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Think cargo ship containers and other similar internationally transient use cases. Sounds like an exciting product/service. Looking forward to seeing how this is used.
But also anything that is centrally manufactured or managed but distributed globally. Imagine being able to buy and manage SIMs from one place regardless of whether your [connected thing] will be deployed in United States or in Timor-Leste.
Could a potential use case be soldering these onto consumer electronics and phoning home telemetry even if the user doesn’t connect to WiFi?
Looks like a killer of all other IoT connectivity solutions (eg, Verizon, AT&T, Particle). Those IoT platforms better find a way to support third-party SIMs, if they don't already. Source: Consulted AT&T on bringing their IoT Connectivity solution to market. Their huge cell network was the main selling point; the platform and services were add-ons. Edit: Another commenter mentioned Hologram, which already has a globa…
Looks like a killer of all other IoT connectivity solutions (eg, Verizon, AT&T, Particle). Those IoT platforms better find a way to support third-party SIMs, if they don't already. Source: Consulted AT&T on bringing their IoT Connectivity solution to market. Their huge cell network was the main selling point; the platform and services were add-ons. Edit: Another commenter mentioned Hologram, which already has a globa…
Particle also has partnered with Twilio in the past. I know there was some legacy integration with Twilio SIMs.
Particle's value prop is an IoT platform where cellular connectivity is a component. If anything, this seems like it would be complimentary and not a killer to their value prop.
Viewing this site took 4.5MB with trackers. That's half a dollar of data. Now I understand that IOT stuff would likely have smaller payloads. But that really looks like a great way to rack up costs with a run away program submitting or retrieving data in a bad loop.
Looks like a killer of all other IoT connectivity solutions (eg, Verizon, AT&T, Particle). Those IoT platforms better find a way to support third-party SIMs, if they don't already. Source: Consulted AT&T on bringing their IoT Connectivity solution to market. Their huge cell network was the main selling point; the platform and services were add-ons. Edit: Another commenter mentioned Hologram, which already has a globa…
Particle has a number of devices that already support third party SIMs (their Electron and Boron lines in particular). Particle also has partnered with Twilio in the past. I know there was some legacy integration with Twilio SIMs. Particle's value prop is an IoT platform where cellular connectivity is a component. If anything, this seems like it would be complimentary and not a killer to their value prop.
If you're interested in this space, Hologram does the same thing (and appears to have had a head start compared to Twilio): https://hologram.io
Pricing-wise, seems like Twilio has higher fixed but lower usage costs:
https://www.twilio.com/docs/iot/supersim
| Starting at $2 per active Super SIM per month.
| Data Usage - Starting at $0.10 / MB.
| $1 per device per month + $0.38 / MB.
Of course these prices depend on device volume. Twilio may be able to offer lower costs because of their scale, but perhaps Hologram can provide a better user experience because this is the only thing they do.
No verizon support, unfortunately ... https://www.twilio.com/docs/iot/supersim/available-networks#...
Viewing this site took 4.5MB with trackers. That's half a dollar of data. Now I understand that IOT stuff would likely have smaller payloads. But that really looks like a great way to rack up costs with a run away program submitting or retrieving data in a bad loop.