AssetBook x IXT: A stable network foundation for building IoT

About AssetBook

AssetBook is Sweden's leading platform for integrating smart things. The platform brings every connected device and system into one place, whatever the manufacturer, from a single light in a home to the alarms, lighting and energy reporting of an entire city.

AssetBook links to more than 250 brands across WiFi, Bluetooth, BLE, LoRaWAN, ZigBee and Z-Wave. A property running systems from different suppliers manages them together, rather than one app at a time. A building with no central management system in place starts adding energy metering, lighting and heating control without replacing what is already there.

AI sits at the centre of the platform. AssetBook uses AI and machine learning to anticipate what a site needs before a person has to act. That intelligence depends on a network staying up.

The challenge

A connected building only works when the network underneath it stays up.

IoT functionality asks more of a network than everyday office traffic. Sensors, meters and controls report continuously. A normal building LAN was never built for that. It drops, it has quiet failures, and when it does, the connected systems go dark with it. For a platform whose whole value is always-on visibility and control, an unreliable local network is the weak point in the chain.

AssetBook needed connectivity it could rely on as backup. Not another carrier relationship to manage site by site. Not a separate system bolted on the side. A connection that holds when the local network dips, works the same in any building, and fits inside the platform their customers already use.

The solution

AssetBook chose the IXT Global SIM as the connectivity backup layer across their deployments, running on Ericsson routers inside the AssetBook stack.

"AssetBook is an operating system for IoT, not just a platform. We help buildings and organisations get ready for what comes next, AI included. None of it works without a stable network underneath. A normal LAN drops, and IoT needs more than that. With Ericsson routers and the IXT SIM, our customers get a connection they build on." Jimmy Jonasson, CEO and Founder, AssetBook

When a building's local network dips, the IXT SIM keeps devices online. The SIM is pre-activated and connects to the strongest available signal across 600+ mobile networks in 190+ countries, so a deployment in one country behaves the same as a deployment in the next. There is one SIM to manage, one set of terms, and the option to pause or unpause without lock-in as buildings come on and offline.

Inside the platform, each IXT SIM shows up as an asset in AssetBook itself. The connectivity sits alongside the meters, sensors and controls it supports, in the same view, managed the same way. The network stops being a separate thing the customer has to think about.

The result for AssetBook is a connectivity foundation they trust enough to put underneath their own promise to customers. Ericsson hardware, the IXT SIM and the AssetBook platform together give a building a stable base to build on.

"AssetBook understands buildings in a way few connectivity partners do. They needed something they could rely on as backup, not another carrier to manage site by site. One global SIM, online when the local network drops, visible inside their own platform. That frees them to focus on everything else they do well." Arvin Farati, IXT

What the partnership sets out to do

This partnership starts from a shared view of where building IoT goes wrong. The hard part is rarely the sensors or the software. It is keeping everything reliably connected, in every building, without adding a layer of telecom management the customer never wanted.

Together, AssetBook and IXT close that gap. AssetBook brings the platform and the device library. IXT brings connectivity that holds when the local network does not. The aim is straightforward. Give buildings a foundation stable enough to run IoT today and adopt AI when they are ready, without the connectivity becoming the thing that breaks.

For AssetBook customers, that means energy management, light management, water management, EV charging and more, managed in one place. Visualised data makes it clear what action a building needs, and monitoring and control stay online as the portfolio grows building by building.

About the author

IXT writes about IoT connectivity because we build it. We're a Full-MVNO with our own core network and a CMP we designed in-house, so we see what works at scale and what doesn't. Our team has decades of experience in M2M/IoT, from network engineering to enterprise rollouts, so the guidance we share is practical, vendor-agnostic and field-tested. Connect, secure and manage devices with confidence using our IoT Connectivity.