Inmarsat and Actility partner for IoT

Mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat has announced a partnership with Actility, a provider of low power wide area networks (LPWANs) and a founding member of the LoRa Alliance, to enable an end-to-end IoT solution to connect assets over public and private networks, anywhere in the world.

The partnership combines Inmarsat’s global connectivity with Actility’s ThingPark IoT management platform to deliver an integrated solution for IoT, linking connectivity, services and IoT devices from a single application and service management point, to connect objects deployed anywhere on the planet, even in the most remote and hostile locations.

“Inmarsat already has a long and successful history in providing remote connectivity,” said Greg Ewert, president, Inmarsat Enterprise.

“This partnership enables additional flexibility for IoT networks — meaning systems integrators and customers using Inmarsat’s connectivity and Actility’s solution — to connect all of their assets on one platform, without having to spend the time and resource dealing with multiple connectivity providers, or the cost and complexity of multiple roaming agreements.”

Inmarsat recently announced its membership in the LoRa Alliance, a non-profit organisation that promotes the connectivity standard LoRaWAN for LPWANs.

The partnership means that assets that use the LoRa standard can now be connected over Inmarsat’s global networks for seamless integration and interoperability, even in areas where cellular or terrestrial coverage is unavailable or unreliable.