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What is our journey so far ?

2004

July 2004:  Creation of Kerlink with the vision of becoming a specialist in machine-to-machine communication (M2M)

2006

April 2006: Launch of Wanesy, a platform for remote device management and remote software maintenance

2008

April 2008: First fundraising event raises €650,000 from local investors

2013

May 2013: Second round of fundraising of €1.5 million to support strong growth and accelerate international development

2014

January 2014: Global launch of the Wirnet Station, the world’s first LoRaWAN gateway

2015

January 2015: Kerlink is one of the founding members of the LoRa Alliance. Kerlink also serves as a board member and actively contributes to each alliance committee

December 2015: Global launch of Kerlink’s iSeries modular range of LoRaWAN carrier grade gateways, Wirnet iBTS and Wirnet iBTS Compact

2016

May 2016: Initial public offering raises more than €10 million

October 2016: ISO 9001-2008 certification received for the “design, development, and sales process of network solutions for the Internet of Things”

November 2016: Opening of Singapore subsidiary

2017

January 2017: Kerlink Inc. subsidiary launched to serve North American markets

April 2017: Second capital increase raises more than €20 million

September 2017: Opening of office in Chennai, India

October 2017: Kerlink joins the EnterNext PEA-PME 150 index

November 2017:  Announcement of a sales representation in Japan

December 2017: Kerlink supplies, expands and densifies Proximus’s LoRaWAN IoT network in Belgium

December 2017: Kerlink included in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 EMEA Ranking

2018

February 2018: ISO 9001-2015 certification awarded

February 2018: Kerlink launches Low Power IoT Reference Design

April 2018: Kerlink listed among Europe’s fastest-growing companies in Financial Times FT 1000

April 2018: Kerlink joins the Tech40 index of AlterNext

June 2018: Kerlink announces single-contract package of end-to-end IoT connectivity solution

July 2018: Kerlink included in Forbes Futur40 Fast-Growing Companies for the second year in a row

September 2018: Kerlink unveils Wirnet iBTS 64 Highway at Mobile World Congress Americas

October 2018: Kerlink launches Japanese subsidiary to serve growing interest in the IoT in Japan and accelerate expansion in Asia

2019

February 2019: Kerlink to launch end-to-end smart vertical IoT solutions with partners for key verticals at MWC 2019

June 2019: Kerlink signs a partnership with Tata Communications transformation services (TCTS) to expand LoRaWAN networks deployments

June 2019: Launch of the Wirnet iStation outdoor industrial-grade iSeries new LoRaWAN gateway

September 2019: Launch of the Wirnet iFemtoCell-evolution indoor iSeries new LoRaWAN gateway

October 2019: ISO 9001-2015 certification renewal by AFNOR

November 2019: Kerlink Low Power IoT Reference Design Included In Objenious’s Catalog of LoRaWAN Certified Products

2020

February 2020: Kerlink is chosen to help UNHCR to supervise water management in refugees camps.

March 2020: Kerlink powers the largest LoRaWAN network in Germany for a water, gas & electricity company

April 2020: Kerlink’s distribution network keep on spreading with a new contract in Ukraine

May 2020: Kerlink and Microshare team up to create a contact tracing solution to help suppress Covid-19 pandemic

May 2020: Kerlink Launches the Wanesy Wave, a cost-efficient LoRaWAN multi-technology Tracking anchor for Smart-Retail and Smart-Facility Applications

June 2020: Kerlink and US IoT software company TagoIO to integrate Wanesy Management Center & End-to-End cloud platform

July 2020: Kerlink & Japanese Distributor GISupply Partner on a Diversity Of LoRa-based IoT Solutions for Health, Smart Agriculture Markets.

November 2020: Kerlink & Richardson RFPD Announce Distribution Agreement

December 2020: Kerlink LoRaWAN Gateways Are AWS-Qualified Devices For New AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN

2021

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