What Milesight Iot Co., Ltd does

Xiamen Milesight IoT Technology Co., Ltd (厦门星纵物联科技有限公司), founded in April 2011 as Ursalink and rebranded around 2020-2021, designs and manufactures LoRaWAN sensors, gateways, controllers, and 5G/4G industrial cellular routers for IoT deployments. Its product portfolio spans more than 100 SKUs including the UG67 outdoor base station gateway, EG71 Building IoT Gateway, AM/EM environmental sensor families, VS series AI people counting sensors, WS smart switch and scene panels, WT thermostats, UC data collectors and valve controllers, UR industrial routers and UF 5G CPE devices, plus the AIoT Platform, Milesight IoT Cloud, DeviceHub, and VPN management platforms. Core technical assets include 172 patents, 217 software copyrights, and the proprietary Milesight D2D protocol enabling gateway-free device-to-device LoRa communication. The company also operates the wholly owned Milesight Networks division, launched in April 2026, focused on industrial cellular networking.

The company sells primarily through a global channel partner network of more than 2,000 partners across 120+ countries, complemented by direct enterprise sales and a 9-office China regional footprint anchored on its Xiamen headquarters. Revenue is generated across hardware sales (sensors, gateways, routers, smart devices), recurring platform subscriptions (AIoT platform, cloud, VPN, DeviceHub), and professional services including solution design, installation, and after-sales support. Customer verticals include smart buildings, smart education, digital agriculture, smart industry/factory, smart banking, smart healthcare, and smart public facilities, with named customers spanning HSBC, China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China, ByteDance, Daikin China, Beijing Benz, Muyuan Foods, and a 47,000-sensor campus air quality deployment in Quebec, Canada. The company is privately held, founder-led, has no disclosed external funding rounds, and is not listed on any exchange.

Name

Milesight Iot Co., Ltd

Legal name

Xiamen Milesight IoT Technology Co., Ltd (厦门星纵物联科技有限公司)

Website

https://milesight.cn

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Milesight IoT is a private Xiamen-based manufacturer of LoRaWAN sensors, gateways, and 5G/4G industrial routers serving smart building, agriculture, industry, education, banking, and healthcare verticals globally through a 2,000+ partner channel network across 120+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial IoT Hardware

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Computer Communications Equipment (3576)

akta.pro primary industry

Cellular IoT/M2M Gateways & Routers (LTE/5G) (HDAFAIAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Building Connectivity Infrastructure (Wired/Wireless, Gateways, Edge) (HSAPAPAN), Asset Tracking, RTLS & Equipment Monitoring (Facilities) (HSAPAPAJ), IoT Connectivity Management (Private APN, SIM/eSIM, Device Connectivity) (HDAIAGAG)

Keywords

• LoRaWAN sensors
• IoT gateways
• Industrial cellular routers
• AIoT platform
• Smart building sensors

Headquarters

HQ city

Xiamen

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. IoT Hardware Products: Sales of LoRaWAN sensors, gateways, controllers, 5G/4G industrial routers, and smart devices. Product categories include environmental monitoring sensors (AM, EM, WS series), people counting sensors (VS series), and industrial controllers.
2. AIoT Platform and Software Services: Milesight AIoT platform for device management, cloud services, VPN management, and DeviceHub device management system. Recurring platform services alongside hardware sales.
3. Professional Services and Technical Support: Technical services including solution design consultation, installation support, and after-sales service. System integration and customized IoT solutions for enterprise customers.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Milesight IoT designs, manufactures, and sells LoRaWAN sensors and gateways, industrial 4G/5G cellular routers and CPEs, smart building controllers, AI-powered people counting sensors, and AIoT cloud platforms for environmental monitoring, smart buildings, industrial automation, smart cities, and digital agriculture. The portfolio spans over 100 IoT products and is paired with proprietary software platforms (AIoT Platform, DeviceHub, Milesight IoT Cloud, Milesight VPN) that customers can deploy on-premises or in the cloud.

