As previously announced, the main Soracom Beam Website Entry Point (beam.soracom.io:18080) has been updated as of July 1 to support WebSocket communication. As a result, the following temporary WebSocket-supported Website Entry Points, previously provided as a public beta for testing and validation, have been discontinued:

• beam.soracom.io:10080
• beam.soracom.io:10081

For more information, please refer to the Soracom Beam: Website Entry Point documentation.

What to do

If you have been using one of the temporary Website Entry Points (beam.soracom.io:10080 or beam.soracom.io:10081), please update your Beam Website Entry Point configuration to use the main Website Entry Point (beam.soracom.io:18080).

If you have already been using the main Website Entry Point, or if you are using other Soracom Beam entry points, no action is necessary.

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

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

plan01s and plan01s-LDV

Coverage updates

Country	Networks	Before	→	After	Remarks
Afghanistan	AWCC	-	→	2G, 3G	Network open
Albania	Telekom	-	→	2G, 3G	Network open
Anguilla	Digicell	2G, 4G LTE	→	3G, 4G LTE	Corrected typo (*1)
Antigua & Barbuda	Digicell	2G, 4G LTE	→	3G, 4G LTE	Corrected typo (*1)
Australia	Vodafone	3G, 4G LTE	→	4G LTE	3G sunset
British Virgin Islands	Flow	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	3G, 4G LTE	2G sunset (*1)
Cameroon	MTN CAM	2G, 3G	→	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	4G LTE open
Cape Verde	Unitel	-	→	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	Network open (*1)
Cayman Islands	Digicell	2G, 4G LTE	→	3G, 4G LTE	Corrected typo (*1)
Colombia	Movistar	-	→	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	Network open
Congo (Democratic Republic)	Vodacom	2G, 3G	→	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	4G LTE open (*1)
Dominica	Flow	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	3G, 4G LTE	2G sunset (*1)
Finland	DNA	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 4G LTE	3G sunset
Finland	Elisa	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 4G LTE	3G sunset
Grenada	Flow	2G, 4G LTE	→	3G, 4G LTE	Corrected typo (*1)
Hungary	Vodafone	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 4G LTE	3G sunset
Iceland	Siminn	2G, 3G	→	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	4G LTE open (*1)
Japan	KDDI	-	→	4G LTE	Network open
Japan	Softbank	4G LTE	→	4G LTE, LTE Cat.M1	LTE Cat.M1 open
Luxembourg	Orange	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 4G LTE	3G sunset
Luxembourg	Tango	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 4G LTE	3G sunset
Montenegro	Telekom.me	2G, 3G	→	2G	3G sunset
Nigeria	MTN	-	→	2G, 3G	Network open (*1)
North Macedonia	T-Mobile	-	→	2G	Network open
Panama	Movil	2G, 3G	→	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	4G LTE open
Peru	Movistar	-	→	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	Network open
Puerto Rico	Claro	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	3G, 4G LTE	2G sunset
Saudi Arabia	Mobily	2G, 3G	→	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	4G LTE open
Serbia	MTS	-	→	2G	Network open
Slovakia	Orange	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 4G LTE	3G sunset
South Korea	KT	-	→	3G, 4G LTE	Network open
St. Lucia	Flow	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	3G, 4G LTE	2G sunset (*1)
Sweden	Telia	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 4G LTE	3G sunset
Tunisia	Orange	-	→	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	Network open (*1)
Turkey	Turkcell	-	→	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	Network open
Turks & Caicos Islands	Flow	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	3G, 4G LTE	2G sunset (*1)
Ukraine	Vodafone	-	→	2G, 3G	Network open
United Kingdom	O2	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 3G, 4G LTE, LTE Cat.M1	LTE Cat.M1 open
United Kingdom	Vodafone	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 4G LTE	3G sunset
Zambia	Airtel	-	→	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	Network open

(*1) plan01s only

planX3 and planX3-EU

Country	Networks	Before	→	After	Remarks
Bermuda	Digicel	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	-	Network shutdown
Bonaire	Digicel	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	-	Network shutdown
Croatia	Telemach	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 3G	4G LTE closure
Curacao	Digicel	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	-	Network shutdown
Czech Republic	O2	-	→	2G, 4G LTE	Network open
Finland	DNA	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 4G LTE	3G sunset
Jamaica	Digicel	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	-	Network shutdown
Luxembourg	Orange	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 4G LTE	3G sunset
Netherlands	KPN	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 4G LTE	3G sunset
Netherlands	Vodafone	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 4G LTE	3G sunset
Norway	Telia	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 4G LTE	3G sunset
Philippines	Globe	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 4G LTE	3G sunset (*2)
Russia	VimpelCom	-	→	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	Network open (*2)
Seychelles	C&W	-	→	2G	Network open (*2)
Slovakia	Orange	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 4G LTE	3G sunset
Sweden	Telia	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 4G LTE	3G sunset
Taiwan	Taiwan Mobile	-	→	3G	Network open (*2)
Tanzania	Vodacom	-	→	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	Network open (*2)
United Kingdom	Vodafone	2G, 3G, 4G LTE	→	2G, 4G LTE	3G sunset

(*2) planX3 only

Soracom Flux now supports the newly-released GPT-4o mini model from OpenAI. With GPT-4o mini, Soracom Flux customers can analyze and process IoT data using generative AI with lower cost and latency.

