Suzuki Versatile micro e-mobility platform conceptSEATTLE – May 28, 2025 – Soracom, Inc., a global IoT platform provider with full cellular MVNO capability, has announced the winners of its 2024 Americas Partner Awards. Soracom delivers advanced IoT connectivity, including eSIM and iSIM solutions, a cloud-native Connectivity Management Platform (CMP), and a broad range of secure networking capabilities, to customers around the world. These awards recognize partners that have made outstanding contributions to the Soracom IoT connectivity ecosystem in North America and positioned Soracom customers for success as they deploy and scale new connected experiences.
The 2024 Americas Partner Award winners are:
High Service Partner of the Year: Mouser Electronics
For new customer acquisition in the Americas region and global reach.
Referral Partner of the Year: Leverage Cloud Solutions
For greatest contribution in volume of leads and quality of communication with Soracom.
Co-Innovation Partner of the Year: KS Technologies
For developing the most industry impactful design or product in 2024 leveraging Soracom’s AIR and other Value Add Services.
New Partner of the Year: Complete Communications
For greatest initial value of leads in the first year.
Cloud Service Provider of the Year: AWS
For the deepest level of sales and technical engagement in the Americas region to win net new business.
New Technology Partner of the Year: BEC
For full global eSIM profile integration with Soracom
“For Soracom and our customers, Soracom partners stand as the foundation of our success in accelerating and scaling IoT deployments,” said Richard Halliday, Soracom Head of Sales, Partnerships, and Technical Services, Americas. “It’s a privilege to recognize the achievements of our 2024 Americas Partner Awards recipients. Their expertise, insight, and vision have helped Soracom to reach new audiences and have helped our customers to harness the full potential of advanced cellular connectivity, eSIM capability, and leading-edge cloud services. I look forward to all that we will accomplish together in 2025.”
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Soracom is a technology partner to more than 20,000 startups, SMBs, and enterprises. Soracom offers robust solutions specifically designed to make it easy to build, operate, and scale IoT deployments. Customers trust Soracom for affordable, reliable cellular connectivity that accelerates speed to market, makes it easy to connect to any cloud, and offers access to a worldwide partner ecosystem. More information is available at https://nsfznstn.elementor.cloud/.
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SEATTLE – May 19, 2025 –Soracom, Inc., a global IoT platform provider with full MVNO capability, and Marubeni Corporation, a Japanese general trading company, have announced a joint venture between Soracom and Marubeni I-DIGIO Holdings Co., Ltd., a Marubeni Group Company. The joint venture will offer IoT MVNO services in Japan and expand IoT capabilities to a variety of global regions and industries.
The new company will take over the MVNO business of Marubeni Network Solutions Corporation (“Marubeni Network”), a network outsourcing company under Marubeni I-DIGIO, and will operate as a joint venture, with 51% investment from Soracom.
Marubeni Network is one of only a few Full MVNOs in Japan and operates its MVNO business using NTT Docomo’s network. Soracom is a Full MVNO that provides services across 185 countries using KDDI and global networks, providing communication services specialized for IoT. Soracom has also developed a cloud-native Connectivity Management Platform (CMP) using its own technology.
By collaborating with the Marubeni Group, Soracom will provide mobile services, including higher-quality IoT communication, compatible with various communication environments as a multi-carrier Full MVNO operator. The new company will also consider supporting the latest SIM technologies such as the next-generation SIM and iSIM and apply SIM technology to SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) to provide integrated network and security functions to mobile workers. In addition, the joint venture partners are considering the development of multi-carrier profiles, which will allow multiple domestic operator profiles to be used with a single SIM.
By using the new company’s services as a starting point and collaborating with Marubeni’s subsidiaries’ assets, such as DX consulting and data analysis, the company will be able to meet the diverse needs of a wide range of customers regardless of industry or region.
The establishment of the joint venture follows an agreement signed by Marubeni and Soracom in February 2025 with the intention to collaborate globally on IoT. They are considering further international business expansion in infrastructure areas such as mobility, agriculture, and electricity and water.
Marubeni Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries use their broad business networks, both within Japan and overseas, to conduct importing and exporting (including third country trading), as well as domestic business, encompassing a diverse range of business activities across wide-ranging fields including lifestyle, food & agri business, metals & mineral resources, energy & chemicals, power & infrastructure services, finance, leasing & real estate business, aerospace & mobility, next generation business development and next generation corporate development. Additionally, the Marubeni Group offers a variety of services, makes internal and external investments, and is involved in resource development throughout all of the above industries.
