Swedish massive IoT network operator Netmore has acquired Actility, a French pioneer in LPWAN technology with a presence across Europe, North America, Middle East and Australia.

The acquisition includes Actility’s subsidiary Abeeway, a specialist in low-power multi-technology geolocation.

Benefiting from synergies across commercial markets, this transaction strengthens Netmore’s position in its primary vertical segments including utilities, buildings and smart cities, while expanding reach into the enterprise, industrial, asset tracking and operator sectors.

One of the original authors of the LoRaWan specification and a founding member of the LoRa Alliance, Actility brings Netmore thousands of LoRaWan project deployments across more than 100 countries, partnerships with over 50 LoRaWan network operators, and a customer base that includes tier-one operators and global utility and manufacturing firms. Contracted IoT devices now under Netmore management total over 14 million.

“The demand for a resourceful and transformational leader of the global LPWAN ecosystem has been on the market’s wish list for years,” said Ove Anebygd, CEO of Netmore Group (netmoregroup.com). “By combining Actility’s multi-technology mediation capabilities with our carrier-grade network expertise, we are creating a powerhouse for scalable and reliable IoT connectivity.”

Olivier Hersent, CEO of Actility (www.actility.com), added: “Joining Netmore is a transformative step for Actility, our customers and the market. Through our close alignment on values, culture and commitment to service, we can accelerate adoption across industries, enabling operators and enterprises to unlock the full potential of connected ecosystems. Together, we will make LoRaWan the default infrastructure for massive IoT.”

One of Europe’s largest telecos and the operator of one of the largest public LoRaWans powered by the Actility ThingPark platform, Orange has a decade-long partnership with Actility to drive innovation across diverse enterprise and public sector segments.

“As a long-standing strategic partner and one of the largest users of Actility’s ThingPark platform, we welcome this exciting milestone for Actility and Netmore,” said Etienne Robert from Orange (www.orange.com). “For Orange, the acquisition supports the continued operation of our LoRaWan-based enterprise and smart-territory, and maintains a solid partnership for the delivery of IoT projects. We see this consolidation as very positive news for the entire European IoT ecosystem.”

The combined portfolio should improve deployment flexibility and performance for customers, enabling faster rollouts of high-density meter and low-cost sensor projects, reduced total cost of ownership, and reliable connectivity even in the challenging settings. Additions to Netmore’s offerings include:

• On-premise high-availability LPWAN infrastructure for regulated or security-sensitive environments.
• Native DLMS (device language message specification) over LoRaWan for efficient smart metering.
• Autonomous all-in-one gateways with embedded network server and direct Bacnet and Modbus connectivity, enabling building management systems expansion with the vast LoRaWan sensing ecosystem and simplifying building-to-cloud integration.
• LoRaWan relay functionality that enhances reach and fulfils strict SLAs even in difficult environments, a game-changer for water metering.
• ThingPark Exchange roaming hub that allows private and public networks to exchange sensor data seamlessly and expand coverage, bringing Netmore an open ecosystem for network roaming and partnerships with Orange, KPN and Swisscom.
• FUOTA firmware broadcast and firmware update tools that allows users to match the upcoming EU Cybersecurity Resilience Act.

Additionally, Netmore’s acquisition of Actility unites the partner ecosystems, merging Netmore’s network infrastructure and partners with Actility’s online marketplace (market.thingpark.com) and channel and provider network, driving innovation and streamlined deployment of end-to-end IoT.

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