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Designed for today’s demands and tomorrow’s possibilities. Built around your geography, budget, and programme requirements, our tailored connectivity solutions keep you connected under any conditions.

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Reliable connectivity by design

At Arqiva, we understand that one technology can’t do it all. That’s why we combine LPWAN options — FlexNet, NB-IoT, and LoRaWAN — to deliver the right mix of coverage, scalability, and performance for your smart water programmes.

Feature	FlexNet	NB-IoT	LoRaWAN
Protocol type	Arqiva proprietary, public, licensed 412MHz	Open (3GPP), public, licensed MNO 800-900MHz	Open (LoRaWAN Alliance), public, unlicensed 868MHz
Urban coverage	Up to 1km	Up to 400m	Up to 500m
Rural coverage	Up to 4km	Up to 2km	Up to 4km
Pit depth coverage	+3m	>30cm	>4cm
Deployment	Radio planning and base station deployment	No network build or radio planning required	Radio planning and gateway deployment
Device compatibility	Sensus, Elster and Diehl device compatible, with 15+ year product warranty	Sensus, Diehl, Honeywell, Arad and Badger device compatible, with more devices to be added soon	Diehl, Elster, iTron, Arad and Badger and Axioma compatible with more devices to be added soon
Management system	Single headend system for integration with NB-IoT	Single headend system for integration with FlexNet	Separate headend system
Security	AES-256 security; PKI authentication	3GPP 256 bit AES security; SIM authentication	Dev EUI authentication
Support	24/7 management and monitoring	24/7 management and monitoring	24/7 management and monitoring