When a Soracom IoT SIM connects to a cellular network, Soracom stores details about the connection, which is referred to as a "session." These session details include MCC (Mobile Country Code) and MNC (Mobile Network Code), which indicate the country and network that a SIM is connected to, and details for both the current session (if the SIM is online) and the previous session are stored as part of the SIM's properties.

With this update, following items will be added to the SIM List CSV, a file which contains a complete list of all SIMs in your account along with their details, after the renewalFeeStatusSetTime column:

• currentMCC
• currentMNC
• previousMCC
• previousMNC

By adding these new items, you can quickly sort and filter SIMs in your account to check the countries and networks they are currently or were previously connected to, in order to better understand connection behavior or to help with SIM management and troubleshooting.

This update will be applied starting from August 9, 2023.

Please note that the MCC and MNC values will appear as 3 digit and 1-3 digit numbers, respectively, rather than as text names, as these names may change over time. You can use resources such as mcc-mnc.com or Wikipedia: Mobile country code (and its related Mobile network codes pages) to find the name of the country or network as required. If an MNC value appears as a 1-digit number, simply add a leading 0 (such as 5 → 05) to determine the correct MNC.

The SIM List CSV can be downloaded from the SIM Management screen of the User Console, as well as from the Soracom API using the Subscriber:exportSubscribers API endpoint.

The description was corrected on July 31, 2023. The correction is described below.

When a Soracom IoT SIM connects to a cellular network, Soracom stores details about the connection, which is referred to as a "session." These session details include MCC (Mobile Country Code) and MNC (Mobile Network Code), which indicate the country and network that a SIM is connected to, and details for both the current session (if the SIM is online) and the previous session are stored as part of the SIM's properties.

With this update, the following items will be added to the SIM List CSV, a file which contains a complete list of all SIMs in your account along with their details, after the renewalFeeStatusSetTime column:

• currentMCC
• currentMNC
• previousMCC
• previousMNC

By adding these new items, you can quickly sort and filter SIMs in your account to check the countries and networks they are currently or were previously connected to, in order to better understand connection behavior or to help with SIM management and troubleshooting.

This update will be applied starting from August 9, 2023.

Please note that the MCC and MNC values will appear as 3 digit and 1-3 digit numbers, respectively, rather than as text names, as these names may change over time. You can use resources such as mcc-mnc.com or Wikipedia: Mobile country code (and its related Mobile network codes pages) to find the name of the country or network as required. If an MNC value appears as a 1-digit number, simply add a leading 0 (such as 5 → 05) to determine the correct MNC.

The SIM List CSV can be downloaded from the SIM Management screen of the User Console, as well as from the Soracom API using the Subscriber:exportSubscribers API endpoint.

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July 31, 2023 Update

This announcement was corrected as follows:

Before correction:

the following items will be added to the end of the SIM List CSV

After correction:.

the following items will be added to the SIM List CSV ... after the renewalFeeStatusSetTime column

Additionally, the scheduled date for adding MCC and MNC information to the SIM List CSV has been revised from August 1, 2023, to August 9, 2023.

We would like to inform all customers that the old SIM management interface will be discontinued on August 20, 2023. This announcement serves as a one month notice for the discontinuation schedule previously announced here.

Once discontinued, any customers who have not yet switched to the new SIM management interface will be automatically redirected.

As mentioned previously, the new SIM management interface provides several significant improvements:

• Support for managing Subscription Containers
• Up to 20 times faster loading performance
• Improved usability and design following the Soracom Design System
• Dedicated SIM details URLs for bookmarking and easy sharing

For more detailed information as well as instructions for resolving any permission errors, please refer to our previous announcement of Discontinuation of the old SIM Management interface.

We are pleased to announce the launch of Soracom Relay, a new service that enables the secure collection and transfer of video content from RTSP-enabled network cameras to the cloud.

Soracom Relay supports RTSP/RTP protocols for signalling and media transfer, allowing you to remotely trigger video playback or streaming from a Soracom-connected RTSP-enabled network camera and capture the video content for storage or transfer to cloud services. Video content can be stored directly on Harvest Files for easy download directly from the User Console, or transferred to Amazon S3 or Amazon Kinesis Streams for cloud storage or video analysis. Moreover, since Relay takes care of cloud integration functionality, you can use standard RTSP-network cameras that don't have cloud integrations capabilities built-in.

Relay is currently available as a limited preview. If you are interested in using Relay, please sign in to your Soracom account from the User Console, click the Menu button, and select Soracom Relay in order to apply for access.

