CloudConnect™
SIM
The operator layer for African IoT: connectivity that adapts as networks, borders and commercials shift.
One SIM. All borders. No downtime.
The operator layer for African IoT.
Networks drop. Borders fragment coverage. Commercials shift without warning. In Africa, all three hit IoT fleets first. CommsCloud is the operator layer that absorbs them: multi-IMSI, multi-core-network connectivity built specifically for African operating conditions. From point-of-sale terminals and low-data smart metering to high-bandwidth dashcam deployments, our CloudConnect™ SIM profiles provide autonomous network switching, cross-border continuity, local breakout performance, transparent billing and real human technical support.
650+mobile networks
across
180+countries
50+African countries
99.8%+core network uptime
243B2B partners
780+client deployments
A single network, or a single IMSI, is a single point of failure.
MNO / roaming direct deal
When your MNO or IMSI provider has a core-network outage in Zambia or Mozambique, your entire fleet goes dark. No failover. No alternative path. You wait for their NOC to fix it.
CommsCloud multi-IMSI / multi-network
Our CloudConnect SIMs detect the outage and autonomously switch to an alternative core network. The fleet stays connected. No manual intervention. No downtime.
CommsCloud gives you multi-IMSI, multi-core-network resilience without managing multiple MNO contracts, billing systems or technical integrations. One platform. Multiple core networks for redundancy and autonomous failover, with a deep bench of IMSI providers across Africa sitting behind a single SIM.
We are not a retail SIM reseller, and we are not a single-network MNO. We are the operator layer: the managed connectivity fabric between your devices and the networks they depend on.
Detect.
The SIM applet sees the network, or its interconnect to the local operator, degrade.
Switch.
It cycles to the next IMSI profile, each backed by its own independent core network.
Reroute.
Same radio, same local network. Only the routing path to reach it changes.
Stay visible.
The device never drops off your screen. No truck roll, no manual intervention.
African enterprises buy on proof, not promises.
Case study | BHL Group
5 platforms consolidated into one.
30% satellite cost cut.
BHL Group, a leading Zambian logistics company, operates a fleet of over 600 long-haul trucks across Southern Africa (Zambia, DRC, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa), moving high-value mining minerals under constant risk of theft and hijacking.
The challenge.
The BHL Group relied on five different MNOs and roaming providers, each with separate billing, SIM profiles and regional restrictions. Dual-SIM telematics units often failed to switch networks at borders, and local coverage was inconsistent in remote regions. Satellite data created unsustainable operating costs.
The CommsCloud solution.
Working with CommsCloud, BHL replaced its fragmented network approach with one globally managed, multi-IMSI multi-core-network platform. The unified system delivers cross-border coverage with no SIM switching or dropped sessions at borders, multi-network redundancy and centralised visibility for both telematics and dashcam data.
30% lower
satellite cost.
Dependable cellular coverage cuts satellite reliance while maintaining 24/7 visibility.
5 providers
to 1 platform.
One SKU, one connectivity management platform, one integration.
Uninterrupted
at the border.
From Zambia to Namibia and beyond, trucks stay connected. No SIM switching, no downtime.
24/7 real-time
visibility.
AI-enabled dashcams deliver driver-fatigue, hijack and cargo-integrity alerts fleet-wide.
We carry high-value cargo that’s constantly at risk. We can’t afford even a few minutes of lost visibility. With CommsCloud, we finally have uptime we can trust.
Case study | Fleet camera provider
Data cost per SIM cut by over 67%.
A leading African in-vehicle camera provider was being squeezed by high, unpredictable data costs on a standard connectivity plan.
CommsCloud analysed their usage, identified a consistent high-volume pattern, and moved them to pooled High Data Volume SIMs, with no change to hardware or service quality.
Average cost / SIM from $27.17 to $8.92
a 67%+ reduction.
Approx. $18.25 saved / vehicle,
every month
Two deployment models, each engineered for the job.
CloudConnect™ LDV- low data volume
Designed for:
- Point-of-sale and payment terminals
- Smart metering and utility infrastructure
- Environmental and industrial sensors
- Asset tracking and recovery
- Telemetry reporting and SCADA integration
- Remote infrastructure monitoring
What LDV means for you:
- No forced minimum data bundles
- No roaming bill shock
- Automatic multi-network selection
- Full portal visibility and SIM control
- Scales from a single deployment to tens of thousands of devices.
CloudConnect™ HDV- high data volume
Engineered for demanding bandwidth environments across Southern and Central Africa. This is not retail mobile data. This is deployment-grade connectivity.
Designed for:
- Dashcam streaming and retrieval
- Push-to-talk radios
- Vehicle compliance systems
- Remote video surveillance
- High-frequency telemetry
Aggregated, predictable economics:
- Data pooled across all active SIMs in a tier
- Overage billed at the same per-MB rate, with no surprise multipliers
- Client-defined overage thresholds with auto-suspend
Commercial model
Pay-as-you-use.
You are billed only for the data actually consumed.
