For the fifth consecutive year, Actility has published the Professional Gender Equality Index between women and men, focusing on the period from January 1 to December 31, 2023.
The Index is structured around 5 indicators calculated out of a total of 100 points, aiming to measure various aspects of professional equality.
In an age where technological innovation is paramount, introduction of the Abeeway tracking solution for explosive atmospheres marks a significant milestone
SNCF, the state-owned railway company of France, is extensively implementing IoT solutions for monitoring the inventory and condition of its assets, infrastructure, and rolling stock.
Veolia Water the world’s largest supplier of water services, sets a benchmark for all aspects of the water cycle in France, working on behalf of local authorities and industrial companies. Through its subsidiary, Birdz, Veolia is bringing its services to the new digital age. Over 3 million smart water meters have been deployed in France, offering accurate billing, leak detection, and customer empowerment.
Very few companies understand that the main difficulty in IoT is scaling and keeping OPEX costs down. IoT Proof-of-Concept projects should be focused on achieving industrial quality and stability to scale successfully.
The event has gathered over 1,400 people from all over the globe, uniting enterprises, device makers, system integrators, distributors, developers, solution providers, educational institutions, IoT alliances, influencers, and many more, making this event the largest global LoRaWAN event ever.
Before installing an LNS (LoRaWAN Network Server), it is necessary to ask the right questions. While the prospect of an open-source network may seem appealing, the various factors of satisfactory operability are sometimes not all considered. However, it is not recommended to neglect any of the many aspects that shape it.
REVIMA Group, a leading French aeronautics MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) solutions provider for civil and military aircraft, has deployed IoT solutions to monitor water consumption, using sensors that read its water meters, and to monitor the temperature & hygrometry on its site.
To help a leading crude oil refining company in Asia overcome the growing challenges associated with manual inspections and excessive maintenance costs, Advantech, Actility, and AWS have collaborated to develop an off-the-shelf pre-integrated predictive maintenance solution to monitor your machines vibration 24/7, bringing 25% to 30% reduction in maintenance costs.
Thanks to our ThingPark® IoT platform, developers can set up a firmware update over-the-air (FUOTA) campaign using an STM32 LoRaWAN® gateway (STM32F7) and client (STM32WL) in under 10 minutes only.
National Narrowband Network Company (NNNCo), operator of the Australian national LoRaWAN® network powered by Actility, has signed a contract with a European technology provider Wellness TechGroup, to provide IoT network coverage to 70,000 smart streetlights in Uruguay’s capital Montevideo.
Decathlon adapts to Covid normality with Proximus and Actility
Smart Building IoT solutions to monitor utilization, occupation, usage, and indoor environment have been deployed on private LoRaWAN network.
SwissPost digitally transforms Switzerland’s postal services through LoRaWAN® technology, by rolling out over 100,000 SmartButtons, allowing an on-demand delivery service in villages throughout the whole country. To connect them all, SwissPost is using the Swisscom’s nationwide LoRaWAN network, deployed and operated on Actility’s ThingPark platform since 2015.
In the last few years, Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) has received increasing attention from environmental governance authorities and IAQ-related standards are getting stricter. People spend about 90% of their time in indoor environments, and IAQ has been proven to have a significant impact on health and quality of life in general. Poor indoor air quality is known to be harmful to vulnerable groups such as the elderly, children or those suffering chronic respiratory and/or cardiovascular diseases.
If you need to improve the management of your various mobile assets, to ensure the safety of your employees while operating an industrial facility, a construction site, a building or a hospital – we invite you to check out the solutions offered by McCool Controls & Engineering, a leading system integrator in Ireland, an Actility & Abeeway Partner joinlty working with us to spread smart IoT solutions for different industries and verticals such as Construction, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals and Smart Buildings.
Zoetis has implemented Actility’s LoRaWAN-based Detection and Contact Tracing Solution for COVID-19 for its workers in Japan.
McCool Controls, an innovative master systems integrator, specialising in Smart Buildings, Real-Time Locating Systems and Building Management Systems and one of Actility Channel Partners, has recently commenced a pioneering Smart Building project for a confidential client in Ireland. This project aims to reduce the client’s Real Estate ecological footprint by 40%, whilst maintaining an even growing staff numbers for a successful enterprise, reflecting the changed flexible work practices of the company.
