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🚚 Is enough for large-scale asset tracking?

Many companies start with BLE-only tracking because it looks simple and affordable. But did you know that BLE signals weaken after just 20 meters — even without walls or obstacles? Add in access points on the same 2.4 GHz band, and interference quickly makes coverage unreliable.

So what happens next? To keep visibility, teams add more readers. But this leads to:

1️⃣ Higher infrastructure costs.
2️⃣ More points of failure.
3️⃣ Blind spots that still remain.

Now imagine a fleet with thousands of assets moving between plants, yards, and trailers. Would you trust a system that can’t guarantee coverage everywhere?

This is why hybrid + trackers make sense:

📡 Reliable coverage – LoRaWAN has up to 50 dB more link budget than BLE, covering entire facilities and even inside trailers with just a few gateways.

🔄 Indoor + outdoor visibility – BLE gives precise zone-level positioning (e.g., which trailer a pallet is in), while LoRaWAN ensures continuous data transmission across wide areas.

💰 Lower costs, easier scaling – fewer gateways mean lower upfront investment, easier maintenance, and a solution that can grow to tens of thousands of devices without redesign.

🔋 Battery health monitoring – unlike BLE-only, hybrid devices report battery levels and send alerts before failures, avoiding hundreds of “lost” trackers in large fleets.

In other words, + delivers the best of both worlds: local precision and global reliability — without the trade-offs.

👉 If you had to track thousands of assets across multiple sites, which approach would you choose?

🚫 Multi-vendor LoRaWAN® deployments often look like this:
Gateways from one brand
Network server from another
Sensors from a third
Planning from a consultant

When something breaks, support turns into a blame game.

🔧 With TEKTELIC, there’s no guessing. One vendor = one responsibility.

We deliver the complete LoRaWAN® ecosystem:
🔹 Smart sensors for indoor, outdoor & industrial use
🔹 Carrier-grade gateways (indoor, outdoor, ATEX-certified)
🔹 Network solutions with TDOA location & BACnet/Modbus for BMS integration
🔹 Remote management of gateways & network performance with KONA Element
🔹 RF planning of coverage & deployment with KONA Radiant

🎯 The result? Faster deployments. Lower costs. Clear accountability.

In complex rollouts, simplicity isn’t just convenient — it’s the real cost saver.

One partner. One platform. One responsibility.

Partnership Announcement: Turnkey Communications x TEKTELIC

We’re excited to announce a strategic partnership between Turnkey Communications and TEKTELIC, a global leader in LoRaWAN® Network solutions and end-to-end connectivity.

Through this strategic partnership, Turnkey will now integrate TEKTELIC’s full portfolio — from carrier-grade gateways and IoT sensors to complete end-to-end solutions — into its offering. This means customers can expect powerful, scalable, and cost-effective connectivity purpose-built for industrial, remote, and mission-critical environments.

This collaboration strengthens Turnkey’s mission to provide best-in-class infrastructure and private network solutions that are rugged, resilient, and built for the future. TEKTELIC’s carrier-grade hardware and deep expertise in IoT complement Turnkey’s mission to deliver seamless, secure communications — whether it’s smart mining, energy, utilities, or beyond.

Together, we’re building smarter, more connected environments — deployment by deployment.

🔗 Stay tuned for more updates as we bring this partnership to life in upcoming projects.

💡 What’s more expensive than buying a premium LoRaWAN® gateway?
A “cheaper” one that fails in year two.

When building a network, sticker price is only the tip of the iceberg. Gateway hardware is often just ~5% of the total cost over 5 years. The bigger costs come from:

- Site acquisition & installation
- Downtime & service interruptions
- Truck rolls for replacements
- Ongoing software & integration

That’s why reliability is everything. TEKTELIC gateways are engineered to last:
✅ 15–20-year MTBF
✅ Rugged IP67 design
✅ Industrial-grade RF sensitivity

👉 Fewer failures. Fewer truck rolls. Lower OPEX.

📉 One major utility avoided over $1M in unnecessary truck rolls simply by choosing reliability-first infrastructure.

When it comes to LoRaWAN® networks, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) always wins over the “lowest price.”