Kerlink, a provider of solutions dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT), and ZENNER IoT Solutions, a LoRaWAN systems integrator and solution provider in Germany, have collaborated on what they describe as the largest LoRaWAN deployment in that country, including up to 3,000 Kerlink Wirnet LoRaWAN gateways. The network is operated by Netze BW, the largest distribution network company for electricity, gas and water in Baden-Württemberg, Germany’s third-largest state.
Kerlink, a provider of solutions for designing, launching and operating public and private LoRaWAN IoT networks, offers industrial-grade network equipment, as well as network-core, operations and management software. The company has carried out more than 120,000 installations in 69 countries. It specializes in enabling intelligent IoT connectivity for such sectors such as fleet management, transportation, logistics, retail, asset tracking, smart metering, smart agriculture and environment, and smart cities, buildings and factories. Based in France, with subsidiaries in the United States, Singapore, India and Japan, Kerlink is a founding and board member of both the LoRa Alliance and the uCIFI Alliance.
Hamburg-based ZENNER IoT Solutions, a subsidiary of ZENNER International and part of the Minol-ZENNER Group, applies solutions based on IoT technologies as part of its digitalization strategy, ranging from project development to measurement-data acquisition and processing to end-user applications. The firm is focused on the digitalization of the energy and water supply industries. Minol-ZENNER Group’s LoRaWAN network infrastructure comprises more than 6,000 IoT gateways, with which more than 800,000 measuring devices and sensors communicate via LoRaWAN networks. The company, a LPWAN back-end provider and systems integrator for utility companies in the DACH region, is focused on the development of customer-specific IoT applications.
“This major deployment in Baden-Württemberg demonstrates the excellent scalability, flexibility and robustness of LoRaWAN networks, and the reliability of Kerlink LoRaWAN gateways,” said Gerald Troppenz, ZENNER IoT Solutions’ business-development manager, in a prepared statement. “Kerlink’s flexible configurations simplified making its carrier-grade hardware compatible with our ELEMENT-IoT platform—a comprehensive middleware for device, network, data and user management.”
“This partnership with ZENNER IoT Solutions is an important expansion of Kerlink’s business in Germany and demonstrates once again the best-in-class quality of our products for industrial-grade private IoT networks,” added Etienne Ghidossi, Kerlink’s key account manager, in the prepared statement. “Leveraging its strong field experience with equipment deployed in demanding environments, Kerlink offers carrier-grade gateways designed for enhanced radio performance, especially in ultra-dense 3G/4G cellular settings, such as urban areas.”