1NCE and Pessl Instruments connect smart farms worldwide

● IoT specialists 1NCE and Pessl Instruments help farmers in 80 countries to connect and manage thousands of weather stations
● Smart farming solution improves water and fertilizer efficiency
● Both companies provide critical components at a 99.97% service availability

COLOGNE, Germany & WEIZ, Austria [July 29, 2026] – 1NCE, a company offering a plug-and-play platform for creating and managing the world’s best IoT products, and Pessl Instruments, a global leader in smart agriculture, announce today the roll-out of the METOS by Pessl Instruments weather network solution powered by 1NCE. The smart farming solution provided by Pessl Instruments connects thousands of weather stations and field sensors through a single platform, providing farmers real-time data of precipitation and soil moisture, extreme weather forecasting and crop disease risk in more than 80 countries.

The main challenge for the deployment of smart farming solutions is always providing good coverage in rural areas. Thanks to 1NCE’S global connectivity service available in more than 170 countries, Pessl Instruments can now offer its smart farming solution at global scale with a 99.97% service availability. This consolidates Pessl Instruments as a smart farming powerhouse, helping customers make more informed irrigation and fertilizer decisions.

What the partnership delivers

  • Accurate, real-time insights. Continuous data flows empower farmers by allowing them to make data-driven decisions and helping them anticipate and mitigate risks.
  • A seamless global smart farming solution. Plug and play smart farming solutions that work anywhere, removing local connectivity complexity.
  • Software-driven device management. Allowing Pessl Instruments to actively monitor every weather station through the 1NCE platform.
  • Reliable, secure and uninterrupted connectivity. 99.97% endpoint availability across 170+ countries over LTE-M, NB-IoT, and 4G.
  • Longer device life. Energy-saving features that keep sensors running efficiently in remote, low-power locations.

“Agriculture is one of the most demanding environments in IoT, remote, global, and unforgiving when data stops flowing. Our platform is built to keep Pessl Instruments’ stations always online and reporting accurately anywhere in the world, allowing them to turn raw sensor data into actionable outcomes,” 

Nicolas Martinez-Fresno, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, 1NCE.

“Our farmers depend on us for a clear picture of their fields, which means our weather stations have to work everywhere, all the time. With 1NCE, we know we will give them the precise insights they need to succeed,” 

Gottfried Pessl, CEO & Founder, Pessl Instruments.

About 1NCE

1NCE delivers the fundamental software and connectivity platform for customers to create and manage the world’s best intelligent products. The software platform enables customers to easily, securely and reliably collect device data across 170+ countries and turn it into actionable intelligence. Learn more at www.1NCE.com and follow on Facebook, LinkedIn and X.

About Pessl Instruments

Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Weiz, Austria, Pessl Instruments GmbH is a global provider of smart agriculture solutions, with subsidiaries and partners worldwide. Through its METOS by Pessl Instruments weather stations and the FieldClimate platform, the company delivers hyper-local weather monitoring, irrigation management, crop disease forecasting, and precision farming.

Media Contacts

For 1NCE: [email protected]

For Pessl Instruments: Katja Sevšek, PR & Marketing, [email protected]

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