Netmore, Actility form IoT supergroup

Netmore Group has bought French LPWAN specialist Actility for an undisclosed sum, lifting the number of connected devices it manages to more than 14 million. The deal extends Netmore’s reach to deployments in over 100 countries and links it with more than 50 LoRaWAN network operators. Actility brings tier-1 operators, global utilities and manufacturers as existing customers, along with its ThingPark Exchange roaming hub, on-premise LPWAN infrastructure for regulated environments, and autonomous all-in-one gateways.

Netmore says the combined company will focus on large-scale IoT projects in utilities, buildings, smart cities, enterprise, industrial tracking and operator markets. It expects lower total cost of ownership, faster rollout of dense metering and low-cost sensors, and more reliable connectivity from the integration. Both companies frame the move as a response to long-running demands for change in the LPWAN market, and see the merger as a way to push LoRaWAN as the standard choice for massive IoT deployments.