Soracom shows proof-of-concept for IoT connected cars
A global IoT platform provider with full MVNO capability, Soracom has announced a proof of concept (PoC) for a next-generation network architecture for connected cars to securely connect with their OEM cloud at an All-Member meeting hosted by the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC) in Berlin. The PoC was developed in collaboration with Toyota Motor Corporation.
Soracom joined the AECC in May 2024. As a member organization, the company works alongside mobile network operators (MNOs), automobile manufacturers, communications and cloud service providers, and other related technology standards organizations and technical communities to establish new technologies and standards that advance connected cars. AECC is a cross-industry, non-profit consortium dedicated to promoting best practices for the convergence of vehicular, computing, and network technologies.
“We are to working with Toyota Motor Company on this PoC,” said Kenta Yasukawa, Ph.D., CTO and co-founder of Soracom, Inc. “This collaboration represents a major step forward in enabling a seamless, secure, and long-lasting connectivity solution for automotive ecosystems that should help make the next generation of connected cars maintain a secure connection with their OEM cloud backend.”
Working in collaboration with Toyota Motor Corporation, a fellow AECC member, the company is conducting phased testing. Soracom is also collaborating with AECC’s global members on advanced R&D of next-generation solutions that enable connected cars to connect to the cloud securely.
The Soracom platform is built on a global infrastructure with celllar and LPWA partners around the world, providing connectivity for cellular, Sigfox, and LoRaWAN devices through the Soracom Air connectivity service. By simply using a Soracom Air SIM card or registering an LPWA device with Soracom Air, users gain complete visibility and extensive management capabilities of their devices.
Soracom designed or redesigned core telecommunications infrastructure to operate on AWS, overcoming many of the technical constraints responsible for high costs, long lead times, and development delays. The network architecture enables projects to be deployed faster and drastically reduces the burden put on IoT development teams by applying modern cloud-native software design principles.
The SIM/eSIM facilitates connections with regional carrier towers, but 100% of the routing and management of data packets will flow through Soracom’s virtualized packet gateway in the cloud.
Users can transmit data over cellular between IoT devices and cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, and even private VPNs — without any complex configuration, or the need to store credentials or install SDKs on the actual hardware.
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