The demand to connect low power wide area (LPWA) Internet of Things (IoT) devices to the cloud is ever growing. According to a 2019 IHS connectivity report, LoRa/LoRaWAN connections will account for 730 million connected devices by 2024.
As anyone who has been involved with our industry knows by now, one of the biggest challenges of IoT is the end-to-end integration. Having to integrate numerous architectural components, mostly coming from different vendors, whether complying with a standard or not (when there is one!) is a time and resource consuming activity. If you are wondering what happened to the billions and billions of devices that you were promised 3 years ago, some part of the answer is behind this challenge
During the past month of November, the LoRa Alliance brought out a new White Paper on Wi-Fi & LoRaWAN® Trials, summing up use cases across regions which combine these two technologies, to shed light on the great amount of disruptive use cases both Wi-Fi and LoRaWAN® connectivity have allowed to develop during the past years, giving new ideas to existing market players who have deployed these technologies, and also to inspire Network Operators, Enterprises or Communities, who have deployed either Wi-Fi or LoRaWAN® networks, to consider extending their offerings by deploying other complementary technology.
If you are interested in LoRaWAN and IoT solutions and also you speak Japanes, don’t miss these great virtual and physical events where our Japanese Channel Partner Macnica will be presenting their solutions for smart cities, smart buildings and smart industry, powered by Actility.
The past 13th of November, our CEO, Olivier Hersent, gave an interview on BFM, the first continuous economic and financial information television channel in France, where he talked about Actility’sexponential rise and future prospects.
Discover how Gartner sees IoT standards and protocols, like LoRa and LoRaWAN, with Actility as one of its Sample Vendors.
Actility is honored to be one of the winners of KPMG’s Top Tech Tomorrow awards! We very happy to announce that Actility has been selected as one of the winners of KPMG Top Tech Tomorrow award in the category of Enterprise Technologies. Top Tech Tomorrow is an annual barometer which discovers technological companies which are leaders in
uring the current times and as the second wave of Covid-19 is ramping-up, we must take severe protection measures to care for ourselves and the people around us. This not only applies to our family members and friends, but also to those who we work with. Workers are an organization’s most valuable asset
Orange Business Services Singapore has implemented their COVID Safety Distancing Solution. An extremely easy to set-up turnkey system for enterprises, which helps to keep employees safe from COVID-19 threats by using our Abeeway Micro Trackers, connected through LoRaWAN and with a dedicated app, also combined with Thermal & Mask Scanning techniques.
Thinking about deploying an IoT use case? Don’t start from scratch, AWS just announced the availability of 29 IoT solutions from AWS and its partner network (APN) to address common use cases in automotive, healthcare, manufacturing, and connected home.
Covid-19: how the IoT can save people. Solutions from WMW, Abeeway and Actility www.abeeway.com www.actility.com wmw-hub.com Press Release, Hasselt / Paris, 07.04.2020 WMW, a Belgian “framework” for IoT, Abeeway, a location intelligence solution provider for IoT, and Actility, the leading provider of Low-Power WAN networking solutions, are launching several solutions to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic at different stages, using various geolocation
The recent Amazon Sidewalk announcement has implications far beyond a new sexy feature on a smart speaker, it represents a fundamental paradigm evolution of home networks and a key enabler for smart-communities. Interestingly, it is likely to impact not just the richest economies: in fact the paradigm change is even more fundamental for countries with low per-capita income implying low budgets for any kind of smart-home/community initiative.
Sharpen your organization’s senses by using quality sensors with the right connectivity.
From what started as a research and development project for cattle tracking and monitoring, NMSU decided to test the Abeeway Low Power Location Trial Package on a ranch that belongs to them.
Digital transformation is more than just buzzwords these days.
Gone were the days when “smart cities” only existed in films and stories.
This year, the Alliance achieved some incredible milestones that strongly contributed to position the LoRaWAN technology as one of de facto technologies of the IoT Market.
