Blecon - IoT Connectivity for Bluetooth Low Energy

BLE IoT Connectivity

Blecon builds on the existing benefits of Bluetooth Low Energy to deliver a low-cost, low-power IoT Connectivity solution.

Zero-Configuration BLE Gateways

Blecon provides both dedicated Hotspots and mobile Apps to enable anyone to deploy coverage, wherever it is needed.

No Pairing

Blecon implements a cellular-like network and roaming model to enable secure communication without pairing or configuration.

Why Bluetooth?

Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) is a low-cost, low-power wireless technology that has been globally adopted and achieved unrivalled economies of scale. It already powers billions of the world's personal wireless devices and is supported in every phone and laptop.

This unrivalled technology and ecosystem can be leveraged as a pragmatic foundation for IoT Connectivity. By overcoming certain barriers and limitations, Bluetooth LE can be utilised as a low-cost, low-power way to connect physical products to cloud applications.

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How it works

IoT Connectivity with BLE that requires no pairing and eliminates friction. Devices authenticate automatically, much like cellular networks, with a security model for Bluetooth that avoids BLE pairing, manual configuration, and UX headaches.

Blecon's Network service and BLE Hotspots work together to enable physical products to communicate with cloud applications using standard Bluetooth Low Energy chips.

Network

Blecon Networks enable devices with secure identity, bi-directional cloud communication, geolocation, and time services.

Requests from devices are routed to their cloud applications by a Network through any nearby Blecon Hotspots, all without pairing.

The network architecture combined with the global standardisation of Bluetooth Low Energy allows a single product SKU to be deployed anywhere in the world.

This leverages the benefits of Bluetooth LE with a flexible wifi-like coverage deployment model and a cellular-like network model.

Hotspots

Blecon Hotspots enable nearby devices to communicate with their own Cloud services using Bluetooth Low Energy.

Dedicated coverage can be deployed using the low-cost Blecon Hub, supporting Ethernet, Wifi or Cellular as their backhaul.

Mobile iOS & Android devices and MacOS & Windows laptops can be enabled as Hotspots by installing a free Blecon App.

This flexibility in Hotspots enables low-cost and efficient deployment of coverage where it is needed, without configuration or pairing.

Blecon is designed for product builders

We built Blecon as a connectivity network. Our focus is simple: to provide seamless, secure connectivity for BLE devices while giving you full control over where and how your data is managed.

Blecon-enabled devices integrate effortlessly with any cloud service. Whether it’s a dedicated data platform, your backend on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or any other infrastructure you choose. You remain in full control of your data, infrastructure, and business logic.

Blecon ensures your Bluetooth devices stay connected to the cloud.

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