KERLINK (EPA:ALKLK) - Kerlink and NetOP Technology Partnering on World’s-First, IoT-Based Wildfire Prevention System

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31/08/2021 18:00

Kerlink and NetOP Technology Partnering on World?s-First, IoT-Based
Wildfire Prevention System
NetOP Technology Forest Capsule Monitors Local Conditions
In Remote Areas and Sends Alerts When Fire Danger Is High

PRESS RELEASE

Thorigné-Fouillard, France and Amsterdam - Aug. 31, 2021, 6:00 p.m. CET -
Kerlink (AKLK - FR0013156007), a specialist in solutions dedicated to the
Internet of Things (IoT), and NetOP Technology, which designs and produces
tailor-made IoT solutions for multiple verticals and applications, today
announced their collaboration on a wildfire-prevention system that warns public
officials when weather conditions predict fires.

This summer of 2021, 187,114 fires have so far been recorded across the globe,
further underlining the urgency of acting on global warming. Extreme
temperatures and droughts have fueled fires in Russia, Greece, Sicily, Algeria,
Tunisia, the Amazon, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Canada and the United States,
particularly in California, where the Dixie Fire has been burning since
mid-July and has ravaged more than 200,000 hectares. The previous record was
set in September 2020 with 138,680 fires, i.e. almost 50,000 fewer(1).

To help identify risk areas, the LoRaWAN(r)-based system combines Kerlink
Wirnet gateways with NetOP Technology Forest Capsules that measure
meteorological conditions such as humidity, temperature, CO2 and the
concentration of volatile organic compounds (VOC), using built-in sensors. The
long-range wireless device detects, collects and reports dangerous conditions
even in very remote locations via Kerlink's LoRaWAN gateways, while its AI
capabilities identify likely fire outbreaks with their exact GPS location.

The system's intelligent dashboard features an integrated AI layer, sensors
with machine-learning functions, forest fire prediction, on-line risk
calculation, smart live maps of terrain, real-time heat maps and alarm
scenarios.

"Our technology and Kerlink's very wide LoRaWAN coverage allow forest and
wildlands managers to expand their monitoring far beyond traditional
capabilities of smoke detection and early fire observation," said Olcay Taysi,
co-founder of NetOP Technology. "By predicting where fires are likely to start,
the Forest Capsule system helps officials spend their monitoring and
surveillance activities more effectively."

"This solution delivers on the global scale by helping to anticipate climate
change consequences potentially resulting in vast fires, and locally it
protects wildlife and enables organizations to conserve water and other
resources used in fighting fires," said Romain Weryk, Kerlink key account
manager. "Kerlink's expertise on gateways and communication management is
widely recognized for the robust performance those features deliver in diverse
and challenging environments, and they make Kerlink an obvious partner for this
world's- first, IoT wildfire-prevention application."

NetOP Technology also has been Kerlink's distributor since July 2018.

(1) https://www.novethic.fr/actualite/environnement/climat/isr-rse/
la-terre-touchee-par-un-nombre-record-d-incendies-durant-cet-ete2021-
150073.html

NetOP Technology Forest Capsule V2

Artificial Intelligence Powered Fire Prediction Algorithm
& Real Time Risk Maps with Machine Learning Support

* NEW DESIGN
To Hang On Trees

* TOUGH BODY
IP67 Robust and Fireproof Material

* ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LAYER
Predict Fire Risk

* 10+ YEARS
Battery Life-Time

* EMBEDDED SENSORS
CO, Temperature, Smoke, Humidity

* LONG RANGE
Mesh Network*

* GPS INSIDE
Exact Location

(*) optional

About Kerlink

Kerlink Group is a leading global provider of end-to-end connectivity solutions
for designing, deploying, and operating public & private low power/wide area
(LPWA) Internet of Things (IoT) networks. Its comprehensive product portfolio
includes industrial-grade network equipment, best-of-breed network core,
operations and management software, value-added applications and expert
professional services, backed by strong R&D capabilities. Kerlink specializes
in enabling future-proof intelligent IoT connectivity for three major domains:
Smart City & Quality of Life - urban operations, utilities & metering, retail &
public places, infrastructure & hubs, health; Smart Building & Industry -
buildings & real estate, industry & manufacturing, asset monitoring & tracking,
and Smart Agriculture & Environment - precision agriculture, cattle monitoring
& farming, environment & climate, and wildlife protection. More than 140,000
Kerlink installations have been rolled out with over 350 clients in 70
countries. Based in France, with subsidiaries in the US, Singapore, India and
Japan, Kerlink is a co-founder and board member of the LoRa Alliance(r) and
the uCIFI Alliance(tm). It is listed on Euronext Growth Paris under the symbol
ALKLK.

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About NetOP Technology

NetOP Technology develops and produces hardware and SaaS solutions based on Low
Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) with a complete hardware management platform,
software development kit (SDK) for the Internet of Things (IoT) market. NetOP
Technology's low-energy wireless cloud sensor family is modular and ready to
integrate with any IoT platform with known IoT connectivity protocols. There
are more than 80 different LPWAN sensors in NetOP Technology's portfolio and
they have an innovative, patented, and unique structure that combines with each
other to bring thousands of IoT devices to the market. There are several,
turn-key vertical solutions are available in NetOP Technology's portfolio.
Visit https://netop.io/

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NetOP Technology contact:
Olcay Taysi
+31 615 58 2211
olcay.taysi@netop.io

Financial press contact:
Actifin
Isabelle Dray
+33 (0) 1 56 88 11 29
idray@actifin.fr

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blehari@actifin.fr

Kerlink press & market analysts contact:
Mahoney Lyle
Sarah-Lyle Dampoux
+33 (0) 6 74 93 23 47
sldampoux@mahoneylyle.com

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