Non-EU vendorIoT & EmbeddedHeadquarters: US

Telit Cinterion: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Telit Cinterion supplies cellular and wireless modules for embedded IoT devices, from 5G, LTE and LPWA (LTE-M and NB-IoT) to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and positioning. The company also offers global IoT connectivity with SIM and eSIM provisioning, a connectivity management platform and network security features. Device makers integrate the modules into their own products, so the hardware and firmware run on the customer's equipment.

The company is headquartered in Irvine, California; it moved its headquarters from London to Irvine and states that the combined business will remain there. According to a report in the Orange County Business Journal, the asset manager DBAY Advisors, which has offices in London, will be the majority shareholder. The homepage names no legal entity and no hosting locations for connectivity data. Because the company is US-headquartered, US law may apply to its operations. European customers should therefore check the contractual data processing terms and the storage location.

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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	telit.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Telit Cinterion

The European alternatives to Telit Cinterion 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 Telit Cinterion

Telit Cinterion 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.

Telit Cinterion 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.

Telit Cinterion 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 Telit Cinterion?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Telit Cinterion 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 Telit Cinterion?

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

Is Telit Cinterion GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Telit Cinterion 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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