Actility Collaborates with Cisco to Deliver IoT Solutions Using LoRa Technology

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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/actil
ity-collaborates-cisco-deliver-iot-solutions-using-lora-technology)

http://www.thingpark.com/en

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Contact:
Anne van Gemert
anne.vangemert@actility.com
+33-6-47-37-30-21. Cisco: Marc Musgrove
mmusgrov@cisco.com
+1-(408)525-6320.