Netmore Group has acquired Actility, one of the original architects of LoRaWAN and the company behind the widely used ThingPark platform

The deal represents a major consolidation in the global LoRaWAN and LPWAN market, which has historically been fragmented across operators, platforms, and regional deployments

• Netmore’s acquisition of Actility marks a major consolidation in the global LoRaWAN and LPWAN market
• The deal creates one of the world’s largest Massive IoT ecosystems, managing more than 14 million connected devices across 100+ countries
• Actility adds the ThingPark platform, deep LoRaWAN expertise, and a broad operator and partner ecosystem
• The move builds on recent expansions, including Netmore’s takeover of ATC’s LoRaWAN operations in Brazil and the acquisition of Arson Metering in Europe
• Together, these deals highlight Netmore’s strategy to scale globally, reduce market fragmentation, and strengthen its position in utilities, smart cities, and industrial IoT

(NEWS) STOCKHOLM / PARIS, 26-Jan-2026 — /EuropaWire/ — Netmore Group’s acquisition of Paris-based Actility marks a significant consolidation in the global LoRaWAN and low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) market, and fits into a broader pattern of strategic expansion that has seen the company steadily scale its footprint, capabilities, and influence across multiple regions and verticals. The deal was announced earlier today on EuropaWire. 

The Actility deal, which also includes ultra-low-power geolocation specialist Abeeway, brings together carrier-grade network operations and one of the most widely deployed LoRaWAN platforms in the world. Actility is a founding member of the LoRa Alliance and a co-author of the LoRaWAN specification, with its ThingPark platform supporting thousands of deployments across more than 100 countries. Combined with Netmore’s existing operations, the group now manages more than 14 million contracted IoT devices, positioning it as one of the largest LoRaWAN-focused operators globally.

While the transaction is significant in its own right, it also follows a series of acquisitions and operational takeovers that illustrate Netmore’s longer-term strategy: building scale through infrastructure control, regional expansion, and deeper vertical specialization.

In September 2025, Netmore expanded its presence in Latin America by assuming the commercial operations of the LoRaWAN network in Brazil previously managed by American Tower Corporation (ATC). Under that transition, Netmore took responsibility for customer relationships, network management, and service delivery, reinforcing its carrier-grade approach supported by service-level agreements. The move built on Netmore’s earlier acquisition of Everynet and was framed as part of a wider effort to strengthen IoT connectivity for utilities, agriculture, logistics, and smart cities in Brazil and across the region.

Just days later, Netmore announced the acquisition of Spain-based Arson Metering, a specialist in remote meter reading and smart water and gas management. That deal significantly deepened Netmore’s capabilities in utility-focused IoT, adding more than 500,000 managed meters across Southern Europe and strengthening its ability to deliver advanced metering infrastructure, anomaly detection, and regulatory-grade performance for water and gas operators.

Taken together, these moves help frame the Actility acquisition as part of a deliberate effort to address one of the long-standing challenges in the IoT sector: fragmentation. By combining regional network control, vertical-specific solutions, and now a globally established LoRaWAN platform and ecosystem, Netmore is positioning itself as a single, scaled provider capable of supporting large, cross-border Massive IoT deployments.

The Actility transaction also adds technical depth to Netmore’s portfolio, including native support for smart metering protocols over LoRaWAN, enhanced coverage through relay functionality, roaming between public and private networks via ThingPark Exchange, and firmware update tools aligned with upcoming European cybersecurity requirements. These capabilities align closely with Netmore’s recent focus on regulated, mission-critical environments such as utilities and public infrastructure.

Industry partners have welcomed the consolidation. Orange, which operates one of Europe’s largest public LoRaWAN networks using Actility’s ThingPark platform, described the acquisition as positive for continuity and innovation in the European IoT ecosystem, underscoring the importance of stability as networks scale.

Although financial terms of the Actility deal were not disclosed, the acquisition reinforces a clear narrative: Netmore is moving beyond incremental growth toward building a globally integrated Massive IoT platform. With recent expansions in Latin America, deeper penetration into European utilities, and now the addition of one of LoRaWAN’s foundational technology providers, the company is emerging as a central player in shaping the next phase of large-scale, low-power IoT connectivity.