Prices for SORACOM Air plan-D (Data-only) IoT SIM cards (Nano, Micro, and Standard) will be revised as follows:

• Old price: 850.3 yen (tax included)
• New price: 871.2 yen (tax included)

The new price will take effect on April 3, 2025.

Please note that the updated price does not include shipping and handling fees.

Prices for other SIMs, including SORACOM Air plan-D (Data/SMS) and SORACOM Air plan-D D-300MB, remain unchanged.

For more information on purchasing, please click here.

We are pleased to announce that the IoT Wireless Unit Dry Contact Converter OWU-111S from OPTEX Company is now available in the Soracom IoT Store.

The OWU-111S features:

• 2-channel input that supports contact and pulse signals, allowing you to adapt existing sensors and switches into IoT projects.
• IPX5 waterproof construction, suitable for outdoor usage.
• Battery-powered, enabling easy deployment without the need to set up an external power source.

IoT Wireless Unit Dry Contact Converter OWU-111S

• Available countries and regions: Japan
• Compatible Soracom service: SORACOM Air for Sigfox
  • A separate contract administrative fee and communication charges will apply.
• Price: ¥55,000 (tax included, shipping separate)

For more details, please visit the product page (Japanese).

As of April 1, 2025, the price of the LTE-M CO2 Sensor RS-LTECO2 Starter Kit has been revised as follows. Prices are in Japanese Yen (¥) and include Japanese consumption tax.

LTE-M CO2 Sensor RS-LTECO2 Starter Kit

• Old price: ¥19,800 (including ¥1,800 SORACOM platform coupon)
• New price: ¥12,100 (including ¥1,000 SORACOM platform coupon)

For more details, visit the product page (Japanese)

We are pleased to announce that a new Scheduled Timer Event Source is now available for Soracom Flux.

The Scheduled Timer allows you to run your Flux app on a fixed recurring schedule, such as a specific time every day, or a specific day of each week or month.

Together with this release, the existing Timer Event Source, which instead allows you to run your Flux app at regular intervals, will be renamed to Interval Timer to help prevent confusion.

Scheduled Timer is available for the Soracom Flux Standard and Enterprise plans.

For more information, please refer to the following Soracom Flux Event Source documentation:

• Scheduled Timer Event Source
• Interval Timer Event Source

The Soracom Icon Set has been updated.

• **The following icons have been removed due to the [discontinuation of the Soracom Mosaic service](https://changelog.soracom.io/soracom-mosaic-end-of-support-4tf9Be)**

  • SISS023 (Soracom Mosaic)
  • SIS0209 (S+ Camera B)
  • SIS0225 (S+ Camera Design)

• **The following icons have been renamed**

  • SIS0208 (S+ Camera A) → Edge AI Camera
  • SIS0214 (S+ Smart Notification Service) → Connector

The updated icon set is available in PowerPoint, PNG, and SVG formats, and can be downloaded from the Soracom Icon Set download page.

We would like to inform customers that we have decided to postpone IPv6 Access Support for the Soracom API, which we previously announced would be released on March 6, 2025, due to issues identified in certain components. This postponement will allow us to prevent unexpected behavior when using the Soracom API with an IPv6 address. We will provide an update once the necessary fixes are completed.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.

We are pleased to announce the following coverage updates for Soracom Air for Cellular connectivity.

plan01s and plan01s-LDV

Country	Network	Before	After	Remarks
Albania	Telekom.al	2G, 3G	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	4G (LTE) open
Bahamas	BTC	2G, 3G	3G	2G sunset
Brunei	DST	3G	3G, 4G (LTE)	4G (LTE) open
Congo (Republic)	Airtel	-	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	Network open
Egypt	Etisalat	-	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	Network open (*1)
Estonia	Elisa	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	2G, 4G (LTE)	3G sunset
Germany	O2	2G, 4G (LTE)	2G, 4G (LTE), LTE Cat.M1, NB-IoT	LTE Cat.M1, NB-IoT open
Hong Kong	3	-	3G	Network open
Hong Kong	CSL	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	3G, 4G (LTE)	2G sunset
Ireland	Vodafone	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	2G, 4G (LTE)	3G sunset
Macau	3	-	3G	Network open (*1)
Malaysia	Digi	2G	2G, 4G (LTE)	4G (LTE) open
Mayotte	SFR	-	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	Network open
Mexico	AT&T	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	3G, 4G (LTE)	2G sunset
Mexico	Movistar	3G, 4G (LTE)	3G, 4G (LTE), LTE Cat.M1	LTE Cat.M1 open
Nigeria	MTN	2G, 3G	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	4G (LTE) open (*1)
Pakistan	Jazz	2G, 3G	2G	3G sunset
Philippines	Globe	2G, 3G	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	4G (LTE) open
Poland	Orange	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE), LTE Cat.M1	LTE Cat.M1 open
Portugal	MEO	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	2G, 4G (LTE)	3G sunset
Portugal	NOS	2G, 3G	2G	3G sunset
Portugal	Vodafone	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	2G, 4G (LTE), LTE Cat.M1	3G sunset, LTE Cat.M1 open
Singapore	StarHub	3G, 4G (LTE)	4G (LTE)	3G sunset
Spain	Movistar	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE), LTE Cat.M1	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE), LTE Cat.M1, NB-IoT	NB-IoT open
United Kingdom	3	3G, 4G (LTE)	4G (LTE)	3G sunset
United Kingdom	Vodafone	2G, 4G (LTE)	2G, 4G (LTE), LTE Cat.M1	LTE Cat.M1 open
Vietnam	VietnaMobile	2G, 3G	3G	2G sunset
Vietnam	Viettel	2G, 4G (LTE)	4G (LTE)	2G sunset
Vietnam	Vinaphone	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	3G, 4G (LTE)	2G sunset

