Objenious will shut down its LoRaWAN network in December 2024 as it leans further into LTE-M and NB-IoT. The operator also used 2022 to push a new NB-IoT trial offer and to position its cellular IoT line-up as the path forward.
That shift did not start in 2024. Objenious launched a Starter offer based on its Spot platform in summer 2018, selling businesses online tools to build and manage their own IoT solution on an annual subscription priced at 20 euros per sensor. The company stopped new subscriptions and renewals for that offer from September 1, 2022.
Cellular LPWAN became the main line
A month after launching LTE-M, Objenious announced that it operated its own NB-IoT network. It became the first operator in France to give customers both cellular LPWAN networks, with 1,400 municipalities already covered at the time of the November 23, 2021 announcement.
Bernardo Cabrera said Objenious’s goal with NB-IoT and LTE-M was to provide nationwide coverage by the end of 2022. Objenious also expected LTE-M and NB-IoT to represent 50% of new connections in 2024.
A test offer for projects that were already choosing
At Sido Paris 2022, Objenious unveiled Explore NB-IoT, a 12-month offer to test the network. Bernardo Cabrera said Objenious was in a pivotal period because connectivity choices in high-volume projects were being made now.
Objenious is also in discussions with Urban Control, the English smart-lighting company that designed an LTE-M and NB-IoT lighting module for large-scale deployments.
What this means for IoT & M2M buyers
The commercial signal is simple: Objenious is moving customers away from a legacy LoRaWAN path and toward cellular LPWAN. For buyers, the relevant benchmark is no longer the old Starter subscription; it is the ability to test NB-IoT before scaling and to choose between LTE-M and NB-IoT for deployment plans.