Actility Collaborates with Cisco to Deliver IoT Solutions Using LoRa Technology

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GSMA Mobile World Congress, BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

    - Actility's ThingPark(TM) platform will be integrated in Cisco IoT

solutions

    Actility, the industry leader in Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) networks

announced that it is collaborating with Cisco to help customers embrace digital

transformation and accelerate the development of new business models based on

the Internet of Things (IoT). Actility will today join the Cisco Partner

Ecosystem as a Cisco Solutions+ Partner for LPWA solutions for IoT. The

collaboration will allow global service providers and other vertical industries

to create added value far beyond simple connectivity, in both business markets

such as smart cities, connected factories and industrial IoT, and high volume

business to consumer applications.

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    The combined offering of Cisco IoT solutions

[http://www.cisco.com/web/strategy/index.html ] and Actility's ThingPark

Wireless(TM) Platform also addresses the requirements of private managed LoRa

(Low Power, Long Range) wide area networks and can be deployed in a customer's

premises or offered as a Software as a Service model (SaaS). The announcement

also brings Cisco networking expertise and the latest LoRa gateway technology

to the rapidly growing Actility ThingPark ecosystem, which simplifies the

deployment of end-to-end IoT solutions for customers.

    Actility's ThingPark provides long-range network connectivity for low-power

sensors used in multiple applications such as smart cities, facility management

and asset tracking. The Cisco IoT gateways and Cisco Field Network Director

tools provide the vital link between the LoRa radio connections to sensors and

devices, and the global Internet or private customer network. Actility's

ThingPark OSS helps ensure that it is straightforward for customers to

configure and deploy IoT networks and solutions by validating all the

components of an end-to-end solution, from sensors and devices through network

connectivity and applications. Now ThingPark customers have access to Cisco IoT

solutions with world-leading networking technology that is ready to use and

deploy in their Actility-powered service solutions.

    "We're very proud to be able to collaborate with a storied industry leader

like Cisco to bring new value to the ThingPark ecosystem," comments Actility

CTO and CEO Olivier Hersent. "With the Cisco IoT gateway we are ready for

multi-sector deployments and location services where sensors can be localized

without a GPS! Now operators have no need to wait for LTE-based IoT solutions:

they can address the massive opportunities in the rapidly growing IoT market

today."

    This partnership will enable LPWA (Low Power Wide Area) networks to be

expanded rapidly on a global scale, fueling the explosive growth of the next

generation of IoT services. Cisco and Actility's relationships with major tier

one telecom operators will accelerate the go to market and widespread

deployment of the joint solution.

    Vikas Butaney, general manager, IoT Connectivity Business Unit at Cisco,

said: "I welcome Actility to the Cisco partner community for our IoT solutions

to help accelerate digital transformation across industries. Our collaboration

with Actility will enable us to offer a complete LoRA LPWA-based solution to

our customers and partners, and opens up IoT to an untapped market of billions

of battery-powered devices. LoRa's ability to communicate elegantly without

draining excessive power makes it suitable for deploying connected devices in

the field that can provide actionable business insights over an extended

lifetime."

    Actility and Cisco are both members of the LoRa Alliance, a non-profit

organization which aims to drive the global success of the LoRa protocol

(LoRaWAN) by sharing knowledge and experience to help ensure interoperability

between operators in one open global standard. Cisco's collaboration with

Actility and induction into the ThingPark ecosystem clearly demonstrates the

effectiveness of the LoRa Alliance in nurturing business relationships that

will drive the rapid growth of the Internet of things globally.

    About Actility

    Full version of the release

[http://www.actility.com/en/news/actility-collaborates-cisco-deliver-iot-solutio

ns-using-lora-technology ]

    http://www.thingpark.com/en

SOURCE: Actility