Learn About Actility and ThingPark

Learn about Actility and ThingPark®

Brief reading about the technical features of LoRa and LoRaWAN®, current deployment and market positioning.

Take a Journey to IoT with Actility

The Internet of Things provides businesses and people better insight into and control over 99% of objects and environments that remain beyond the reach of the Internet. And by doing so, closing the gap between the physical and the digital world is made possible by IoT. An increasingly widescale use of IoT allows to:

Yet, to take advantage of this opportunity, IoT must be:

But most of all, it must be delivered by an organization with extended experience, maturity, credibility, intellectual property, and well-established relationships in the ecosystem: Actility.

In Short

Actility is a world leader in Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWAN) industrial-grade connectivity solutions for the Internet of Things. Actility provides its ThingPark™ platform and network technology to deploy, operate and maintain public and private wireless IoT networks within a unified, scalable and versatile network infrastructure.

The vast majority (more than 50) of nationwide LoRaWAN® network service providers and hundreds of companies trust ThingPark™ all over the world. Through its subsidiary Abeeway, Actility also provides patented ultra-low power tracking solutions. ThingPark Market offers the largest selection of interoperable IoT gateways, devices and applications to simplify and accelerate deployment of use cases.

Our Mission

Actility connects IoT devices anywhere, ensuring efficient and secure data gathering and transferring to cloud applications on any scale, providing an operations support system, managing devices, data flow, and monetization, thus enabling end-to-end IoT solutions. Actility’s ambition is to put IoT at the service of cities, citizens, industries, and communities, enabling them to form a connected ecosystem.

Actility is ISO 9001 certified and demonstrating 10+ years of field experience in all regions of the world. ThingPark™ offers key factors for success of your IoT projects. It is the dependable engine behind many innovations in key areas such as Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0, Smart Cities, Building Management, Logistics, and Supply Chain, Utilities, Precision Agriculture, and others, contributing to a more sustainable economy.

Corporate Profile

Company Name : Actility SA
Head-office : 65 Rue de la Victoire, 75009 Paris, France
Regional offices : USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Russia, UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Hungary, Israel
Certification : ISO 9001:2015, world's best-known quality management standard
Founded : In 2010
CEO : Olivier Hersent
Business Sector : Internet of Things, Internet & Software, Telecommunications
Work Force : 120-150

Products and Solutions

ThingPark® is our multi-radio IoT connectivity platform allowing to deploy Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) worldwide, integrating not only LoRaWAN®, but also low-power cellular (LTE-M, NB-IoT) and satellite radio networks.

ThingPark® Suite is a comprehensive portfolio of products and value-added services

These gateways may belong to the same network or separate networks that can setup roaming agreement to enhance each other’s coverage. This collaborative nature of LoRaWAN® is another key element for building low-cost reliable networks as necessitated by the IoT use cases. LoRaWAN® networks can maintain a low Packet Error Rate (PER) despite increasing noise level in unlicensed bands by leveraging macro–diversity.

Actility has the largest global footprint

We deploy IoT networks across campuses, regions and whole countries, everywhere

Mature, Secure, and Scalable Platform
Actility operates the most advanced LPWAN platform with over 35,000 public network base stations globally, processing more than 20 billion IoT transactions annually, supported 24/7 by regional georedundant datacenters and follow-the-sun support centers.
Global LoRaWAN® Deployments
Actility powers the majority of public nationwide LoRaWAN® deployments worldwide, working with over 50 Tier-1 service providers across continents, including KPN, Orange, Swisscom, ER-Telecom, CAT Telecom, and NNNCo. It also operates the only global LPWAN Activation & Roaming platform, ThingPark Exchange.
Industrial Network Deployments
Actility's ThingPark Enterprise architecture supports thousands of industrial networks, from small-scale Proof-of-Concepts to large-scale, multinational georedundant networks for cities and major facilities like Pittsburg and Paris Airports, Washington DC, and Buenos Aires.

Actility has a deep expertise in the whole IoT value chain

We deliver ROI & monetization, not just connectivity

Cost Optimization & ROI Maximization
The platform helps reduce costs, generate revenue, and ensures a high Return on Investment, facilitating the transition from Proof-of-Concept to large-scale IoT deployments.
Accelerated IoT Solutions
Actility drives digital transformation, connecting millions of sensors to optimize operations, lower machine maintenance costs, secure buildings, and enhance field irrigation.
Faster Monetization
The platform enables effective monetization of IoT infrastructure with a 360° approach, ensuring protection and maximization of your investment.