Soracom is a technology partner to more than 20,000 startups, SMBs, and enterprises, connecting more than 5 million IoT devices globally. Soracom offers robust solutions specifically designed to make it easy to build, operate, and scale IoT deployments. Customers trust Soracom for affordable, reliable connectivity that accelerates speed to market, makes it easy to connect to any cloud, and offers access to a worldwide partner ecosystem. More information is available at www.soracom.io.
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TOKYO AND SEATTLE – March 18, 2025 – Soracom, Inc., a global IoT platform provider with full MVNO capability, and Suzuki Motor Corporation, a multinational mobility manufacturer, have launched a proof-of-concept (PoC) using IoT to commercialize Suzuki’s “Versatile micro e-Mobility Platform concept,” which applies electric wheelchair technology to provide mobility solutions for various robots.
Suzuki Versatile micro e-mobility platform concept
The Versatile micro e-Mobility Platform concept has been developed by Suzuki to serve as a platform for industrial robots by leveraging mobility technology cultivated over the years of electric wheelchair development for improved stability and maneuverability. By combining autonomous driving, AI, and other partner technologies with this mobility platform, the initiative aims to address challenges in various fields, such as logistics, snow removal, civil engineering and construction, and measurement and monitoring.
The Versatile micro e-Mobility Platform concept will leverage the Soracom IoT platform as well as a communication module to enable real-time cloud connectivity for vehicle operation status updates and GPS-based location tracking. By observing how the Versatile micro e-Mobility Platform concept is utilized across different applications, the PoC aims to provide valuable insights for future product development and potentially explore customer-centric services such as support and maintenance.
The launch of the PoC follows an agreement Soracom and Suzuki signed on February 20, 2024, to promote advanced IoT technologies in mobility applications, and collaborate to create services that can serve as the infrastructure for business and daily life with an eye toward a more sustainable future.
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Barcelona, Spain – March 3, 2025 – Soracom, Inc., a global IoT platform provider with full MVNO capability, is pleased to announce its participation in the AECC (Automotive Edge Computing Consortium) showcase within the “Demonstration Area” of the GSMA Open Gateway at Mobile World Congress 2025 (MWC 2025), which will be held from March 3-6, 2025.
AECC is an industry-wide consortium that defines new network requirements for connected car data communication and promotes technological innovations necessary for next-generation mobility. At MWC 2025, AECC will showcase four automotive use cases at the GSMA Open Gateway demonstration, including a proof-of-concept (PoC) demonstration on next-generation network architecture for connected vehicles, jointly developed by Soracom and Toyota Motor Corporation.
AECC’s exhibition at MWC 2025 and the “Statement of Requirements” defining the network functions required for future connected mobility, were announced on February 26, 2025. In this announcement, AECC President and Chair Dr. Ryokichi Onishi highlighted the need for scalable, interoperable, and programmable 5G services to meet increasing data demands across priority use cases such as intelligent driving, high-definition mapping and teleoperation.
Automotive OEMs face the critical challenge of ensuring a secure connection between vehicles and their backend telematics systems. At MWC 2025, the showcased solution ensures a seamless experience by leveraging network capabilities exposed by interoperable telecommunications APIs like those facilitated by AECC in its contribution to the Linux Foundation’s CAMARA project. Connection security is preserved by using the Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) as an authentication token. This PoC demonstrates that vehicles in operation can stay connected with multiple connectivity options available at each occasion and work for the lifetime of a car even if the communication technology changes over time. This innovative solution ensures automotive manufacturers can maintain uninterrupted connectivity, enabling future-proof, secure telematics services for their customers.
Soracom continues to collaborate with AECC’s global members, including Toyota, on R&D in advanced technologies, contributing to the realization of next-generation solutions that ensure safe and secure cloud connectivity for connected vehicles. Here are the specific details at the show:
When: Monday, March 3 – Thursday, March 6, 2025
Who: AECC (Automotive Edge Computing Consortium) and
Soracom
Where: GSMA Open Gateway – Demonstration Area, Zone:
Open Gateway Zone, Hall 4, Fira Gran Via
The Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC) is an association of cross-industry, global leaders working to explore the rapidly evolving and significant data and communications needs involved in instrumenting billions of vehicles worldwide. The AECC’s goal is to find more efficient ways to develop distributed computing and infrastructure network architectures to support the high-volume data needed for intelligent vehicle services. The AECC’s members are key players in the automotive, high-speed mobile network, edge computing, wireless technology, distributed computing and artificial intelligence markets. For more information about the AECC and its membership benefits, please visit https://aecc.org/.