The Actility Blog Adrien Doré launches BPI France Energy conference Adrien Doré, France Manager at Actility Energy, was pleased to introduce the 20th TOTEM event organized by the Hub BPI France and the French Electricity Union (UFE) with an opening speech on « The Digital: game changer of the energy
The Actility Blog What challenges will the energy sector face in 2019? Here’s our CEO Olivier Hersent’s vision 2018 has been, for Actility and the world of energy, a pivotal year. It is now clear for everyone that the question is not whether our energy mix evolves towards 100% renewables,
The Actility Blog Cedric presents at the French Electricity Union (UFE) annual conference Thursday, November 29th, at the annual conference of the French Electricity Union (UFE), Cedric de Jonghe, Europe Manager, was honored to be invited to introduce Actility Energy during a round table on the topic of transformation and
ER Telecom turns to LoRaWAN to accelerate digital transformation in Russia Digitization is an absolute priority in Russia and IoT is an obvious way to start for companies and municipalities. Victor Ratnikov, VP Innovation B2B and IoT Second biggest Telco in Russia Award Fastest growing telecommunication company in Russia 800
Connected reindeer pave the way for improved herders’ lives This IoT application is about using technology to help keep our traditions going in years to come. Matti Särkelä, Head of Office 36% of Finlandreindeer husbandry area 250,000animals herded each year 10%of the herds go missing End customer The Reindeer Herders’
A Smart Response To a Slovenian Shopping Mall’s High Energy Costs Energy management is an economic necessity. Tomaž Damjan, Energy Manager, BTC City 470,000 square metersArea of BTC City 60 million kWH/yearTotal energy consumption of total budgetEnergy costs End customer BTC City CUSTOMER CHALLENGE A Shopping Center The Size
Veolia uses ThingPark Energy to monetize its flexible capacity through Demand Response Thanks to Actility’s expertise in Energy Management and Demand Response, we extract value from our flexibility as an industrial company Christophe Lepoutre, Vice President Energy and Sub-Contracting Procurement, Veolia 11.34 M€ for revenues in the water sector, and
BeitMisk, Lebanon Paves the Way to Smart Cities In the Middle-East Turning a city smart is a journey Marc Nader, Chief Operating Officer, Data Consult 655,000 meters²People benefit from the Group’s waste collection services 6-900 metersaltitude of village 1,800 unitsof apartments, villas and townhouses CUSTOMER CHALLENGE Introducing Lebanon’s New IoT
For 40 years, Libatel has pioneered technology in both the public and private sectors with IP telephony, software development, data switching and routing, security and now the Internet of Things and Smart Solutions.
VPK monetizes energy flexibility thanks to Demand Response services Since 2019, Actility Energy has become Flexcity, part of the Veolia group. Through a transparent partnership with Actility, VPK Paper can further improve the economical efficiency of the investment in its gas turbine Johan Dhaese, Group Energy & Environment Manager 1935
Orange uses ThingPark Energy to monetize its back-up batteries Since 2019, Actility Energy has become Flexcity, part of the Veolia group. We are very proud of this smart grid world premiere that contributes to the French electricity grid’s stability while creating immediate and substantial ROI Hervé Mallet, Energy Director, Technical
Die Mobiliar Disrupts Itself With A LoRaWAN-Based Tracking Service To be successful, we needed an innovative IoT technology partner to develop a LoRaWAN tracking device and a platform to test our business use case. Luckily, with Abeeway we found the perfect partner. René MEIER, Business Innovations Manager at Die Mobiliar
LoRaWAN-Connected BoatSecure — A Sailor’s Delight Powered by IoT Ventures’ new device and software and Actility as network connection manager, boat-owners can rest easy Boat owners love playing on their boats and buying new kits. BoatSecure solves a real problem and gives peace of mind that their boat is ready
Slovenian Smart Factory manages Electricity Consumption with LoRaWAN Salonit Anhovo leverages Actility’s partner Solvera Lynx’s energy monitoring sensors and management system The good thing is that we now have a good picture of energy consumption which is shared throughout the organization. We plan to reduce our energy consumption in the
Communithings brings shoppers back to town with smart-parking solution in Mons. The city of Mons wished to deploy smart parking over LoRa. The service was launched successfully, keeping residents, shoppers and merchants satisfied.
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