Development : Enabled
Developers can speed-up product creation, reduce costs and freely access sophisticated automated test tools on our ThingPark Community Portal, hosting already more than 1000 active developers.
Integration : Established
ThingPark is open and built around established standards, letting you bring up and scale end-to-end use cases in record time, with seamless integration of complex functions like RF layer, device & network management, device activation & secure credential storage, message queues, drivers and data transformation to fit major IoT data store & analysis platforms.
Network operations : Delivered
ThingPark platform is fully elastic from single antenna site to entire countries. Our pricing includes all hosting costs, HA and georedundancy, and there are no overheads: we manage upgrades ensuring full continuity of the data-path, and the platform is monitored 24x7.
Device field operations & commissioning : Secured
Our ISO 9001 QA process (1,000+ tests and 4 weeks of field testing) ensures that you will never have to service thousands of orphaned devices. We are the only provider that deployed record capabilities for IoT traffic to efficiently perform regression testing for a long tail of thousands of device types. We enable secure pre-commissioning of devices from the factory, thus eliminating on site configuration.
Maintenance : Made Simple
Our best-in-class dynamic radio parameter optimization ensures minimal power consumption, and leverages RF macro-diversity to match high QoS objectives, reducing battery replacement and optimizing RF stability, with even further cost optimization for geolocation as we leverage our for multi-technology system with our patented Low-Power GPS. Our firmware update compression and multicasting enable zero touch mass upgrade campaigns.
Infrastructure Usage : Reduced
Once the LPWAN network is in place, enterprises and service providers can break the traditional silo model and deploy telemetering, geolocation, smart-building and many other use cases, which rapidly decreases the marginal infrastructure costs for each use case.
Solutions Exposure : Fulfilled
Solution providers can rapidly and inexpensively make their applications and devices available over any network, via ThingPark Exchange peering hub. ThingPark Market (market.thingpark.com) exposes successful solutions from all over the world, available in a few clicks with pre-negotiated purchase contracts and allows you to reach a focused IoT audience over 161 countries.

Actility is driving the global IoT Innovation

We are developing solutions at the forefront of IoT

Engineering Expertise & Innovation
With over 60% of staff dedicated to engineering, Actility is both a market leader and pioneer, having initiated the LPWAN backbone and being the first to implement advanced features like Class B, multicast, roaming, activation, and hardware security.
Multi-Radio IoT Platform
ThingPark Wireless offers a unique interface for LoRaWAN®, NB-IoT, LTE-M, and satellite connectivity, making it the only multi-radio IoT platform available.
Global Peering Leadership
Actility is a global driver in IoT connectivity, with ThingPark Exchange as the industry's only active LoRaWAN® peering hub, connecting 18 networks worldwide, including public and private networks, satellite networks, and both Actility and non-Actility platforms.

500+ LoRa Alliance Members

We are driving IoT adoption through a rich ecosystem

Actility is leading a vibrant ecosystem of strategic partners, by connecting solution providers, security system vendors, chip & module makers, world-class integrators solution partners, supporting developers and device makers preparing their LPWAN product for market, and providing a B2B marketplace offering a global distribution channel to solution providers. We are at the heart of IoT, connecting the dots.

We are a Cool Vendor that delivers a multiplier effect on the IoT business

Actility has been named a Cool Vendor in Gartner’s 2020 Cool Vendors report in Communications Service Provider Network Operations, confirming our innovation and impactful profile in key IoT industries.

3 reasons to choose Actility

Market Leadership
& Mature Platform

Actility provides the most reliable, advanced IoT platform, trusted by tier-1 global operators. With over 10 years of field experience, the ThingPark platform offers industrial-grade service, 24/7 monitoring, geo-redundancy, and continuous upgrades, ensuring full deployment flexibility for large-scale projects worldwide.

Comprehensive IoT
Value Chain

ThingPark™ supports the largest LoRaWAN® product portfolio, focusing on maximizing IoT infrastructure monetization and ROI. It is hardware-agnostic, supports all leading LoRaWAN® gateways, and integrates seamlessly with major IoT cloud platforms via open APIs and connectors.

Technological Leadership & Global Impact

Actility leads in IoT innovation, being the first to implement advanced IoT features like multicast, FUOTA, and low-power geolocation. It connects all parts of the IoT ecosystem, accelerating global LPWAN deployments and offering value-added services that go beyond connectivity.

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