1NCE and Netmore Combine Cellular and LoRaWAN Access to Deliver Global IoT Coverage
Two heavyweight players in massive IoT are stitching together a new kind of global coverage fabric. 1NCE has folded Netmore’s LoRaWAN capabilities into the 1NCE OS platform, letting customers tap both cellular and LoRaWAN connectivity from a single software stack. The result is a unified experience designed to erase coverage blind spots, simplify operations, and extend battery-friendly IoT deployments at scale.
What’s new
- Netmore’s LoRaWAN Network Server (LNS) is now available as a plugin inside 1NCE OS, alongside 1NCE’s established cellular connectivity.
- A single pane of glass to onboard devices, visualize fleets, ingest data, and route it to cloud endpoints—regardless of whether endpoints talk over cellular or LoRaWAN.
- Redundancy and reach: cellular for broad mobility and backhaul; LoRaWAN for ultra-low power, long-range coverage in tough environments.
- One commercial and operational model for low-bandwidth IoT, built to scale internationally.
Why it matters
Massive IoT often hits the same hurdles: patchy coverage in basements and rural edges, strict power budgets, and the complexity of managing mixed fleets. By binding cellular and LoRaWAN under one operating layer, this partnership targets those constraints head-on. Devices can leverage the right radio for the job while back-end teams keep a single operational rhythm—no juggling of separate platforms, contracts, or data pipelines.
For operators of smart cities, utilities, logistics networks, and industrial sites, that consolidation promises fewer blind spots, longer device lifespans, and faster rollouts. Industry watchers expect low-power wide-area technologies to serve the majority of low-bandwidth IoT endpoints over the next few years; a combined approach positions customers to meet that demand with fewer compromises.
How the combined platform works
- Unified orchestration: Provision and manage endpoints across both networks inside 1NCE OS, with consistent tooling for monitoring, alerting, and policy control.
- Flexible data routing: Normalize messages and forward them to cloud applications or data lakes through a shared ingestion and routing layer.
- Coverage-first design: Use LoRaWAN for deep-indoor and long-range, battery-sensitive scenarios; lean on cellular for mobility, backhaul, or where LoRaWAN is limited.
- Scale without silos: Treat mixed-radio fleets as a single deployment, simplifying DevOps, analytics, and lifecycle management.
Where it fits
- Smart cities and lighting: Lamp posts and roadside sensors benefit from multi-year batteries and reliable links, including hard-to-reach installations.
- Utilities and metering: Water, gas, and electricity meters can transmit small payloads predictably from basements and dense urban cores.
- Logistics and asset tracking: Pallets, containers, and returnable transport items gain low-power sensing with cellular backup for handoffs and roaming.
- Buildings and facilities: Environmental, occupancy, and leak detection sensors stay lightweight and long-lived while maintaining dependable reach.
What 1NCE brings
1NCE operates a cloud-first software and connectivity platform built for massive IoT. Its model focuses on straightforward onboarding, predictable economics, and global availability. The platform helps organizations collect device data from more than 170 countries and turn it into actionable intelligence without stitching together disparate stacks.
What Netmore adds
Netmore runs a large-scale LoRaWAN operation with a footprint spanning many countries and a focus on sustainable, sensor-driven environments. Its LNS and network presence are geared for dense device populations and long-range, low-power connectivity, complementing cellular where battery life and deep coverage matter most.
The bigger picture
As the low-bandwidth IoT market matures, few organizations want to bet on a single access technology. Coverage patterns vary by region and use case, and battery budgets are tight. A blended approach—cellular plus LoRaWAN—creates resilience: when one option struggles, the other can fill in. By collapsing management into one platform, this tie-up aims to reduce integration effort, shrink time-to-deployment, and help teams scale from pilots to nationwide rollouts with fewer surprises.
Availability
The Netmore LoRaWAN plugin is live within the 1NCE platform, enabling existing and new customers to start building mixed-connectivity fleets immediately.
Bottom line: Bringing LoRaWAN and cellular under one operational roof gives IoT builders a more dependable toolkit—global reach, deep-indoor coverage, and long battery life—without the usual complexity tax.