Soracom is a technology partner to more than 20,000 startups, SMBs, and enterprises. Soracom offers robust solutions specifically designed to make it easy to build, operate, and scale IoT deployments. Customers trust Soracom for affordable, reliable connectivity that accelerates speed to market, makes it easy to connect to any cloud, and offers access to a worldwide partner ecosystem. More information is available at https://nsfznstn.elementor.cloud/.
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[Seattle/London and Paris – January 30, 2025] – Sequans Communications (NYSE:SQNS), a leading provider of cellular IoT semiconductors and modules, and Soracom, a global provider of cellular IoT connectivity with full MVNO capabilities, today announced the expansion of their partnership. This collaboration aims to simplify the development of IoT projects by offering evaluation kits (EVKs) powered by Soracom’s global IoT connectivity.
IoT application developers now have access to Sequans’ leading LTE-M/NB-IoT and Cat 1bis technology, combined with Soracom’s global connectivity. The EVKs are available in two variants:
LTE-M/NB-IoT (Sequans Monarch2 GM02S EVK): This second-generation LPWA technology from Sequans features ultra-low power consumption and a compact form factor, making it ideal for applications such as smart utility meters, industrial sensors, health and fitness trackers, and more.
LTE Cat 1bis (Sequans Calliope2 GC02S1 EVK): Featuring Sequans’ leading Cat 1bis technology, certified in North America and Europe. It can operate on any LTE network worldwide, ideal for deployments that require global coverage with cross border connectivity, such as connected vehicles, logistics tracking systems, and telematics.
Each kit comes with a Soracom global IoT SIM card preloaded with connectivity for up to 3 months, allowing users to benefit from cellular coverage in +170 territories, including LTE-M coverage in 51 territories and NB-IoT coverage in 35. This also gives them access to the Soracom suite of connectivity solutions, which offers features that can help secure a deployment, transmit data directly to cloud functions, manage IoT devices remotely, and more!
“At Soracom, we are focused on helping developers and enterprises bring their IoT projects to life quickly and efficiently,” said Takashi Serizawa, Head of Europe Region for Soracom. “By expanding our collaboration with Sequans and offering these EVKs with Soracom connectivity, we’re removing friction from the development process and enabling our customers to test, iterate, and scale their IoT solutions with ease.”
“We are thrilled to deepen our partnership with Soracom and provide developers with the tools they need to launch their IoT solutions quickly and efficiently,” said Olivier Pauzet, Sequans EVP of Marketing and Strategy. “The combination of Sequans’ hardware and Soracom’s connectivity creates an effective and efficient solution that can make scaling an IoT deployment easier by ensuring a smooth transition from the evaluation stage to full deployment.”
These EVKs are available through Sequans’ presence on global distribution channels such as Digikey and Mouser.
About Soracom
Soracom is a technology partner to more than 20,000 startups, SMBs, and enterprises, connecting more than 6 million IoT devices globally. Soracom offers robust solutions specifically designed to make it easy to build, operate, and scale IoT deployments. Customers trust Soracom for affordable, reliable connectivity that accelerates speed to market, makes it easy to connect to any cloud, and offers access to a worldwide partner ecosystem.
More information is available at www.soracom.io
About Sequans
Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE: SQNS) is a leading semiconductor company specializing in wireless cellular technology for the Internet of Things (IoT). Sequans engineers design and develop innovative, secure, and scalable technologies that power the next generation of connected devices. It offers a wide range of solutions, including chips, modules, IP, and services. Its LTE-M/NB-IoT, 4G LTE Cat 1bis, and 5G NR RedCap/eRedCap platforms are optimized for IoT, delivering breakthroughs in wireless connectivity, power efficiency, security, and performance. Established in 2003, Sequans is headquartered in France and has a global presence with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore, Finland, Taiwan, and China.
More information is available at https://sequans.com.
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Seattle & Tokyo – January 23, 2025 – Soracom, Inc., a global IoT platform provider with full MVNO capability, is pleased to announce the commercial launch of its integrated SIM technology (iSIM) as well as an iSIM-compatible cellular module built off of the Murata Type 1SC. This offering marks Soracom’s third SIM format, with the connectivity solution also offering card-type SIMs as well as chip-type eSIMs, each of which grants users access to Soracom’s best-in-class cellular IoT connectivity platform.
