mioty licensing

Unlock the Power of mioty: Understanding Your Licensing Needs

Implementing mioty technology offers advanced, robust, and efficient low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) communication for your IoT solutions. As mioty is built upon the TS-UNB protocol family and protected by a robust patent portfolio, understanding the necessary licensing is crucial for any organization looking to leverage this innovative technology.

This page provides a comprehensive overview of the mioty patent licensing program managed by Sisvel, outlining why a license is needed, who is responsible for obtaining it, and the different licensing options available. Ensure your mioty implementation is compliant and successful.

MIOTY technology is based on the protocol family telegram splitting ultra narrow band (TS-UNB) of the ETSI standard TS 103 357 V1.1.1. Implementation of MIOTY technology is protected by patents. Any organisation wishing to implement MIOTY technology must obtain the necessary licences to avoid infringement liability.

The licence fee is to be paid once within the entire shipping chain of the finished TS-UNB devices. Regardless of whether a company is the manufacturer, reseller or distributor, it bears the responsibility to ensure that the devices are licensed.

Sisvel offers non-exclusive licences to patents necessary to practise the TS-UNB Specification and to patents complementary to MIOTY implementations. Sisvel manages and administrates the MIOTY patent licensing programme.

Sisvel safeguards licensee confidentiality while ensuring that the licensor obtains an appropriate royalty. Sisvel can only share anonymised and aggregated data, so patent owners are unable to identify individual licensee’s data.

Apator Miitors ApS, Diehl Metering Systems GmbH, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Koninklijke KPN N.V.

Finished products such as sensors, metering and smart metering devices and/or gateways. Components or sub-assemblies, such as chipsets, semiconductor components, embedded modules, firmware, software, are not covered by the licence.

The MIOTY programme offers a licence under patents essential to the TS-UNB Specification (TS-UNB Patents) and complementary patents. The royalty rates are offered on a per product basis, applicable only for finished devices making use of the TS-UNB Specification.

Royalty rates: Combined royalty rates for license to the TS-UNB Patents and Complementary Patents. A license under the TS-UNB patents only is also available. As an alternative to running royalties, a yearly committed volume can be chosen. The royalty is paid in advance per calendar year for the stated committed volumes of a relevant TS-UNB product category with a discounted royalty rate.

The use of mioty technology for research and scientific work purposes does not require a license. However, any commercial use is subject to licensing requirements. Implementers wishing to conduct commercial evaluations of the mioty technology may do so under a Trial Agreement, which allows a predefined number of units, prepaid under the Running Royalties scheme, for a duration of one year.