To use GPT-4o mini in your Soracom Flux application, simply select it from the list of available AI actions (Japanese).

For more information on Soracom Flux, please visit the SORACOM Flux (Japanese) product page.

We are excited to announce Soracom Flux, a new low-code IoT application builder that allows you to easily build powerful IoT applications without specialized knowledge. Flux provides an interactive visual interface that lets you create rules for how to handle sensor values, images, or other device data, where to send data for processing (such as cloud or AI services), and what actions to perform when processed data meets certain criteria.

With Flux, customers can easily build IoT applications for linking data from devices to the cloud and controlling devices from the cloud, all with minimal code.

Starting today, the Soracom Flux Free Plan is available to all customers.

For more information, please visit the Soracom Flux product page.

We are pleased to announce the release of VPG Type-F2, a new Virtual Private Gateway that provides a simplified private network configuration experience that enables bi-directional IP-based communcation between devices and cloud, as well as several improvements to VPG user interfaces.

VPG Type-F2

VPG Type-F2 is a new Virtual Private Gateway service that utilizes VPC Attachments and Transit Gateway Peering for establishing connections to private networks. Compared to existing VPG Type-F and Type-G services, Type-F2 allows you to build a secure environment for communication from servers to devices with substantially less network setup required and fewer dependencies. Type-F2 also supports VPN connections and dedicated line connections, enabling connections not only to cloud networks but also on-premise or corporate networks, and opening up capabilities for more advanced network configurations.

While we are launching VPG Type-F2 today, VPG Type-F and Type-G will remain available, and customers can continue using their existing VPGs.

To learn more about VPG Type-F2, please visit the VPG Type-F2 documentation. Pricing information is also available in the Pricing & Fee Schedule.

Limitations

At this time, VPG Type-F2 support for SIM-Based Routing functionality is not yet available, but is planned for the near future.

New VPG user interfaces

As we expand VPG options, we have also taken this opportunity to improve the VPG interfaces in the User Console. Now when creating a VPG, you will see a table listing features supported by each VPG, allowing you to more easily choose the right option for your network and application requirements.

We have also made several improvements to VPG configuration screens to better organize settings and options.

We are excited to announce that selected Soracom Air for Cellular subscription plans are now available as an eSIM profile download. Customers using devices that have an existing compatible eSIM can purchase eSIM profiles directly from the User Console and immediately install them in order to add Soracom Air connectivity without the need to purchase and install a physical SIM card. Once installed, devices with a Soracom eSIM Profile will have the same coverage and access to platform features as other devices that use a physical Soracom IoT SIM card or eSIM.

The following subscription plans are now available as eSIM profiles:

• plan01s
• planX1
• planP1

For additional information about eSIM profile device requirements and limitations, please refer to the eSIM Profile documentation.

We are delighted to announce Web Terminal, a feature built on top of Soracom Napter which allows you to remotely connect to devices directly from your web browser. With the Web Terminal, you can connect to your device without copying Napter On-demand Remote Access connection settings to a separate application. You can also bookmark the Web Terminal URL in order to quickly and effortlessly reconnect to a device without having to manually create a Napter session separately.

Web Terminal is available at no additional cost beyond the standard Napter usage fees.

Currently, Web Terminal only supports SSH connections, however we look forward to adding support for more protocols in the future. For additional details, please refer to the Soracom Napter Web Terminal documentation.

We are excited to announce that customers can access the Soracom Support Bot directly from the User Console. The Soracom Support Bot is an Azure OpenAI-powered Service that is specially trained on Soracom documentation in order to generate contextual responses to general and technical questions.

Previously only available through the Soracom support site, customers can now start a chat with the Soracom Support Bot in the User Console, making it it more convenient to quickly ask questions and seek assistance.

For more details, please see Interacting with the Soracom Support Bot in Soracom User Console.

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.

We are pleased to announce a new Motion Detection feature for Soracom Relay.

Soracom Relay is a video transport service that allows you to stream video from RTSP/RTP-enabled network cameras directly to Harvest Files, Amazon Kinesis Video Streams, and Amazon S3. The new Motion Detection feature adds the ability to automatically detect motion in a video stream, capture still images of the motion, and save the images to Harvest Files, allowing you to more efficiently capture, store, and review important events.

Relay Motion Detection also works in conjunction with our new Soracom Flux service, which can send captured still images to cloud and AI services for automated processing, such as a identifying key objects in the still image and alerting when certain objects are detected.

For more information, please visit the Soracom Relay product page.

The Motion Detection feature is available today for existing Soracom Relay customers. 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.