The commercial launch of iSIM technologies has been in the works since July 2021 and has been brought about thanks to key partnerships with IoT chipset developer Sony Semiconductor Israel, Ltd., iSIM module manufacturer Murata, and iSIM Security solutions provider Kigen. Kigen’s Secure iSIM Operating System provides robust secure authentication services ensuring reliable out-of-the-box connectivity for commercial iSIM applications.
iSIM technology integrates the functions of the communication module and SIM into a single chip (SoC: System-on-Chip). This enables IoT device manufacturers to create more compact, lightweight and more power-efficient devices, as fewer physical components are required.
Designing connected devices with a single, integrated solution for both the communication module and the SIM reduces procurement, logistics, and storage costs. It also contributes to reduced environmental impact throughout the device manufacturing and sales lifecycle.
“We would like to express our gratitude to our partners for this exciting collaboration. Through this innovative model, iSIM seamlessly connects the LPWA chipset to the Soracom network, simplifying the hardware design and onboarding experience for our customers, said Dima Feldman, VP of Product Management and Marketing, Sony Semiconductor Israel Ltd. “This approach is essential for driving the adoption of lower-power cellular IoT applications and we believe it will significantly enhance IoT device-makers engagement and satisfaction.”
The “Type 1SC” module from Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. comes pre-installed with Soracom’s plan01s subscription, allowing users to seamlessly connect to cellular networks worldwide. By utilizing Soracom’s subscription container feature, these modules can access other Soracom data plans, such as the optimized for LPWAN planX3. Regardless of their selected plan, users will also gain access to Soracom’s suite of connectivity tools that cover everything from data and device security to remote provisioning services and cloud integration.
“As an ultra-compact, low-power iSIM-compatible cellular LPWA communication module, our Type 1SC module is a perfect fit for Soracom users,” said Hirokazu Nakae, General Manager, Connectivity Module Product Department, Communication Module Business Unit, Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. “Combining our miniaturization technology with iSIM provides users with a quick and easy solution for deploying IoT services at scale.”
“Thanks to our longstanding partnership with Soracom and our ecosystem partners, IoT device manufacturers now have instant access to our iSIM solution, accelerating developers’ speed to market and enhancing their ability to leverage global connectivity,” said Vincent Korstanje, CEO of Kigen. “This is a major milestone in supporting manufacturers with commercial iSIM availability, globally.”
Soracom also offers an evaluation board kit for those customers interested in testing out iSIM integration before committing to a full deployment. This iSIM EVK can handle NTN-IoT services, as well as GNSS.
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Sony Semiconductor Israel is a leading provider of cellular IoT chipsets. The company’s cellular IoT chipsets are the smallest and most highly integrated LTE CAT-M and NB-IoT chipsets on the market, featuring ultra-low power consumption, hardware-based security, and a carrier-grade integrated SIM (iSIM), all 5G ready. With a commitment to the highest quality and end-to-end security approach, the company’s Altair all-inclusive cellular IoT chipsets offer long battery life and fast time to market.
Sony Semiconductor Israel provides low-power and cost-efficient chipsets for a range of industrial and consumer IoT applications such as trackers, smart meters, smart labels, mHealth, wearables, and vehicle telematics. The company’s cellular IoT chipsets are commercially deployed on the world’s most advanced cellular networks.
Kigen is the forerunner in eSIM and iSIM security-enabled IoT solutions built for scale. An Arm-founded company, Kigen flexibly empowers OEMs with security on leading IoT chipsets and modules and with the world’s leading IoT and LPWAN connectivity providers in up to 200 countries. Our industry-leading SIM OS products enable over 2.5 billion devices and complement our GSMA SAS-accredited Remote SIM provisioning secure service capabilities. Find out more at Kigen.com/ or join our #FutureofSIM feed on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/kigen/.
