How Netmore is expanding its global influence while strengthening local impact

The Netmore Group often pitches its services as drivers for growth. The Polar Structure subsidiary specializes in enabling millions of wireless devices to collect analytics for increased efficiency and sustainability, establishing connectivity for unlimited future applications. Now, however, the Stockholm-based company is driving some of its own growth.

A recent series of deals and decisions has strengthened Netmore’s dual position as international provider of innovative IoT-based solutions and operator of regional networks that enable such solutions.

In late September 2025, the Netmore Group acquired the Spanish remote meter technology company Arson Metering. Less than three weeks beforehand, Netmore had closed on a contract with Severn Trent, the second largest water utility in the United Kingdom, to deploy and manage network services for one million smart meters. But the company’s presence is also expanding in areas beyond Europe. That same month, Netmore announced it was assuming commercial operations of an IoT network in Brazil from American Tower Corporation (ATC) with plans to improve its performance and service quality.

Altogether, these developments highlight how Netmore is capitalizing on new opportunities around the world that not only boost its market reach but also support a societal shift to massive IoT technologies.

Arson Mertering — solutions for utilities’ digital transformation

A key facet of the Netmore Group’s broadening reach is its status as a leading partner for modernizing utility operations, and corporate acquisitions like the one for Arson Metering bolster that reputation.

Although it also manages over 500,000 water and gas meters across Europe, Arson Metering’s core focus is developing advanced remote reading technologies. The company offers solutions that include a data control center for monitoring utility networks and analyzing specifically for detecting anomalies, as well as platforms designed for remotely reading meters and managing water and gas networks.

“Acquiring Arson Metering is another transformative step for Netmore as we expand our ability to provide end-to-end solutions for utility automation and modernization across the globe,” Ove Anebygd, CEO of Netmore Group, said in the official announcement for the deal.

Seven Trent — large-scale deployment for a modern utility

Wide-scale implementation of cutting-edge solutions like IoT-based smart meters for utility companies is another important element of the Netmore Group’s profile.

The company deployed and currently operates the UK’s largest network running LoRaWAN (a leading communications protocol for IoT devices) that connects over three million smart water meters. It was a critical factor in Seven Trent’s decision to tap Netmore for a 3-year contract to deploy and manage a dual LoRaWAN and Narrowband-loT (NB-IoT) network, as well as lead suppliers in producing and installing one million smart water meters for tracking usage among its customers.

“Netmore’s experience in supplying carrier-grade network connectivity and reliably delivering smart meter data will help Severn Trent monitor water consumption more accurately, identify leaks faster, and reduce operational carbon emissions in line with our stated goals,” Anthony Hickinbottom, Smart Metering Networks Lead at Severn Trent, explained in a press release.

ATC’s Brazil Network — connectivity in a growing IoT market

While smart water metering is the leading use case spurring massive IoT adoption in the UK, it’s a diversity of applications driving it in Brazil — where the Netmore Group is taking over a nationwide LoRaWAN network.

Netmore’s control of the network is part of its 2024 acquisition of Everynet, an IoT network operator that had partnered with ATC to establish LoRaWAN connectivity across Brazil. And the circumstances are an opportunity to gain a foothold in Latin America’s burgeoning IoT market.

In the statement announcing the news, Anebygd explained: “Our ongoing investments in building and densifying regional network infrastructure, combined with establishing local operations, emphasize Netmore’s commitment to delivering global IoT connectivity with a local customer-centric focus.”

“This is part of the Netmore way.”

While it may seem like a convenient association of business interests, providing IoT-based solutions for utility companies and operating the networks that connect them goes deeper. The Netmore Group’s ultimate aim is to accelerate the wide adoption of massive IoT solutions. To do so requires establishing future-proof networks — optimally, those with LPWAN/LoRaWAN connectivity — which are fundamental to modern utility operations.

One enables the other, and both are essential to the Netmore Group’s commitment to customers, as well as maintaining its standing in the market.

Although speaking specifically about the ACT network deal, Gustavo Zarife, Netmore’s Vice President for South America, summed up the company’s underlying strategy perfectly in a comment for the press release.

“This is part of the Netmore way,” he said, “a proven methodology that combines technical excellence, formal service-level agreements, and sustained infrastructure investment.”