Press Release – France / Israel – Fev 24, 2026
Arad Group, a global leader in smart water metering, has reached a major milestone with over one million active LoRaWAN®-based smart water meters and sensors deployed across Israel. This achievement highlights how LoRaWAN has evolved from pilot projects to mission-critical, nationwide IoT infrastructure.
Deployed in less than three years, Arad’s LoRaWAN® network now covers dozens of cities, including Tel Aviv, Haifa, Ashdod, Modi’in and Nesher. Initially rolled out for smart water metering, the network designed to support a wide range of massive IoT and smart city applications, including smart parking, energy efficiency optimization, air-quality monitoring, environmental sensing, public lighting management and emergency alert systems.
This project now stands as a reference deployment for large-scale LoRaWAN® networks using Actility, a Netmore Company, ThingPark technology.
Scaling IoT beyond pilots requires more than connectivity. Arad’s nationwide deployment, in Israel, is based on full-coverage network planning, including indoor environments, combined with end-to-end security and advanced network and device management capabilities.
To operate and scale this infrastructure, Arad relies on Actility’s flagship Platform; ThingPark Wireless by Netmore, which provides carrier-grade LoRaWAN® network management, device onboarding, security and analytics. This enables Arad to manage millions of connected devices across multiple cities while maintaining performance, reliability, and operational efficiency.
“Operational costs are the key success factor in large-scale IoT projects. Many initiatives fail when scaling from pilot to full deployment. Our focus is on long-term reliability, cost control and the flexibility to support future use cases.“
“Arad selected Actility’s LoRaWAN® connectivity to meet the growing demand for standards based low-power network technologies for smart water metering. This decision enables millions of water meters to be connected efficiently, securely, and cost-effectively. Our long-standing partnership with Arad has allowed us to support their large-scale digital transformation and deliver innovative IoT solutions, such as broadcast firmware updates or LoRaWAN relays, that create real value for utilities and end users“
Beyond smart water metering, the network supports use cases that directly improve urban operations and quality of life. Continuous air-quality monitoring enables municipalities to take preventive actions based on real-time data. Smart parking reduces congestion, fuel consumption, and emissions. Energy and lighting management systems improve efficiency while lowering operational costs.
These use cases demonstrate the value of a shared LoRaWAN® infrastructure capable of supporting multiple applications on a single, secure network.
“Water meters are only the beginning. Once a city has a municipal or nationwide LoRaWAN network in place, almost anything can be connected. Israel is now moving from an innovation testbed to a global reference for large-scale smart city deployments.“
With global LoRaWAN® connections expected to reach several billion devices by the end of the decade, Arad’s nationwide deployment illustrates what is possible when open standards are combined with proven, industrial-grade IoT platforms.
By leveraging Actility LoRaWAN® expertise and ThingPark solutions and services, Arad has built a scalable and secure IoT foundation that supports today’s smart water metering needs while enabling the next generation of smart city services.
Deploying more than one million LoRaWAN sensors at national scale proves that LoRaWAN is no longer limited to pilots or isolated projects. It demonstrates the technology’s ability to support massive IoT deployments with high reliability, long battery life, strong security and controlled operational costs—key requirements for utilities and smart cities.
Arad Group relies on Actility’s ThingPark platform to operate its nationwide LoRaWAN network. ThingPark provides carrier-grade network and device management, secure onboarding, monitoring and analytics, enabling Arad to efficiently manage millions of connected devices across multiple cities while ensuring performance, scalability and long-term reliability.
A single LoRaWAN infrastructure can support multiple applications simultaneously, from smart water metering to air-quality monitoring, smart parking, lighting management and public safety solutions. This multi-application approach reduces deployment costs, simplifies operations and allows cities to scale new services quickly without deploying dedicated networks for each use case.
Arad Group’s nationwide rollout provides a concrete reference for utilities and municipalities looking to scale IoT beyond pilots. It shows that, with open standards and proven IoT platforms like Actility’s ThingPark, cities can build secure, future-proof LoRaWAN networks capable of evolving with new devices, applications and regulatory requirements.
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