FloLive has teamed up with Brazilian telco NLT Telecom to provide the country with global IoT connectivity.

The partnership enables expansion of NLT’s services abroad letting Brazilian enterprises access local cellular networks seamlessly through FloLive’s hyperlocal global network.

FloLive created and owns a global hyperlocal cellular network and provides global connectivity and network services for IoT. NLT Telecom is a Brazilian operator specialising in IoT.

The collaboration provides dual-connectivity access to both Brazilian and international enterprise customers, including OEMs and mobile operators. It opens the Brazilian market to FloLive’s global customers and allows NLT to expand its services outside Brazil.

Brazilian enterprises should have seamless access to local cellular networks throughout the world based on FloLive’s hyperlocal global network, allowing them to benefit from regulatory compliant connectivity with better service levels. Simultaneously, FloLive will continue to reinforce its global network by establishing local presence in Brazil.

FloLive is an expert in global cellular connectivity, with a platform that connects tier-one MNOs and MVNOs. Its cloud-native, converged global platform features what it claims is the world’s largest connectivity library of its kind, designed and built for massively connecting devices on a global scale, with unified, simplified managed and control that reduces overall cost and increases operational effectiveness.

“We are pleased to be partnering with NLT Telecom, the main Brazilian reference in IoT connectivity, in order to expand our operations in the rapidly expanding Brazilian market,” said Bill Wark, senior vice president at FloLive. “On one hand, this partnership is a symbol of our strategy to leverage our advanced technology and software platform, while on the other hand, strengthen relations with local providers, forming a true partnership which is a significant building block of our growing global network and an important milestone on our global journey.”

André Martins, CEO of NLT, added: “FloLive is the most important global cellular connectivity hub. Our collaboration also means being integrated with a vast network of operators and companies in this market, which makes international roaming easier and more natural. We chose FloLive because they ensure we only need to deal with one provider for all our global connectivity needs, with one SIM card, one contract and one account, covering all our devices globally.”

And William Araújo, director of technology at NLT, said: “The software-defined network offer brought by FloLive brings us flexibility combined with the robustness of the most modern solutions in full core cellular network technologies.”

He said the platform could scale horizontally very easily, with the ability to deploy in the cloud, on premises and in a hybrid model.

Another important factor in choosing the platform, he said, was the cultural fit between the companies. As with NLT, FloLive has an API-first development philosophy, which indicates the priority given to flexibility and speed for the integration of partners and customers into the IoT global ecosystem.

With this partnership, NLT has its own network core, in addition to that of its MNO Vivo, which expands its operations regardless of geographic limits, with a standards second robust network core, which can be used both for public and private networks.

Thus, NLT offerings become easier to integrate with, allowing its customers more diversity in the development of services, which confirms NLT’s positioning as a global player in IoT, establishing itself as an alternative for global operators to operate in Brazil and as the full MVNO with a core network structure in the country.

NLT Telecom is a telecommunications operator for the IoT offering the Brazilian market a core network structure, working with the wide LoRaWan based on the American Tower infrastructure and with Vivo cellular network – authorised full MVNO – throughout the whole Brazilian territory. NLT connectivity options can be combined with each other to meet diverse applications, being suitable for M2M and IoT communications in areas such as healthcare, Industry 4.0, vehicle and asset tracking, logistics, agribusiness, monitoring and security, payments, and smart cities.