The City Hub Alliance introduces LoRaWAN connectivity as a service in Sweden

LoRaWAN is booming in Sweden. Fiber network companies and municipalities have set up an open national LoRaWAN infrastructure to develop regional smart city services: the City Hub Alliance. Let me introduce its business model that may inspire lots of other countries!

“If you build it, they will come!”

Unless you are a Baby boomer or Generation X, this may mean nothing to you! “If you build it, they will come!” Is a famous quote from a great movie of the late 80s called Field of Dreams. It’s a movie about baseball, the great American sport, and I imagine most Europeans have no idea […]

Actility launches Click & Go to facilitate IoT adoption

My IoT business developer experience takes me regularly to LoRa Alliance meetings… But this Amsterdam session has a special flavor for me: I’m proud to share the launch of a new digital service: Click & Go, a set of end-to-end vertical solutions ready to use!

2017: Actility in the Spotlights

Celebrating our ten-year birthday in 2017, Actility stood in the spotlights for prestigious awards and acknowledgments. We are proud to share them as 2018 starts!

Watson Helsinki Summit: The Magic Show by Digita, Watson IoT and ThingPark

On 18 October, Guy Shelbourne and myself Mark Maidman were invited to attend the IBM Watson Helsinki Summit by our Finnish partner Digita. We told visitors the unheard of capabilities of a public LoRaWAN network, coupled with Watson IoT analytics and ThingPark. Here’s the full story!

The Road to IoT Riches, Part 2: From the European birthplace to Global Horizons

Europe is the birthplace of LPWA technologies... How has this ecosytem evolved and what are its current ambitions? In this second blog post on the "Road to IoT Riches", we asked the M2M/IoT industry maven, Stephan Buehler, CTO of the Swiss device manufacturer Omniimpex.

The Road to IoT Riches, Part 1: The New Silk Road in Asia-Pacific

As a strategic player in the New Silk Road initiative announced by the Chinese Governement, Actility wants to highlight the road to IoT riches starting with a focus on the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. In this first blog post, we will look into how Actility is boosting the emerging regional LoRaWAN ecosystem.

In North America, LoRaWAN Technology Is A Major Sign Of ‘Smart Things’ To Come

Companies like Comcast and Cisco are now accelerating the North American front by leveraging LoRaWAN technology and Actility's expertise. For businesses large and small who want in on the action, the IoT race is on.

At MWC Shanghai, a one-year old dragon is taking its first steps in the Chinese IoT ecosystem

Beginning of July, ThingPark China was exhibiting at MWC Shanghai, the flagship mobile industry event. Let us take you back to this momentum for the Chinese IoT ecosystem in the “head of the dragon” city.

Cisco Live in the city of lights!

  Cisco Live is Cisco’s premier education and training destination for IT professionals worldwide. This year, Actility sent two hands full of their crew to support its very own booth at the edition in Las Vegas, running from 25-29 June. Over 28000 partners and customers attended the event and benefited from a curriculum of more […]