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and sale of ceramic-based passive electronic components & solutions, communication modules and power supply modules. Murata is committed to the development of advanced electronic materials and leading edge, multi-functional, high-density modules. The company has employees and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. More information is available at Murata.com
About Soracom
Soracom is a technology partner to more than 20,000 startups, SMBs, and enterprises, connecting more than 7 million IoT devices globally. Soracom offers robust solutions specifically designed to make it easy to build, operate, and scale IoT deployments. Customers trust Soracom for affordable, reliable connectivity that accelerates speed to market, makes it easy to connect to any cloud, and offers access to a worldwide partner ecosystem. More information is available at www.Soracom.io
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BERLIN & SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Soracom, Inc., a global IoT platform provider with full MVNO capability, announced today that it will showcase a proof of concept (PoC) for a next-generation network architecture for connected cars to securely connect with their OEM cloud at an All-Member meeting hosted by the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC) in Berlin, Germany October 22 – 24, 2024. This PoC has been developed in collaboration with Toyota Motor Corporation.
AECC is a cross-industry, non-profit consortium dedicated to promoting best practices for the convergence of vehicular, computing, and network technologies. The AECC All Member Meeting, subtitled ‘Driving Connectivity, Advancing Mobility,’ will run from October 22 – 24, with the demos highlighting advancements on October 23, 2024.
Soracom joined the AECC in May 2024. As a member organization, the company works alongside mobile network operators (MNOs), automobile manufacturers, communications and cloud service providers, and other related technology standards organizations and technical communities to establish new technologies and standards that advance the connected car industry.
“We are thrilled to work with Toyota Motor Company on this PoC,” said Kenta Yasukawa, Ph.D., CTO and co-founder of Soracom, Inc. “This collaboration represents a major step forward in enabling a seamless, secure, and long-lasting connectivity solution for automotive ecosystems that should help make the next generation of connected cars maintain a secure connection with their OEM cloud backend.”
Fig. 1 This demo showcases a secure, managed connection between the in-car gateway board and the cloud-side gateway
At the All Member Meeting, Soracom is showcasing a PoC demonstration of a connected car authentication and secure network solution. Working in collaboration with Toyota Motor Corporation, a fellow AECC member, the company is conducting phased testing. Soracom is also collaborating with AECC’s global members on advanced R&D of next-generation solutions that enable connected cars to connect to the cloud securely.
About the AECC
The Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC) is an association of cross-industry, global leaders working to explore the rapidly evolving and significant data and communications needs involved in instrumenting billions of vehicles worldwide. The AECC’s goal is to find more efficient ways to develop distributed computing and infrastructure network architectures to support the high-volume data needed for intelligent vehicle services. The AECC’s members are key players in the automotive, high-speed mobile network, edge computing, wireless technology, distributed computing and artificial intelligence markets. For more information about the AECC and its membership benefits, please visit https://aecc.org/.
About Soracom
Soracom is a technology partner to more than 20,000 startups, SMBs, and enterprises, connecting more than 6 million IoT devices globally. Soracom offers robust solutions specifically designed to make it easy to build, operate, and scale IoT deployments. Customers trust Soracom for affordable, reliable connectivity that accelerates speed to market, makes it easy to connect to any cloud, and offers access to a worldwide partner ecosystem.
More information is available at www.soracom.io
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Las Vegas (October 8, 2024) – Soracom, Inc., a connectivity solution that offers a global IoT platform with full MVNO capability, today announced its global strategy for the connected car industry by addressing connectivity and cloud management challenges faced in the journey to put more connected cars on the road.
The company hopes to empower its automotive customers with the flexibility and freedom of choice to decide how they want to roll out connected car services. With experience supporting secure, cloud-native, global-scale cellular IoT connectivity, Soracom can play an important role in helping the connected car ecosystem manage a simple, secure, and scalable highway to the cloud.
The connected car ecosystem has encountered roadblocks raised by the numerous backend processes and relationships automakers, dealerships, connectivity providers, and consumers must navigate to bring connected cars up to speed. These challenges include the process of activating and managing SIM profiles on end devices; supporting flexibility in establishing and managing connectivity at the local level; ensuring end-to-end security; and efficiently integrating with connected car clouds to support the various features and infotainment content waiting to be unlocked.
These obstacles mirror those faced by the global IoT ecosystem, where Soracom’s cost-effective, cloud-native cellular core supports global multicarrier coverage, private fiber peering, VPNs, and integration with various cloud services without the need for SDKs.
“The connected car journey has been like a long family road trip, with the kids continually asking, ‘Are we there yet?’ The good news is we are almost there – but for connected car services to succeed, the process of enabling them needs to be simple, secure, and scalable – for automakers, for dealerships, for connectivity providers, and most of all, for consumers,” said Kenta Yasukawa, Ph.D., CTO and co-founder of Soracom, Inc.
