Simgo Launches eSIM 4G Hotspot
Simgo® , one of the Hong Kong Mobility Partners and the world’s only virtual eSIM cloud-platform (vSIM™) for cellular devices, launched its vSIM™ Hotspot at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on February 23, 2016. Leveraging its award-winning vSIM™ technology, Simgo’s eSIM powers the world’s first enterprise-class, compact hotspot delivering seamless mobile internet (3G/4G) anytime, anyplace. Business travelers can now access the internet on their iOS and OS X devices wherever they go.
Today’s global business and leisure travelers rely on data services for their iPads, iPhones, OS X laptops and desktops, and even their Apple Watches, whether at home or abroad. But despite the realities of global travel, road-warriors still lack practical and cost-effective solutions for continuous, reliable data for their devices when traveling internationally. Current solutions, such as hotspots with local SIM cards, multi-country SIM cards or smartphone tethering, are generally exorbitantly expensive or have crippling data limitations.
Simgo’s latest product launch flips the script for consumers and operators. “Our vSIM Hotspot offers service providers a brand-new high-margin business opportunity; eliminating the logistical challenges of physical SIMs, Simgo’s vSIM Hotspot allows operators to offer continuous, reliable and affordable mobile internet to their customers wherever they may be in the world,” said Eyal Shmueli, Simgo’s Chief Innovator. “Using vSIM to reprogram SIMs dynamically and remotely, Simgo eliminates roaming costs, improves operating efficiency, and opens up new and recurring revenue streams for our partners. We have removed the logistical complexities of managing physical SIM cards that have prevented operators from creating a scalable hotspot rental market until now.”
The vSIM Hotspot is Simgo’s 4th product leveraging it’s proprietary eSIM platform: it joins the vSIM integrated smart-phone covers for Apple smartphones, vSIM cloud-platform and vSIM SDK (simgoinside™) for device manufacturers and other iOT players. Simgo also announced today at MWC that it is making it’s virtual eSIM SDK available at no cost to manufacturers and new Board member, industry pioneer Masahiro Inoue, founder CEO of yahoo! Japan and former Director of Softbank who was instrumental Softbank’s Vodaphone acquisition, taking it to the number 2 position behind NTT DoCoMo.
About Simgo
Simgo® provides the world’s leading cloud-based virtual SIM (vSIM™) platform for cellular devices, developed from its patented and award-winning technology. By moving SIM management to the cloud, Simgo is shifting the paradigms of the mobile world and opening doors to new and exciting opportunities for users, operators, service providers and device manufacturers. Simgo is a 2016 partner in the Intel® Ingenuity Partner Program, “a carefully selected group of startups, chosen for their vision, innovative technology, and potential to create transformative solutions and products.” Simgo was awarded the first place in the Mobile Enterprise Innovation category of the 2015 CTIA MobITs awards.
For more information, visit www.simgo-mobile.com.