(*1) plan01s only

planP1

Country	Networks	Before	After	Remarks
China	China Unicom	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	3G, 4G (LTE)	2G sunset
Germany	Vodafone	-	2G, 4G (LTE)	Network open
Hong Kong	CSL	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	3G, 4G (LTE)	2G sunset
Ireland	Vodafone	-	2G, 4G (LTE)	Network open
Macau	CTM	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	3G, 4G (LTE)	2G sunset
Mexico	AT&T	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	3G, 4G (LTE)	2G sunset
Pakistan	Jazz	3G, 4G (LTE)	2G, 4G (LTE)	correction
Portugal	Vodafone	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	2G, 4G (LTE)	3G sunset
Singapore	StarHub	3G, 4G (LTE)	4G (LTE)	3G sunset
Slovakia	Orange	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	2G, 4G (LTE)	3G sunset
Thailand	TrueMove H	3G, 4G (LTE)	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	2G open
United Kingdom	3	3G, 4G (LTE)	4G (LTE)	3G sunset
Vietnam	Mobifone	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	3G, 4G (LTE)	2G sunset
Vietnam	VietnaMobile	2G, 3G, 4G (LTE)	3G, 4G (LTE)	2G sunset

Note: This is an update to the Postponement of Increased HTTP Keep-Alive timeout for Soracom Entry Points announcement made in February.

When a device sends data to Soracom using HTTP, it may optionally specify a Connection: keep-alive directive in the HTTP request header in order to reuse the underlying TCP connection and reduce the reconnection data usage when sending additional HTTP requests.

Until now, the maximum HTTP Keep-Alive timeout supported by Soracom HTTP entry points has been 5 seconds. With this update, the maximum timeout will be increased to 65 seconds for the entry points belows. This change will allow Soracom Air for Cellular and Soracom Arc devices sending HTTP requests to these entry points at intervals shorter than 65 seconds to maintain the connection and reduce data usage.

Affected Entry Points

• Soracom Beam HTTP Entry Point
• Soracom Beam Website Entry Point
• Soracom Funk HTTP Entry Point
• Soracom Funnel HTTP Entry Point
• Soracom Harvest Data/Files HTTP Entry Point
• Unified Endpoint HTTP Entry Point

Effective Date

This update will be rolled out starting from April 7, 2025.

Please note that the effective date may change without prior notice.

Action Required

If your device cannot support the extended Keep-Alive timeout, we recommend disabling Keep-Alive by including the Connection: close directive in your HTTP request headers.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact the Soracom Support team.

We are excited to announce two new downlink APIs, Sim:sendDownlinkHttp and Sim:sendDownlinkSsh, which allow you to send data and commands to IoT SIM devices through the Soracom API.

Traditionally, sending cloud-to-device data or commands via IP communication has been difficult due to firewall and routing restrictions that require complicated network configurations or device-side applications.

These new APIs allow you to create HTTP/HTTPS requests or SSH connections directly to your device from within Soracom, and removes the need to set up advanced network architecture, keep track of device IP addresses, or implement custom device-side logic. Simply call the downlink API specifying the data or commands to send, and Soracom will create the request or connection and return any response or output from the device back as the response of the API call.

These APIs are especially beneficial to battery-powered or legacy embedded devices with resource contraints. When combined with Soracom Flux, calling these APIs can even be automated in order to easily build sophisticated IoT systems, such as sending commands to devices based on detected sensor data or cloud events.

Please note: Pricing for Sim:sendDownlinkHttp and Sim:sendDownlinkSsh APIs is scheduled to be announced in June 2025. Until then, these APIs are free to use.

For a detailed usage guide, please see the Downlink API documentation.

We are pleased to introduce Default Variables and improved Query functionality in Soracom Lagoon 3 to reduce manual work when creating dashboards and to visualize and manage data more efficiently.

Default Variables

Default Variables allow a viewer to easily change the devices and data series displayed in the panels of a dashboard, or to automatically repeat displayed panels for multiple devices. When you create a new dashboard, the following Default Variables will now be created automatically:

• resource_types: The resource type to display, such as Air, Sigfox, Inventory Device, etc.
• groups: The Soracom groups to display from the selected resource type (such as data from Air resources in a specific group)
• resources: The specific resources to display from the selected resource type and groups (such as data from a specific IoT SIM)
• properties: The data series to display

For more information, see the Soracom Lagoon: Variables documentation.

Query Editor

The Query editor now provides a Group option that allows you to easily select multiple resources that belong to a particular Soracom group. We have also redesigned the Query editor interface to make each field clearer and less confusing when configuring a query.

For more information, see the Soracom Lagoon: Query documentation.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Soracom Support.