http://www.kccs.co.jp/sigfox/english/*2Sigfox Partner Program：A program participated by companies and other organizations providing devices, applications and integration services
supporting Sigfox. The Sigfox Partner Program is composed of Device Partners, providing IoT devices, such as chips
and modules, Application Partners providing applications and IoT platforms that enable collaboration with the cloud, andIntegration Partners, providing services from consultation to the development, construction, and operation of IoT
solutions using the Sigfox service.
<Sigfox Partner Program Web Site>

http://www.kccs.co.jp/sigfox/english/partner/■About Aplix Corporation
The mission of Aplix Corporation is to use the power of software to bring happiness to everyone in the world. Following the successof JBlend, which opened a new frontier for Java on mobile phones, we are currently developing the field of IoT． By supplying IoT
solutions from IoT modules (beacons), smartphone apps to cloud services, we aim to advance the transition of household
appliances and other products to being IoT-ized devices and in doing so, realize our concept of “enriching people’s lives withnotifications from things.”

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