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KORE Wireless: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

KORE Wireless provides IoT connectivity for enterprises. Its offering includes global and local connectivity across multiple networks, SIM and eSIM options (including SGP.32), a connectivity management platform with provisioning, monitoring and policy controls, and hardware and managed services such as device design, certification and logistics. Use cases include asset monitoring, EV charging, connected health, fleets and utilities. The service is delivered as managed connectivity and a cloud platform.

KORE is based in Atlanta (US). In 2026 it was acquired by Searchlight Capital Partners and Abry Partners and has been privately held since. It is subject to US law, including the CLOUD Act. The website privacy policy says data is processed in many countries, including through global data centers, and refers to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework for transfers from the EU. The GDPR and a data processing agreement are not mentioned there, and product data is covered by separate platform notices. European organisations with IoT devices should therefore fix the storage location and processing terms contractually.

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Sovereignty score

17 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-210
Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (US)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
Key management with a non-European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026

Headquarters	US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	USVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	IoT & Embedded
Type	Product
Website	korewireless.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to KORE Wireless

The European alternatives to KORE Wireless come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with KORE Wireless

KORE Wireless is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

KORE Wireless hosts data outside the EU (US). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

KORE Wireless is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to KORE Wireless?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to KORE Wireless include 1NCE, Actility ThingPark and akenza. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to KORE Wireless?

Our list of EU alternatives to KORE Wireless is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is KORE Wireless GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

KORE Wireless is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. Its GDPR compliance is limited or unclear. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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