We greatly welcome your feedback, and are excited to expand the number of supported network cameras, recorders, routers, and forwarding destinations in the future.

For more information, please visit the Soracom Relay page (Japanese).

We are pleased to announce Soracom Query, a new service that enables advanced data analysis for device data stored in Soracom Harvest Data.

By itself, Harvest Data provides a simple, straightforward way to collect and visualize data from devices, without the need to define data structures, prepare databases, configure servers, or set up device authentication and identification. Device data stored in Harvest Data can be viewed directly from the User Console with built-in basic graphs and charts, allowing you to quickly select a device and review the data that it sent.

Soracom Query extends the features of Harvest Data by synchronizing and conforming the data stored in Harvest Data into a database that is specialized for large-volume data analysis. With Query, you can easily perform the types of advanced analysis that typically require SQL (Structured Query Language) through the use of BI (Business Intelligence) tools in order to gain greater visibility and uncover deeper insights of your application, still without the need to design and maintain complex databases.

Since Query works with Harvest Data, devices can continue sending data in simple JSON format or leverage the existing data optimization and conversion capabilities of Binary Parser or Soracom Orbit, without any special configuration required.

Soracom Query is available starting today as a technology preview. To request access or for additional information, please contact us.

Audit Logs is a security feature that records account access history for administrators to review the users and their IP addresses that have accessed a Soracom account. The Audit Logs Standard Option, provided to all customers by default, records User Console logins over a 24-hour period, and an Enterprise Option provides additional visibility over all other activities with an extended period of 366-days.

With this update, logout history will also be recorded in the Audit Logs for both Standard and Enterprise options.

For more information, please refer to the Audit Logs documentation.

Soracom's Virtual Private Gateway (VPG) is a network service that allows customers to create a dedicated private network for Soracom Air for Cellular and Soracom Arc devices. VPGs allow devices to connect securely to private clouds or datacenters, provide control over allowed or blocked connections, enable remote device access, and other network capabilities.

Updated VPG Type-F Capacity

Until now, VPG Type-F has been available in the following three size capacities:

• Small, capable of handling connectivity for up to 1,000 SIMs for $0.50/hour (about $372/month), available directly from the User Console
• Medium, up to 3,000 SIMs for $1.00/hour ($744/month), available upon request
• Large, up to 10,000 SIMs for $3.00/hour ($2,232/month), available upon request

With this update, the different size capacities will be removed and VPG Type-F will now support up to 100,000 SIMs by default for the same cost of the Small capacity ($0.50/hour).

Customers with an existing VPG Type-F do not need to modify or update their VPG in order to receive the updated capacity.

New VPG Type-G

With this update, we are also excited to announce a new VPG Type-G which supports all of the same private network capabilities of VPG Type-F, but with support for over 100,000 SIMs.

VPG Type-G is currently available as a limited preview. If you are deploying a fleet and require the extended capacity provided by VPG Type-G, please contact us to request access.

Two new Virtual Private Gateway (VPG) details, Number of Online Sessions and VPG IP Address Range, can now be viewed directly from the User Console.

• The Number of Online Sessions detail will show the number of Soracom Air IoT SIMs and Soracom Arc Virtual SIMs that are connected to the VPG.
• The VPG IP Address Range detail, previously only available upon request, shows the IP address assigned to the VPG, which is required when setting up a private network connection from the VPG to your private cloud or datacenter using Soracom Direct or Soracom Door.

We are pleased to launch a new Switch User feature that allows you to easily switch to an authorized SAM User of another Soracom account.

In some applications or use cases, you may want certain users to be able to access and maintain specific SIMs, while restricting their access to other SIMs. To accomplish this, Soracom normally recommends creating multiple Soracom accounts (operators), with SIMs separated accordingly between the accounts for security.

However, for administrators, technicians, support personnel, or other users that should be able to access all SIMs, having multiple Soracom accounts meant that you had to log out and log back in each time you need to access a SIM that is registered to a different account.

With the Switch User feature, you can now grant permissions for specific users of one account to switch to the user of another. When configured, you can quickly switch between different accounts without having to log out and in again, and without the need to manage multiple usernames and passwords for each user.

For more information, please refer to the Switch User documentation (Japanese).

The Soracom Icon Set is Soracom's official icon set containing Soracom service, component, device, and other useful icons that engineers, system integrators, and other users can use in building IoT architecture diagrams.

With this update, we have added several new icons:

The Soracom Icon Set is available in multiple formats including PowerPoint and PNG, and can be downloaded from the Soracom Developers: Downloads page.