Subscription Containers are a feature of plan01s IoT SIMs which allow you to add extra subscription plans to the same physical SIM. These optional subscriptions allow you to unlock lower data rates in specific regions, or extend coverage to more countries and networks.

With this update, we have improved the user interface for adding subscriptions. Now when you add a subscription to an existing SIM, you will see a list of available subscriptions and will be able to compare their coverage and additional features.

To add a subscription, simply select a plan01s SIM from the SIM Management screen, then click Actions and select *Add subscription....

For more information, please refer to the Subscription Container documentation.

Please note: As part of this update, we have also moved the function for adding a Soracom Arc Virtual SIM to a new menu. If you would like to add a Virtual SIM to an existing physical SIM, select a SIM from the SIM Management screen, then click Actions and select *Add Virtual SIM.... For more information, please refer to the Soracom Arc documentation.

We are pleased to announce that coverage for plan01s, planX3, and planP1 is now available in the following countries.

plan01s and plan01s - Low Data Volume

Gambia*, Guyana*, Malawi, Palestine, Papua New Guinea*, Rwanda, Suriname*, Uganda

* Coverage not available for plan01s - Low Data Volume.

planX3

Dominican Republic, Egypt, Guinea, Liechtenstein, Peru

planP1

Austria, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States

For complete details about data rates, supported carriers and radio types, and coverage in other countries, please refer to the Supported Carriers documentation.

A new EoD (End-of-Data) Bytes option is now available for the Soracom Beam TCP to HTTP/HTTPS entry point.

When a device sends data to the TCP to HTTP/HTTPS entry point, Beam converts the data to an HTTP request and sends it to the specified server. Then when a response is received, Beam similarly converts the body of the HTTP response back to a TCP message and returns it to the device. EoD Bytes are added to the end of this response data, which a device can use to determine when the end of the response data.

By default, Soracom Beam appends a LF (line feed) character 0x0a to the response data.

With this update, you can now change or remove the EoD Bytes sequence. This can be helpful for devices that have trouble recognizing the 0x0a LF character, or for situations where you want to use a different byte sequence.

The EoD Bytes option can also be combined with the existing Skip status code option which will suppress adding the HTTP status code to the beginning of the response data. With both options enabled, response data will be returned to the device as-is without any modification.

For additional details, please refer to the Soracom Beam: TCP → HTTP/HTTPS Entry Point documentation.

Soracom provides detailed cellular session history information in the User Console as well as via API. These details can be used to check the connection status and perform basic troubleshooting, such as to check the country and network a device is connected to, and the dates and times of connections or disconnections.

The radio type of a session is included in these details, and until now have been either GSM or 3G or LTE, indicating that a device was connecting via a 2G/3G network or a 4G network, respectively.

With this update, the radio type details will now show GSM and 3G networks separately, and will also show if devices are connected to an LTE-M or an NB-IoT network:

• GSM - When a device is connected to a 2G network
• 3G - When a device is connected to a 3G network
• LTE - When a device is connected to a 4G/LTE network
• LTE-M - When a device is connected to an LTE Cat-M1 network
• NB-IoT - When a device is connected to an NB-IoT network

Please note that the radio type details displayed in the User Console and API correspond to the radio type reported by the local network. In some cases, a local network may report a different radio type than what the device is actually using. For example, if a device is connected to an LTE-M network but the local network reports the connection as LTE, the radio type will appear in the User Console and API as LTE.

For additional information on how to check session history, please refer to the Subscriber Status: Viewing Detailed Session Status documentation.

The initial fee (price) of the SORACOM Air SIM card plan-D (Data-only) IoT SIM has been reduced from 899.8 yen (tax included) to 844.8 yen (tax included) per SIM card. The updated fee will apply for orders placed on or after April 3, 2023.

The updated price applies to the following SIMs:

• SORACOM Air SIM card plan-D size: Nano (for data) 1 SIM pack
• SORACOM Air SIM card plan-D size: Micro (for data) 1 SIM pack
• SORACOM Air SIM card plan-D size: Standard (for data) 1 SIM pack

Please note that the updated prices do not include shipping and handling fees.

Initial fees for other SIMs, including plan-D (Data/SMS) and plan-D D-300MB, remain unchanged.

For more information on purchasing, please click here.

We have updated the Billing page in the User Console to improve the organization of billing-related information. The updated Billing page now has four tabs on the left side of the screen:

• Billing Dashboard: View an at-a-glance dashboard of monthly usage charge totals and breakdowns for the latest four months, including the current month. For additional information, see our previous announcement: New Billing Dashboard feature in User Console

• Billing & Payment History: View past monthly usage charges and orders history. From this list, you can also download the following PDFs and CSVs for additional details about your bills:

  • For monthly usage charges, click the menu to download the PDF invoice or the billing CSV for the given month.
  • For orders, click the menu to download the PDF invoice for the given order.
• Payment Settings: Update your credit card information, or if applicable, submit a request to change your payment method to bank transfer.
• Notifications & Alerts: Configure billing notification settings in order to receive an email alert when your monthly usage charge exceeds a specified amount.

Please note that the "Download traffic stats as CSV" tool does not contain any billing information and has therefore been moved to the Logs & Statistics section of the User Console.

We have updated the SIM Details view in the User Console with a new interface and improved functionality. Now when you select a SIM and click the Details button, the SIM Details view will open in a larger panel which allows you to see details and configure settings more easily.

Additionally, the SIM Details view will now update the browser URL for the selected SIM. By updating the URL, you can:

• Bookmark the URL for specific SIMs that you access frequently, in order to quickly re-open the SIM Details view for those SIMs.
• Copy and share the URL with your team, allowing them to easily view the details of a particular SIM without searching for it.

Soracom Cloud Camera Services now supports an annual payment option for an always-on recording licenses. Currently, the service is offered in Limited Preview.

If you wish to use it, please apply for it. For more information, see Change Payment Term.

We are pleased to announce that Euro billing can now be selected when creating a new Soracom account. When selected, all service fees will be calculated in Euros, and payments will also be processed in Euros.

This option is available for customers who are located in the European Union or in the United Kingdom.

Notes

• The billing currency setting is applied on a per-account basis. Choosing multiple currencies for the same account is not supported.
• Once configured, the billing currency cannot be changed.

A new API has been added to Soracom Cloud Camera Services for overriding export limits.

Previously, the maximum amount of video/still images that could be exported via the User Console or Soracom API/CLI was limited to 72 hours per month, per device.

With the new API, this export limit can now be freely set. For example, if you set the export limit to 100 hours, you can export up to 100 hours per month, per device.

• Simply changing the export limit will not incur overage fees.
• However, exporting beyond original 72 hours will incur hourly overage fees.

For more information on setting the export limit, see Setting Recorded Video Time Available for Export (Japanese).