Global IoT SIM Card - Easily Connect Your CANedge3
Need a global SIM card for your CANedge3?
The optional IoT SIM from our partner iONLINE offers 400+ carriers across 170+ countries - and 90% discounted rates.
It is a convenient and highly cost competitive alternative to sourcing your own SIM.
Note: Only available for companies (not private users).
Note: Onboarding typically takes ~2 weeks.
Contact us to get started - or see the rates for your country:
ONBOARDING
We connect you with iONLINE for a guided account setup
90% DISCOUNT
Benefit from pre-negotiated and highly competitive data rates
SCALABLE
Start with 1 SIM - and scale to 1000+ if needed. Easily activate new SIMs
GLOBAL
Easily deploy your CANedge3 fleet across countries with 1 SIM provider
RELIABLE
Minimize downtime via automatic network failover and redundancy
MANAGE
Manage/track your deployed SIMs via the CentralFlex web platform
About the global IoT SIM
The CANedge3 lets you log 2 x CAN/LIN to an SD card - and auto-push the data via 3G/4G to your own server.
The device has a micro SIM card slot, letting you insert and use your preferred SIM card (e.g. from a local provider). For some use cases, however, you may prefer to use the global IoT SIM from our partner, iONLINE.
The IoT SIM is a global IoT SIM card that enables highly reliable connectivity across 400+ carriers in 170+ countries.
iONLINE has 20+ years of connectivity experience. Via our partnership, we connect you directly with iONLINE - making it easy to deploy globally with one SIM provider.
Optimized for your region
For optimal upload speed, it is important to use a SIM with a data breakout near your deployment area. iONLINE will help provide the relevant SIM for your use case, based on your intro call.
90% discounted rates
To make the data rates competitive, we have negotiated a 90% rate discount on behalf of our end users. We do not profit from this and we are not involved in your iONLINE account - we simply facilitate the contact. Instead, you get 100% of the discount, whether you have 1 SIM or 1000 SIMs. Note that this applies to company users, as the discounts do not apply to private users.
Example: In USA you would pay 0.5$/SIM/month and ~5$/GB - making it 90% cheaper than most IoT SIM providers.
See the data rates for your country - and the onboarding steps:
IoT SIM pricing IoT SIM setupThe amount of data depends entirely on what type of data you are recording - and how you configure your CANedge3. If you were to record 'everything' from a truck, for example, you might generate 50 MB/hour - which could of course become very expensive. However, in practice you'd want to apply compression, filters, prescalers and triggers to optimize your file size as described in the CANedge3 Intro. With this, you'll typically be recording closer to 1-5 MB/hour and thus between 0.1 to 5.0 GB per month. Note also that there is typically a 10-30% overhead involved in transferring data via LTE, meaning that to upload e.g. 1 GB of data, you may need to consume e.g. 1.2 GB of data on the SIM card.
You can adjust your CANedge3 configuration over-the-air.
The best SIM card solution will differ depending on your use case and location. But below are a few rules of thumb:
- The IoT SIM is most likely the lowest cost option in USA/Canada for all use cases
- Globally, the IoT SIM is competitive in most countries in the 0 to 5 GB interval
- If you need to upload 5+ GB per month, you may prefer a 'flat rate' SIM solution
- If your devices cross borders, the IoT SIM may become increasingly cost competitive
- The IoT SIM is proven to be compatible with the CANedge3 in all countries
- The IoT SIM is flexible and offers powerful tools (e.g. diagnostics and monitoring dashboards)
In many EU countries, you can get a single 'data sharing' SIM card in addition to your regular phone SIM at practically no cost. This will often be preferable if you're only going to deploy 1 CANedge3 unit. However, as soon as you start needing multiple SIM cards, you'll move into B2B prices that can be quite steep even in EU.
Generally, we recommend to all our users that they check out the discounted data rates via the link above - and compare them vs. their alternative options. If in doubt, feel free to contact us.
If you wish to use the IoT SIM, contact us and we will connect you with iONLINE. The onboarding involves these steps:
- iONLINE arranges a brief intro call to learn about your use case requirements
- You receive an NDA and a business application form from iONLINE
- Once finalized, you get access to CentralFlex to register/manage your SIMs
- You order SIMs from iONLINE, matched to your use case and region
The onboarding process typically takes ~2 weeks. For initial deployments you should therefore expect some lead time - so for short-term testing you may want to use a local SIM card. However, once your account is set up you can add new SIMs quickly.
To use the SIM, configure your CANedge3 with APN ion.otm and enable roaming.
Note that CSS Electronics is not involved in your iONLINE account setup. However, any questions related to LTE/S3 connectivity troubleshooting should go through us - not iONLINE.
The global IoT SIM is ideal for CANedge3 fleets deployed across multiple countries:
OEM prototype fleets across countries
Need to collect data from prototype vehicles deployed globally?
As an automotive OEM, you may deploy late stage prototype vehicles for field tests across multiple countries - e.g. winter tests in Scandinavia and summer tests in Spain. With the IoT SIM, your entire CANedge3 fleet uses a single SIM provider. Vehicles roam smoothly across borders, while you manage all SIMs and data usage in one place via CentralFlex - with no need to source local SIMs per country.
Telematics services for heavy duty fleets
Need a low cost SIM solution for your telematics customers?
As a system integrator, you may offer telematics and analytics services to end users with mixed heavy duty fleets (e.g. trucks, buses and construction machinery) in different countries. By deploying the CANedge3 with the IoT SIM, you get discounted rates across your entire fleet via one SIM provider. This keeps your connectivity costs low and predictable - and lets you scale from pilot to 1000+ vehicles.
