Cisco LoRaWAN sunset? akenza keeps your IoT fleet alive

Last year Cisco announced the end of life of its LoRaWAN product line, including its gateways and associated products. Service End is January 2026. The announcement leaves many organizations wondering what to do next. In some cases, existing customers are left with functional sensors but no longer have a connectivity and device management backend to operate their fleet.

A familiar story in IoT

This marks another case (see also Google IoT Core shutdown) where a large technology provider has stepped away from IoT connectivity products. It seems that maintaining a complex IoT stack doesn’t always align with the priorities of large corporations focused on core network infrastructure or AI.

For many users, this is a costly reminder that vertical, vendor-locked IoT solutions can disappear overnight.
When the backend goes down, even perfectly functional devices can become unusable.

If you’re stuck with LoRaWAN Cisco devices

Not all hope is lost. Most Cisco-branded sensors were OEM devices from established manufacturers such as Netvox, Digital Matter, and Advantech. This means they can often be integrated into other IoT platforms that support LoRaWAN connectivity.

At akenza, we’ve mapped the main Cisco LoRaWAN devices to their original OEM counterparts, allowing affected users to quickly re-onboard them to a new IoT platform.

Why a horizontal platform matters

The lesson here builds on what we’ve already seen with Yanzi, Google IoT Core, and IBM Watson IoT Platform.
When your IoT infrastructure depends on a proprietary technology or single vendor stack, you lose flexibility.
By contrast, horizontal, technology-agnostic platforms like akenza let you:

• Switch or mix hardware vendors without changing your end-application.

• Integrate any LoRaWAN network server (private or public).

• Keep full control of your data and processing pipelines.

• Replace building blocks without losing previous investments.

By choosing an open middleware instead of a closed, vendor-specific system, you ensure your IoT solutions remain resilient and adaptable as technologies evolve. More on that in our make vs buy decision guide.

Migrating your devices to akenza

If your LoRaWAN deployment was built on Cisco’s ecosystem, you can register your devices on akenza and replace your IoT stack with a flexible middleware.

We support:

• Direct integration with multiple LoRaWAN network servers, including Netmore, Actility, The Things Stack, Loriot, and others.

• A broad library of pre-integrated device types, including those from the same OEMs Cisco used.

• Easy-to-use visualization and Rule Engine tools to rebuild your dashboards and alerts in minutes.

Building on a flexible, horizontal foundation ensures that your IoT solutions can evolve, not vanish, when vendors shift direction.

Need to migrate your LoRaWAN devices?Our team can help you identify compatible devices and set up your new environment on akenza. Get in touch