Since 2015, Soracom has grown beyond a mere MVNO by providing a full infrastructure approach for connected carriers that is:
• Simple. Soracom offers a software-based, globally distributed infrastructure through Amazon Web Services that provides a direct link from the connected car to the cloud through its cloud-native cellular core and an on-demand virtual private gateway. As an MVNO, Soracom is a major provider of both SIM cards and eSIMs, the embedded SIM chips that will likely be deployed in the next generation connected cars.
• Secure. Soracom’s cloud-native, cloud-agnostic cellular core and virtual private gateway tool mean that connected vehicles won’t have to operate on the public Internet when communicating with their backend systems, keeping network hops and data exposure to a minimum. Unlike a traditional private APN that takes months to set up and comes with operational burdens, Soracom users can set up their own fully managed virtual private gateway in a matter of minutes.
• Scalable. Soracom’s ability to serve IoT customers worldwide allows it to support the connected car market with a connectivity platform offering access to 417 carriers across 182 countries through virtualized cellular cores deployed in multiple AWS regions. This eases the backend complexity that automakers otherwise encounter as they negotiate with different carriers and dealerships in different countries as they set up connected car services from their clouds.
A key aim of Soracom’s Connected Car strategy is to support the GSMA SGP.32 eSIM remote provisioning and management standard. This IoT eSIM standard, which is expected to be completed this year and available in products starting in 2025, allows automakers, dealerships, and consumers more flexibility in activating connected car connectivity.
Before SGP.32, even if each car was equipped with an eSIM and a modem, the automotive manufacturer had to work with a different connectivity provider in each country where its vehicles were sold, and ask their primary carrier to integrate with their remote subscription management server to facilitate localization of eSIMs, requiring time-consuming negotiations and a complex backend integration process with each carrier.
“This is hard enough to do with one carrier in one country, let alone with every carrier for every vehicle model and every model year in every country,” Yasukawa said. “All the negotiations and backend integration required can take months to set up and years to manage.”
Integrating an eSIM with SGP32 embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC), into a vehicle modem makes it work as originally expected without complex backend carrier integration. While keeping secure, private connection to their backend systems, automakers gain the flexibility to push eUICC profiles for infotainment and in-car WiFi down to vehicles with their preferred carrier already in place. Alternatively, they can allow dealerships or connected car users to pull the carrier profile of their choice from the manufacturer’s cloud. In either case, the automotive manufacturer is relieved of a costly and laborious process.
“As a vehicle manufacturer or buyer, you should drive your own car’s connectivity, not be driven by a connectivity provider,” Yasukawa said. “With flexible SGP.32 eSIM provisioning and management, you are no longer captive to negotiating pre-market integrations with carriers that are difficult to change or update.”
Soracom can issue an eUICC profile compatible with SGP.22 and SGP.32 via API, and is ready to support SGP.32-compatible eSIMs. With the ultimate goal of empowering its automotive customers with flexibility and freedom of choice, Soracom can provide the SGP.32-compatible eSIM and network-side enablers so that automakers can download their own carrier profiles or set up a portal to allow dealerships or car buyers to do so. If eSIMs are obtained elsewhere, Soracom can still provide global network connectivity, including cellular and satellite leveraging their 3GPP NTN capability to vehicles.
Soracom is working aggressively to get involved in the automotive sector’s new product cycles at an early stage. The company has conducted proof-of-concept projects with automotive manufacturers, and is a member of the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC), the global industry body helping to define the converged computing and network architecture to support a new generation of connected car capabilities.
“Enabling connected cars is a team sport,” Yasukawa said. “Working together, we can build a simple, secure, and scalable cloud highway for connected cars.”
Soracom is a technology partner to more than 20,000 startups, SMBs and enterprises,
connecting more than 6 million IoT devices globally. Soracom offers robust solutions specifically designed to make it easy to build, operate, and scale IoT deployments. Customers trust Soracom for affordable, reliable connectivity that accelerates speed to market, makes it easy to connect to any cloud, and offers access to a worldwide partner ecosystem.
More information is available at www.soracom.io.
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SEATTLE – July 30, 2024— Soracom, Inc., a global provider of advanced Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, announced that it has received SOC 2 Type 1 assurance compliance for its IoT platform as of June 26, 2024.
