Everything you need to know about managed IoT connectivity

Unlike what you get with regular old SIMs that you can buy on the High Street, managed IoT connectivity is what you get when you use IoT SIMs to connect a device.

Simply put: managed IoT connectivity lets businesses monitor, flex, and support the connectivity of any device in an IoT solution.

Built for digital transformation, managed IoT connectivity is both robust and infinitely scalable, providing the capabilities demanded by IoT, while fixing the complexities that are often to blame for the failure of IoT projects.

Not only is the mobile connectivity used for managed IoT services the strongest out there, it’s also the most flexible, with options to customise, monitor, and control every element, usually via an intelligent management portal.

That’s something you don’t get on the High Street.

The short answer: Easy to manage, flexible connectivity with complete visibility is the key to future-proofing any IoT solution.

The long answer: To get the best ROI, IoT solutions need to be built with future-proofing in mind—and the connectivity that powers them should be treated no differently. Just popping in any old SIM won’t cut it when you have thousands of devices to deploy, keep track of, and keep connected.

Without managed IoT connectivity, you’ll come up against:

IoT deployments can span multiple countries, with some actively moving from place to place—which means wading through mountains of operator agreements, and planning SIM switches to an nth degree to make sure devices stay online wherever they go.

Once you’ve got it mapped out, you’ll need to arrange those deployments, making sure the right SIMs go to the right places, and connect properly the first time. Nightmare.

Solutions can be out in the field for years (LPWAN connectivity is so efficient, devices can go 15 years without a battery charge!), and will invariably scale up and down. And reaching devices to configure, replace, or make changes to a SIM usually isn’t an option—especially for large remote deployments.

Plus, once you’re up and running, the unexpected is always bound to happen. Countries can change roaming agreements, operators can sunset networks, and manufacturers can change their tech specs—all of which will leave your devices high and dry, and leave you footing a massive bill.

You need to be able to counter the unexpected—and fast.

A typical deployment will often span hundreds, if not thousands of devices, each with its own SIM, usage requirements, and connection history. Keeping track of all of those valuable SIMs, where they’re going and what they’re up to, or even just knowing whether a device is connected can be a mammoth task.

Under the hood, managed IoT connectivity is vastly different from the connectivity used by normal SIMs.

At Pangea, our intelligent mobile connectivity operates on a custom-built core network, underpinned by direct relationships with mobile network operators, direct interconnects to operators, and points-of-presence in plenty of data centres.

That means your solutions not only benefit from business-grade connectivity—a dedicated service that provides higher bandwidth reserved for data hungry, often mission critical solutions, you’re also in complete control.

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