Cellular · 3GPP NB-IoT and 4G
Minutes
Where an operator reaches the site, readings arrive within minutes. One standard 3GPP chip, no separate satellite modem.
How the data gets out
Three paths from the field to your system.
The transmitter picks the network; your integration stays the same. Where there is a tower, the reading goes over the mobile operator. Where there is none, it goes over satellite. Either way it lands in the same platform and the same API.
Satellite · NB-IoT NTN
Hours
Where there is no tower, the same hybrid chip falls back to satellite. The satellite passes a few times a day, so the reading arrives within hours: fine for a daily report, not for an alarm that cannot wait.
Satellite · DG satellite network
Minutes
For points with no cellular coverage where minutes matter, a dedicated transmitter on the DG satellite network delivers the reading within minutes.
Which network serves each point is checked in the site survey, before the proposal. Coverage changes with the country, the operator and the exact site, and we would rather check than promise. How we check coverage →
What we deliver
From the sensor in the field to the file the receiving system accepts.
We design and build the hardware and write the software. You don’t assemble a puzzle of suppliers to close your project, and you don’t end up stuck between two warranties.
Hour meter
Logs pump running hours, with a reading every 15 minutes. Built for sun, dust and humidity, powered by a solar panel.
Flow and level measurement
Clamp-on ultrasonic flow meter that doesn’t cut the pipe, or electromagnetic, plus a level sensor for wells and reservoirs. We reuse the client’s existing meter when it does the job.
Weather station
Rain, temperature, humidity, wind and solar radiation on the same antenna as the intake. Useful for the irrigation scheduling you design and for the water-use report.
Hybrid transmitter
Standard 3GPP NB-IoT chip: cellular where there is a tower, satellite where there isn’t, with no separate satellite modem. Over cellular the data arrives in minutes; over satellite, within hours.
Platform and API
Dashboard, history stamped with the time of the event, alerts by e-mail and WhatsApp, reports, and an API so your system can pull the data of the clients you serve.
Data in the format you need
Reports and the API deliver readings in the format the receiving system asks for: yours, your client’s or an authority’s portal. Our 4G gateway also reads PLCs, inverters and meters over Modbus RTU (RS-485) and TCP.
See the 4G gateway
Your client sees their data. You see the sites you serve.
What you get
One supplier, and the credit for the service stays with you.
- Commissioning supportWe configure the equipment before it ships, train your crew and walk through the first installation with you. Responsibility for the electrical installation follows the rules of your country; on-site work by our engineers is agreed per project.
- One accountable team, not threeHardware, firmware, platform and data delivery come from the same house. When something stops, support comes from whoever designed the board, not from a ticket with an overseas manufacturer.
- Client access and partner viewYour client has their own login; you follow the sites you serve. Your own brand on the dashboard is a project, with scope and timeline — today it is not a ready-made switch, and we would rather say so up front.
- Direct technical supportTalk to an engineer, not a script. Site survey, meter selection, cellular coverage at the site, and what to do where there is no tower at all.
How the partnership works
Three possible formats. No formal program, and no promise we can’t keep.
To be straight with you: we don’t have a channel program with published rules, a commission table, an online reseller discount or a partner count to show off. What exists today is the equipment, the platform up and running, and the will to work with people who already serve the end customer. The format and the terms come out of the conversation, in writing, before the first proposal.
Referral
You introduce the client and keep your role as consultant or designer. We handle the proposal, the equipment and the support, and how the referral is recognized is agreed beforehand, case by case.
Resale
You buy the equipment and sell it within your own contract, at your own price. Commercial terms by volume and by project, discussed with a real case on the table; there is no published price list.
Joint installation
We supply and configure; your team installs in the field, with our support the first time. A good fit if you already have a drilling or irrigation crew covering the region.
What we need from you
Four answers and we can put together a real proposal.
- Your region and type of clientCountry and region. Irrigation, industry, mining, water utility.
- Roughly how many points a yearOne well a month is not the same as thirty points at once, and the answer changes the format of the partnership.
- Whether your team installsIf you have a field crew qualified for the electrical work in your country, or need us to plan the installation with you.
- A concrete case to start withA real site, with location, type, flow and deadline. Price and terms only become real with a case on the table.
Engineering in Brazil
The person who answers you is the one who designed the board.
Data Frontier is based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and builds from hardware to software: hour meter, metering station, weather station, hybrid transmitter, 4G gateway and the IoTData platform with its API. We also work on predictive maintenance in industry, robotic data collection and solar plant monitoring — if your client has those problems too, the same team solves them.
Manufacturing
Own hardware
Our design, board, enclosure and firmware. Not a catalog product with a new label.
Network
Cellular and satellite
3GPP NB-IoT in a single chip; where minutes matter outside cellular coverage, the DG satellite network.
Software
Platform with API
Dashboard, alerts, reports and an API for your system. The data belongs to your client and leaves whenever they want.
Field
Commissioning support
Configured before shipping, crew training and the first installation done together with you.
Frequently asked questions
What a partner asks before taking us to their client.
Will you sell directly to my client behind my back?
That’s not how we want to work. When the client comes through you, how they will be served is agreed beforehand, in writing, in the first conversation. Since we don’t have a formal program with published rules yet, every agreement is set case by case — which is exactly why it is written down before the first proposal goes out.
Is there a commission table or a reseller discount?
There is no published table yet, and we won’t invent one for this page. Price and terms come from the project: number of points, type of intake or machine, distance, and who installs. Bring a real case and we’ll work out the number with you.
Does my client actually need to measure?
It depends on the country, the state or region, and the conditions of their permit. Metering and telemetry requirements vary a lot between jurisdictions, and we won’t summarize them on a web page. Bring the permit conditions and we’ll tell you what the equipment can deliver.
Can the dashboard carry my brand?
Today the standard is that your client has their own access to the IoTData platform and you have access to the sites you serve. Your own brand on the dashboard is possible as a project, with agreed scope and timeline; it is not a switch we flip on the spot. Better to ask before promising it to your client.
Who installs, and who is technically responsible?
Both are agreed per project. Usually your crew installs, with the equipment configured by us beforehand and our support on the first installation; responsibility for the electrical work follows the rules of your country. What we don’t do is ship a box and disappear: support comes straight from the team that designed the hardware.
Do you handle the permit or the regulatory filing?
No. The administrative process belongs to your client and their consultant — that’s your job, not ours. We bring the equipment, the platform and the data in the format the process asks for, through reports and the API.
Contact us
Tell us what kind of client you serve. We’ll tell you how we fit into your project.
A reply from an engineer, not a bot. If you already have a case on the table — a well to hand over, a permit renewal to support, an irrigation project on the drawing board — bring it, and the conversation gets much more useful.
E-mail [CONTACT E-MAIL]Engineering, firmware and manufacturing by Data Frontier, Brazil.This page is an invitation to talk: there is no channel program with published rules and no commission table, and every agreement is put in writing before the first proposal.