KERLINK (EPA:ALKLK) - Kerlink IoT Connectivity Hardware and Software Chosen For Largest Smart-County LoRaWAN Network

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Kerlink IoT Connectivity Hardware and Software Chosen
For Largest Smart-County LoRaWAN Network
Finistère Smart Connect Project on French Coast Brings IoT Benefits
To 2,000 Public Buildings, 400,000 Utility Meters & 72,000 Public Lights

PRESS RELEASE

Thorigné-Fouillard, France - May 27, 2021, 6 p.m. CEST - Kerlink (AKLK -
FR0013156007), a specialist in solutions dedicated to the Internet of Things
(IoT), has provided more than 400 Wirnet(TM) IoT gateways and its Wanesy(TM)
Management Center for the largest-known LoRaWAN(r) network deployment serving a
single county, in Finistère Départment on France's west coast.

Called Finistère Smart Connect, the nearly countywide network will enable
smart management and efficient usage of 2,000 buildings, 1,200 parking places,
400,000 gas-and-water meters, 250 meteorological probes to monitor air quality
and 72,000 public lights for smart-lighting applications. Additional public
services include smart waste management and water distribution. As with many
LoRaWAN deployments around the world, benefits were demonstrated early on, such
as a 20 percent reduction of energy use in some public buildings.

The deployment in the county, or "départment" in France, is the first known
use of the LoRaWAN(r) protocol by an energy consortium formed to realize the
benefits of the IoT to coordinate and customize vital public services according
to needs of users over such a large area.

"While the Internet of Things and smart-city projects are emerging in large
metropolitan areas, rural areas and medium-sized towns are still not
sufficiently involved in such experiments," Finistère's Departmental Union of
Energy and Equipment of Finistère (SDEF) explains on its website. "To address
this issue, SDEF and Eiffage Energie Systèmes are going to make a connected
territory service available throughout the départment, with the exception of
the Brest metropolis. This project will provide local authorities in Finistère
with tools to control and manage the implementation of their public policies in
the areas of energy and financial efficiency applied to public network
services, as well as in the area of citizen relations."

Kerlink delivered 420 Wirnet iBTS Compact LoRaWAN gateways for the project.
They are controlled by the company's Wanesy Management Center, a highly modular
and complete solution, including an operating support system, base-station
controller, radio network controller, and LoRaWAN Network Server to run,
monitor and manage the network.

"The scope of Finistère Smart Connect is unique for its size and its ability
to serve many diverse cities and small towns in a single, joint project," said
Stéphane Dejean, Kerlink CMO. "It highlights once again the flexibility for
customized designs and deployments, and the long-rage coverage of the LoRaWAN
protocol, and for the predictably seamless integration of Kerlink
industrial-grade gateways and Wanesy Management Center in Internet of Things
networks."

The Finistère Smart Connect project leaders from the private sector are:

* Eiffage Energie Systèmes, a French group specializing in public works,
* Qwant, a French search engine focused on privacy and security for users,
* Sensing Vision, a start-up specialized in IoT & network supervision, with
Kerlink as subcontractor, and
* Dolmen, a local customer marketing platform.

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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