Product overview

Milesight IoT is a professional digital sensing product provider offering a comprehensive IoT product portfolio. The product ecosystem consists of: (1) LoRaWAN® Gateways (UG67, UG65, UG63, UG56, SG50) providing network connectivity; (2) The EG71 Building IoT Gateway as the flagship unified gateway consolidating BACnet, Modbus, KNX, M-Bus, I/O, and LoRaWAN protocols with edge computing via Node-RED, Python, and Docker; (3) Extensive LoRaWAN Sensor network including environmental sensors (AM100/AM300 series), industrial sensors (EM300/EM400/EM500 series for temperature, humidity, water leak, distance, pressure, gas detection), and specialized sensors for agriculture, smart cities, and buildings; (4) Space/People management sensors (VS series with AI-powered counting and presence detection); (5) Smart building devices including WS50x smart switch panels, WS136/WS156 scene panels, WT30x thermostats, and ACC10x air conditioner controllers; (6) Controllers and data collectors (UC50x, UC51x, UC100, UC1152); (7) 4G/5G cellular devices including industrial routers (UR35, UR41, UR75) and 5G dongles/CPE (UF31, UF51); (8) NB-IoT sensors for cellular connectivity; (9) AI cameras (SC541 X1 perception camera, 5G AIoT cameras) and NVR systems; (10) Software platforms including AIoT Platform, Milesight Cloud, DeviceHub, VPN platform, and Milesight Development Platform. The portfolio enables applications across smart buildings, smart offices, smart agriculture, smart industry, smart campuses, smart healthcare, and smart cities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Milesight D2D: A proprietary device-to-device communication protocol developed by Milesight based on LoRa technology, enabling direct communication between devices without a gateway.
• Milesight Networks
• Milesight IoT Cloud (星纵云)
• Milesight Development Platform (星纵物联开放平台)
• Milesight VPN (星纵物联VPN)
• Milesight DeviceHub (星纵物联设备管理平台)

Products and services

• EG71 Building IoT Gateway An indoor LoRaWAN base station gateway designed for smart building applications, supporting multiple building automation protocols on a single device for unified BMS integration. Targeted at facility managers and system integrators deploying smart buildings.
• UG67 Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway An IP67-rated outdoor LoRaWAN base station for wide-area IoT deployments, supporting long-range outdoor connectivity for agriculture, smart city, and industrial sites. Targeted at outdoor IoT integrators and operators.
• UG65 Indoor LoRaWAN Gateway
• UG63 Lightweight Indoor LoRaWAN Gateway
• UG56 Indoor LoRaWAN Gateway
• SG50 Ultra-Low Power Solar LoRaWAN Gateway
• UR75 5G Industrial Router
• UR35/UR32/UR32L 4G Industrial Routers
• UR41 Ultra-Compact Industrial Router
• UF31 5G Dongle
• UF51 5G CPE
• UC50x LoRaWAN Multifunctional Data Collector
• UC50x Cat.1 Multifunctional Data Collector
• UC51x Electromagnetic Valve Controller
• UC521 Electric Valve Controller
• UC100 LoRaWAN Wireless DTU
• UC511 4G Electromagnetic Valve Controller
• AM100 Series Indoor Environment Sensor
• AM300 Series Multi-in-One Indoor Environment Sensor
• VS133 / VS135 AI ToF People Counting Sensors
• VS121 / VS125 / VS321 Space People Counting Sensors
• VS330 / VS340 / VS341 Occupancy Sensors
• VS350 / VS351 / VS360 / VS370 / VS373 AI Sensors
• EM300 Environmental Sensor Family
• EM400 Distance and Level Sensor Family
• EM500 Industrial Sensor Family
• WS Series Smart Building Devices
• WT301/WT302/WT303/WT304 Smart Fan Coil Thermostats
• ACC10x Intelligent Split Air Conditioner Controller
• UC722 Multi-Split Air Conditioner Controller
• GS Series Gas and Smoke Detectors
• AT101 Outdoor Asset Location Sensor
• CT101/CT103 Smart Current Transformer
• CTH01 Smart Power Monitoring Terminal
• TS Series Temperature Sensors
• WTS506 Weather Station
• DS3604 Smart E-Ink Display
• FT101 Multi-Function Road Test Instrument
• SCT01 Node Configuration Tool
• Machine Monitoring Sensors Industrial sensors for machine condition and predictive maintenance monitoring, including vibration, surface temperature, current, and oil pressure variants. Targeted at industrial reliability and maintenance teams.
• Milesight AIoT Platform
• DeviceHub / DeviceHub 2.0
• Milesight IoT Cloud
• Milesight VPN
• Milesight Development Platform
• Milesight Networks Industrial PoE Switches
• Milesight Networks Wireless and CPE Devices
• Milesight Networks AI Network Cameras and NVR/DVR

