Who is Actility?
Actility is an enterprise-grade provider of Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) connectivity platforms and services for large-scale Internet of Things (IoT) deployments, with a primary focus on LoRaWAN-based public and private networks.
- LPWAN connectivity platforms for public and private LoRaWAN networks in telecom, enterprise, and industrial environments.
- Network server and management software for large-scale IoT device onboarding, monitoring, and lifecycle operations.
- Roaming and peering services that interconnect LoRaWAN operators and enterprise networks across regions.
- IoT enablement tools and integrations with cloud platforms for data ingestion, processing, and application enablement.
- Solutions and reference architectures for asset tracking, smart cities, utilities, Industrial IoT (IIOT), and building management.
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Actility provides connectivity infrastructure for IoT projects built on LPWAN technologies, with a primary focus on LoRaWAN (network connectivity). Its core offering is a software platform that telecom operators, enterprises, and public-sector organizations use as a network server and management layer to operate large-scale LoRaWAN networks. These environments include public carrier networks, national and municipal smart city deployments, and private industrial or campus networks where organizations manage their own gateways and devices.
Within enterprise and institutional settings, Actility’s platform functions as a control plane for LoRaWAN connectivity, handling device activation, session management, network-layer security, and routing of messages between end devices and application servers. It is deployed in operator data centers, private clouds, and public cloud environments to support high device counts and geographically distributed gateways. The software integrates with LoRaWAN gateways from multiple hardware vendors, enabling heterogeneous network architectures that can be tailored to industrial, building, or outdoor coverage requirements.
Actility’s portfolio also includes services that interconnect LoRaWAN networks operated by different entities. These roaming and peering capabilities (network interoperability) allow devices provisioned under one operator or enterprise network to communicate when they move into coverage provided by another participating network. This model supports cross-border or multi-site asset tracking, logistics, and cross-operator IoT services while preserving each participant’s own subscriber management and policies.
The company supports common enterprise integration models by connecting its platform to cloud IoT and data services (cloud integration), enabling routing of device telemetry and events into analytics, visualization, and application stacks. This includes support for standard IP-based interfaces and messaging patterns that allow enterprises to map LoRaWAN-based sensor data into existing Operational technology (OT) and IT systems. Customers use these capabilities in solution domains such as smart metering, predictive maintenance, environmental monitoring, facility management, and smart city applications.
From a technology perspective, Actility centers its offerings on the LoRaWAN protocol (LPWAN connectivity), which defines the MaC and network layers for low-power, long-range wireless communication in unlicensed spectrum. The platform is positioned as a network server and operations support layer in the LoRaWAN reference architecture, bridging radio access infrastructure and application platforms. For marketplace and directory classification, Actility fits into categories such as IoT connectivity management platforms, LPWAN network server software, and LoRaWAN roaming and peering services for telecom operators and large enterprises.
Our description of Actility. Updated December 2025.
