KERLINK (EPA:ALKLK) - UN Refugee Agency Successfully Implements Water-Monitoring Pilot Program Using Kerlink LoRaWAN® Gateways; Effort Is Expanding to Eight Other Locations

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UN Refugee Agency Successfully Implements Water-Monitoring Pilot Program
Using Kerlink LoRaWAN(r) Gateways; Effort Is Expanding to Eight Other
Locations
Reliable Remote Wireless Sensing and Communication Abilities Are 'a Possible
Game-Changer for Monitoring in Refugee Situations'

PRESS RELEASE

Thorigné-Fouillard, France - Feb. 24, 8:00 a.m. CEST - Kerlink (AKLK -
FR0013156007), a specialist in solutions dedicated to the Internet of Things
(IoT), today announced the success of a United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) pilot program for reservoir monitoring in Uganda and Iraq,
which incorporates Kerlink's LoRaWAN(r) gateway technology.

The effectiveness of the sensor-to-cloud monitoring programs in remote
locations is resulting in near-term expansion to eight additional installations
in Africa and Asia, and officials see a multitude of potential applications for
IoT-based wireless sensor networks going forward.

The UNHCR, the UN's refugee agency, is charged with providing water to millions
of people worldwide, often with daunting logistics. The Ugandan Arua Field
effort, where the pilot monitoring program was first implemented, provides
daily water deliveries to as many as 470,000 refugees. The LoRaWAN-enabled
sensors installed at reservoirs starting in January 2019 enabled managers to
monitor water levels in real time, providing unprecedented visibility into
usage and resource management. They also provided a reliable new source of
coordinated payment information for some 630 rental tanker trucks that were
hauling up to 6,387 cubic meters (about 1.5 million gallons) of water daily
when the emergency response began in 2015.

Data from the sensors designed by several companies travelled through an
outdoor Kerlink Wirnet(TM) Station LoRaWAN(r) gateway, which provided essential
connectivity with cloud databases and applications. UNHCR managers integrated
the data into a dashboard that provided new levels of visibility into
operations of this global program.

UNHCR Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Officer Ryan Schweitzer noted that
the IoT made it both easy and cost-effective to roll out a static water-level
monitoring system. The agency hopes to use it globally as a
"basis-of-payment" system for water-trucking operations, which in Uganda are
as high as $15 million per month. "The LoRaWAN(r) IoT technology is mature,
extremely cost effective and scalable. The static reservoir-monitoring
technology works extremely well," he said.

Schweitzer added that the approach has broad potential for all sectors of
humanitarian services, including monitoring of groundwater, water-supply
systems, water quality, waste collection, and air quality. He described it as a
"possible game-changer for monitoring in refugee settings," noting that the
ability to document delivery of safe, potable water to refugees at all times is
a "holy grail"-type of technology for UNHCR water and hygiene efforts.

Next steps include replication of the pilot systems at other locations in
Uganda and Iraq, as well as Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Bangladesh.

"This unique and vital use case underscores the humanitarian benefits that the
IoT can support," said Stéphane Dejean, Kerlink's chief marketing officer.
"Because the UNHCR sensor-to-gateway-to-platform system provides critical life
support for large numbers of people, there's a very high need for
trustworthiness and reliability."

"At the same time, the projects' remote location and minimal staffing also
demanded a true carrier-grade solution with quick, easy integration and
deployment, and secure and straightforward administration," he said. "We're
gratified by our Wirnet Station's performance under harsh conditions, and
honored to work with UNHCR - their work reflects our values and commitments
towards society and the environment, and we look forward to continuing to
provide expertise on the next round of projects."

Since its introduction in 2014 as the first commercial LoRaWAN(r) gateway, the
Wirnet Station has been chosen for thousands of installations worldwide by
public operators, cable operators, private businesses, and public authorities.
It has set new standards for robust, reliable, high-performance operation; an
upgraded successor, the Wirnet iStation, was introduced in 2019.

About Kerlink

Kerlink Group is a leading global provider of connectivity solutions for
designing, launching, and operating public & private Internet of Things
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 key verticals such as fleet management, transportation &
logistics, retail, asset tracking, and smart metering, as well as smart
agriculture & environment, and smart cities, buildings, and factories. More
than 120,000 Kerlink installations have been rolled out with more than 330
clients in 69 countries. Based in France, with subsidiaries in the US,
Singapore, India, and Japan, Kerlink is a founding and board member of the LoRa
Alliance(r) and the uCIFI Alliance(TM). It is listed on Euronext Growth Paris
under the symbol AKLK.

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