The SOC 2 assurance report is an evaluation of an organization’s cybersecurity controls. The assessment process, performed by external auditors, tests the design of security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, or privacy processes of a connected solution at a specific point in time. The Soracom platform was assessed for security and confidentiality under the Trust Service Criteria set by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
This report asserts that Soracom’s business processes and the internal control environment of the Soracom IoT Platform are appropriately designed based on the applicable Trust Service Criteria. In this case, the evaluation assessed the security and confidentiality of both cloud services and outsourced providers.
Soracom will continue to strengthen its internal controls and security measures to provide the most reliable global IoT platform. The company is also working towards receiving SOC 2 Type 2 assurance compliance, which evaluates the effectiveness of the platform’s controls over time by observing a full year of operations.
“Achieving SOC 2 Type 1 assurance compliance represents a significant milestone for Soracom,” said Kenta Yasukawa, Co-founder and CTO of Soracom. “Customers around the world trust Soracom with their data. That’s why we have made security a priority from day one. We are committed to maintaining the highest possible standards of security and trust, from the device to the cloud and in our own internal systems and processes.”
To request a disclosure of the SOC 2 Type 1 report simply contact our team at: https://nsfznstn.elementor.cloud/contact/
About Soracom
Soracom is a technology partner to more than 20,000 startups, SMBs, and enterprise organizations, connecting more than 6 million IoT devices globally. Soracom offers robust solutions specifically designed to make it easy to build, operate, and scale IoT deployments. Customers trust Soracom for affordable, reliable connectivity that accelerates speed to market, makes it easy to connect to any cloud, and offers access to a worldwide partner ecosystem. More information is available at www.soracom.io.
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SEATTLE — July 24, 2024 — Soracom, Inc., global provider of advanced Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, today announced two new services designed to accelerate deployment of larger and more complex IoT projects by embedding Generative AI (GenAI) capabilities more deeply in the IoT connectivity stack. Soracom Flux is a low-code application builder that allows even non-technical users to build AI-integrated IoT applications in real time by defining data flows between sensors, cameras, actuators, GenAI engines and the cloud. Soracom Query Intelligence simplifies management of large IoT deployments with natural-language network data analysis.
Soracom Flux is a low-code IoT application builder that makes it easy to create custom applications that automate operations by integrating multiple data sources with leading cloud-based GenAI engines, including OpenAI, Google Gemini, Microsoft Azure AI, and Amazon Bedrock. Using Soracom Flux, teams can create powerful IoT applications in minutes, with significant use cases in manufacturing, construction, healthcare, energy, retail, and security. For instance, Soracom Flux can easily generate an application based on user-defined data flows and natural-language instructions to send an alert if people in a camera’s field of vision on a work site are not wearing appropriate protective gear.
Soracom Query Intelligence applies GenAI to give managers of large IoT deployments the ability to query their IoT network data in natural language and receive immediate analysis in the form of descriptive text and data visualizations. Soracom Query Intelligence builds on the Soracom Query managed data warehouse service to store and analyze platform-level data including device connection session history, data usage, and billing information. Soracom Query Intelligence allows anyone to perform complex data analysis with no need for SQL programming or data visualization experience.
For example, users can identify unstable devices on a large network for troubleshooting by simply asking for a list of SIMs with high frequency of connection/disconnection. Or users managing a nationwide fleet of moving vehicles can identify areas where carrier switching is required to maintain connection by asking for a map showing all SIMs currently connected to a specific carrier.
“We’ve always envisioned an Internet of Things where connected devices can interact with each other to make decisions in real time,” said Kenta Yasukawa, Soracom CTO and co-founder. “The emergence of public GenAI services holds the potential to fulfill that vision. Soracom Flux and Soracom Query Intelligence drive AI much deeper within the IoT stack. Project teams can now accomplish in minutes what once took months and required expert skills, and even nontechnical managers can now enjoy complete control of even the largest and most globally distributed IoT networks.”
Soracom Flux is now available to all Soracom customers in Public Beta with a free tier. Pro and Enterprise plans will be made available later this year. Soracom Query Intelligence is currently available to select Soracom customers as a Technology Preview. Interested customers are invited to contact Soracom to apply.
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About Soracom
Soracom is a technology partner to more than 20,000 startups, SMBs and enterprises, connecting more than 6 million IoT devices globally. Soracom offers robust solutions specifically designed to make it easy to build, operate, and scale IoT deployments. Customers trust Soracom for affordable, reliable connectivity that accelerates speed to market, makes it easy to connect to any cloud, and offers access to a worldwide partner ecosystem. More information is available atwww.soracom.io.
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