Massachusetts-based Blues Wireless has expanded global coverage with 1NCE’s IoT connectivity option.

Blues specialises in easy-to-build IoT services that improve business operations, reduce costs and decrease time-to-market. It has expanded coverage through a partnership with software company 1NCE.

1NCE and Blues say they are the only companies offering global, lifetime coverage for IoT devices enabling enterprises to develop ways to meet challenges facing markets from clean energy to manufacturing to health care.

1NCE has extended the existing cellular coverage of Blues’ Notecard, an easy-to-integrate wireless IoT module. 1NCE’s coverage of 158 countries and regions adds to the 140 countries already covered by Blues’ Notecard product, giving enterprises the ability to deploy IoT connected products at a greater global scale.

“Our partnership with 1NCE extends our customers’ IoT coverage to support testing and product deployments around the world,” said Jim Hassman, Blues president. “Blues customers use our Notecard to tackle important missions, from monitoring air quality to reducing food waste. Together, 1NCE and Blues support our customers’ ingenuity with our joint commitment to simplicity, enterprise-grade reliability and scalability in the cloud.”

Notecard affordably and securely connects products to the cloud without the burden of cell plans, fees or complex device setup and provisioning. It works seamlessly with Notehub to route data securely from a user’s products to their cloud application of choice.

Notecard’s firmware supports failover to a secondary SIM for uninterrupted connectivity, so users can leverage 1NCE for reliable Notecard coverage within previously underserved regions. APIs, libraries, documentation, source code, open hardware designs and community simplify the low code engineer and developer experience as they progress from prototype to pilot to production.

“Blues has one of the best IoT solutions in the market, and we see eye-to-eye on the need for global connectivity that’s bundled upfront and included in a customer’s device,” said Ivo Rook, chief operating officer at 1NCE. “Partnering with Blues will allow us to do what we do best: making it easy for customers to collect data anywhere in the world by turning connectivity into a nearly invisible part of the IoT value chain.”