Quantifiable outcome

• Energy savings through intelligent lighting and HVAC control in office buildings
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• WThink (威思客)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2024Strategic cooperation agreement signed with Beijing Weifa New Century Information Technology Co. to jointly develop IoT technology innovation and hardware-software integration solutions.
• Multiple Ecosystem Partners (Yangyang, ZKESG, Sibion, Ruiwei)majorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 13 June 2023Ecosystem partner conference in Guangzhou with 180+ partners including Yangyang, ZKESG, Sibion, and Ruiwei to discuss smart campus and smart park industry applications.
• Assek TechnologiemajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2022Assek Technologie is the partner that deployed 47,000 Milesight environmental sensors and 2,600 LoRaWAN gateways for the Quebec campus air quality monitoring project in Canada.
• Dnake (狄耐克)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 August 2021Strategic partnership to create smart community ecosystem combining Milesight's IoT expertise with Dnaker's expertise in community and home security devices and solutions.
• HuaweimajorTechnology or Integration · 27 April 2021Milesight 5G edge computing router completed Huawei compatibility testing and received HUAWEI COMPATIBLE certificate from Huawei Cloud Open Labs, enabling integration with Huawei ecosystem.
• China Mobile IoTmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 September 2020Milesight and China Mobile IoT signed '5G Edge Computing' strategic cooperation agreement covering standard formulation, capability sharing, data integration, and industrial chain cooperation for 5G edge computing applications.
• Microsoft AzuremajorTechnology or Integration · 30 November 2019UR7 series industrial routers (UR71, UR72, UR75) all obtained Microsoft Azure certification, enabling integration with Azure IoT Hub and cloud services.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)majorTechnology or Integration · 15 March 2019Milesight UR75 industrial router obtained AWS device qualification certification, joining AWS certified device partner ecosystem. The certification demonstrates UR75's performance and enables Milesight to assist partners in developing IoT solutions on AWS.
• LoRa AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 March 2019Milesight officially joined the LoRa Alliance as a member of the China Working Group in March 2019. The company actively participates in LoRa ecosystem development, contributing to standard setting and promoting LoRa technology applications globally.
• SemtechcoreTechnology or Integration · 4 March 2019Semtech is the发起者 of LoRa Alliance and the provider of LoRa semiconductor technology. Milesight has partnered with Semtech since the company's founding, heavily applying LoRa technology in product development and becoming a long-term strategic partner.
• Alibaba Cloud IoTmajorTechnology or Integration · 28 February 2019Milesight UG87 LoRaWAN gateway received Alibaba Cloud IoT technical certification. The UR75 edge computing gateway passed Alibaba Cloud Link Edge certification, enabling customers to quickly develop IoT applications on Alibaba Cloud platform.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Digi International: US-listed IoT connectivity and solutions provider with industrial cellular routers (Digi IX, TX series) and IoT platform (Digi Remote Manager). Closely comparable in 4G/5G industrial routers and managed IoT services for enterprise customers.
• TEKTELIC Networks: Canadian designer and manufacturer of LoRaWAN gateways, sensors, and IoT solutions for smart buildings, agriculture, and asset tracking. Closely comparable in product breadth across LoRaWAN gateways and sensors, and in targeting enterprise verticals similar to Milesight.
• MultiTech Systems: US-based provider of IoT communication devices including LoRaWAN gateways, cellular routers, and embedded modules. Direct competitor in industrial 4G/5G routers and LoRaWAN infrastructure for enterprise and industrial applications.
• Dragino Technology: China-based LoRaWAN IoT hardware specialist offering gateways, sensors, and modules. Comparable in product line scope and channel-driven distribution, particularly competing in price-sensitive segments where Milesight also operates.
• Kerlink: French manufacturer of LoRaWAN gateways and IoT connectivity solutions targeting telecom operators, smart cities, and industrial IoT. Directly comparable as a LoRaWAN gateway specialist with global channel distribution and operator-grade product positioning.
• Robustel: China-based industrial IoT and M2M solutions provider offering 4G/5G industrial routers, gateways, and edge computing devices. Direct peer competing in similar smart building, smart energy, and industrial IoT segments with comparable product positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Cradlepoint (part of Ericsson): Now part of Ericsson, Cradlepoint is a leading provider of 4G/5G wireless WAN edge routers for enterprise and branch connectivity. Comparable in 5G/4G industrial cellular router products, though focused more on enterprise WAN than industrial IoT sensors.
• Advantech: Taiwanese industrial computing and IoT giant with broad portfolio including industrial routers, gateways, and edge computing platforms. Larger established incumbent offering overlapping IoT connectivity hardware but across a much wider industrial computing portfolio.
• Semtech (LoRa chip and IoT business): Semiconductor company that invented LoRa technology and acquired Sierra Wireless. While primarily a chip/technology supplier to Milesight, Semtech also sells IoT modules and gateways, making it both supplier and broad competitor in LoRaWAN ecosystems.

Emerging players

• RisingHF: China-based LoRaWAN module and gateway manufacturer focused on industrial and agricultural IoT. Comparable in product line and target segments, particularly competing with Milesight in the Chinese domestic LoRaWAN market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance11 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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