SORACOM

Soracom operates as a leading provider of global IoT connectivity and a comprehensive platform, enabling organizations worldwide to unlock the full potential of connected devices. Their core mission is to unify multicarrier cellular, satellite, cloud capabilities, and AI, facilitating seamless interaction between people and products across diverse environments. As an innovator in the Internet of Things ecosystem, Soracom delivers a cloud-native platform that is fundamentally designed for IoT applications, distinguishing itself from traditional mobile network operators. This approach leverages a software-defined network infrastructure built on leading cloud platforms, offering the flexibility and scalability essential for modern connected deployments and driving new connected experiences globally.

Soracom’s robust technical framework encompasses a wide spectrum of connectivity solutions. For terrestrial applications, it provides cellular services across 2G, 3G, 4G/LTE, 5G, LTE-M, and NB-IoT networks. This multicarrier cellular approach ensures devices connect to over 320 carriers in more than 180 countries using a single IoT SIM, eSIM, or iSIM, often with automatic failover capabilities. Beyond terrestrial networks, Soracom extends its reach through NB-NTN satellite connectivity, utilizing 3GPP Release-17 compatible GEO satellites. This solution is specifically optimized for remote IoT applications, enabling the efficient transmission of small, meaningful data packets (typically 50-256 bytes) from areas where cellular coverage is absent, such as oceans, mountains, or remote industrial sites. The platform also supports hybrid network deployments, seamlessly blending cellular, satellite, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and LoRa through a unified endpoint. Soracom Arc further extends SIM-grade security to non-cellular devices connected via Wi-Fi or Ethernet. Central to its offering are advanced secure private networking options like Virtual Private Gateway (VPG), Canal, and Door, which route device data directly to private cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) without traversing the public internet. This architecture integrates powerful cloud integration services such as Beam for protocol translation (e.g., UDP to HTTPS/MQTT), Funnel for direct cloud data routing, and Flux for low-code logic, enabling AI-powered action from real-world sensor data.

The versatility of Soracom’s platform empowers a broad range of industrial IoT applications and vertical markets. In smart agriculture, devices can perform crop monitoring, enabling data-driven decisions for improved yields and resource management. For asset tracking and logistics, their global connectivity facilitates real-time location monitoring and cargo status updates, vital for efficient supply chain operations. The energy sector benefits from remote asset monitoring, including pipeline surveillance and grid management in challenging environments, often leveraging satellite for off-grid operations. In healthcare connectivity, Soracom supports solutions for medication adherence and secure patient data transmission, prioritizing security for sensitive information. Further applications extend to public safety, enabling connected security systems and emergency services in remote or disaster-stricken areas. The platform also serves smart buildings, retail, and cold chain monitoring, providing the necessary reliable data transmission for operational efficiency and compliance. These deployments consistently highlight benefits like reduced overhead in data transmission, seamless onboarding of new devices, and reliable coverage even in challenging rural networks, demonstrating Soracom's capacity to solve complex enterprise connectivity challenges.

Soracom provides significant operational value through its commitment to reliability and global reach. The platform offers automatic network failover, ensuring devices remain connected by seamlessly switching between available carriers during outages or weak signal conditions. This resilient design, coupled with a proven high uptime record, guarantees operational continuity for mission-critical deployments. With global coverage extending to over 180 countries and supporting diverse SIM technologies (physical, eSIM, iSIM), customers can deploy their IoT solutions virtually anywhere, avoiding the complexities of regional SIM management. This expansive reach is complemented by a comprehensive management platform, the Soracom User Console, which offers real-time monitoring, SIM lifecycle control, usage alerts, and automation capabilities via APIs. The flexible pricing models, including pay-as-you-go and pooled data options without long-term contracts or minimums, provide cost predictability and scalability tailored to IoT use cases. Soracom's virtualized core network seamlessly scales from a few devices to hundreds of thousands, adjusting compute and routing on demand, thus eliminating the need for manual infrastructure sizing. Finally, clients benefit from dedicated technical support teams with specialized IoT expertise, ensuring issues are resolved efficiently. This combination of robust technology, extensive coverage, and agile management tools positions Soracom as a strategic partner for businesses seeking to build, deploy, and manage secure and scalable IoT solutions.