No forced bundles.
No uncapped exposure.
No surprise charges.
Prepaid governance.
An onboarding deposit covers projected usage, then adjusts to actual consumption trends.
Billing is itemised monthly against the prior month’s usage.
Rates.
Pricing is structured per country and deployment profile to hold blended regional stability and protect against volatile roaming swings.
Country-specific rate cards are available on request.
Plastic SIM.
Industrial 2FF / 3FF / 4FF for standard device sockets, rated for heat, vibration and dust.
eSIM.
Soldered MFF2 with over-the-air profile provisioning, so there is no onsite intervention to change operator.
iSIM.
Integrated into the module itself, for the smallest footprint and lowest power draw.
Same CloudConnect™ profiles, same autonomous failover, whichever form factor your hardware needs.
Match the profile to the workload.
Two profiles, one SIM platform. The difference is the shape of the data: how much moves, how often, and whether the device reports or streams. We tune the network profile and the commercials to match, so you are never paying streaming rates for telemetry or throttling a camera on a metering plan.
Find your profile: what are you connecting?
CloudConnect™ LDV - Africa1
Kilobytes to a few Mb / device / month
CloudConnect™ HDV - Africa3
Hundreds of Mb to multiple Gb / device / month
Small, frequent, predictable packets, from devices that report rather than stream.
Optimised for: Cost per SIM, long battery life, zero bill shock.
Sustained, bandwidth-hungry streams, from devices that capture, record and talk.
Optimised for: Pooled data economics, throughput, zero dropped sessions on failover.
| LDV - low data volume | HDV - high data volume | |
|---|---|---|
| Short, periodic packets | Data pattern | Sustained streams & uploads |
| Kilobytes to a few Mb | Typical monthly data | Hundreds of Mb to multiple Gb |
| Meters, sensors, POS, trackers | Representative devices | Cameras, PTT radios, MDVRs |
| Often battery / low-power | Power profile | Vehicle- or mains-powered |
| Pay-as-you-use | Billing model | Aggregated, tiered pooling |
| Cost per SIM & battery life | Primary optimisation | Throughput & zero dropped sessions |
Both profiles run on the same multi-IMSI SIM, the same portal and the same autonomous failover, so you can mix them across one estate.
Logistics
and transport
Fleet and
telematics
Security and
cash-in-transit
Utilities
and energy
Agriculture
and farming
Healthcare
and medical
OEMs and
device makers
Management, security and coverage.
Management & control tools
- Real-time usage portal with SIM-to-cloud visibility
- SIM activation and suspension controls
- Remote network-profile updates
- Automated multi-network switching
- Deployment-level reporting and analytics
- Batch provisioning for large fleets
- OEM Settings Library to prevent device misconfiguration
We provide SIM-to-cloud visibility, not just signal strength.
Network security & Private APN
For deployments where data integrity is not negotiable (cash-in-transit, surveillance, utility SCADA and critical-infrastructure monitoring), Private APN provides an isolated data path from device to your application server, removing your IoT traffic from the public internet entirely.
- Dedicated APN namespace per client
- IPsec or GRE tunnel to your data centre or cloud
- Static IP assignment per SIM where required
- Full compatibility with LDV and HDV profiles
Optimised local profiles and in-country breakout across our African core markets, with roaming continuity everywhere else. The SIM stays local where it matters and keeps roaming beyond.
Core markets (local breakout, optimised profiles, HDV):
50+ countries covered across Africa, with in-country breakout in every core market.
650+ MNOs across 180+ countries worldwide, reached via multi-IMSI roaming continuity.
Local PGW breakout
Traffic stays in-country in core markets, not backhauled across a continent.
Enterprise-grade commitments.
99.8%+ core-network uptime
Measured and reported.
Under 24 hours
SIM activation on standard orders.
Under 24 hours
Response on Priority-1 technical escalations.
- Direct access to technical escalation engineers, with no call-centre queues
- Named account manager for deployments above 500 SIMs
- Formal SLA agreements with credit-backed uptime guarantees for enterprise deployments
| LDV - low data volume | HDV - high data volume | |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ | Pay-as-you-use | ✕ |
| ✕ | Tiered commitment | ✓ |
| Optional | Aggregated usage pooling | ✓ |
| ✓ | Overage protection | ✓ |
| ✓ | Monthly itemised billing | ✓ |
| ✓ | Multi-network failover | ✓ |
| ✓ | Private APN available | ✓ |
| ✓ | SLA-backed option | ✓ |
LDV is built for small, frequent, predictable packets (kilobytes to a few MB per device per month) for devices that report rather than stream. HDV is built for sustained, bandwidth-hungry streams (hundreds of MB to multiple GB per device per month) for devices that capture, record and talk. Both run on the same multi-IMSI SIM, the same portal and the same autonomous failover.
Standard orders activate in under 24 hours. Deployments above 500 SIMs get a named account manager to coordinate the rollout.
The SIM applet detects the degradation, cycles to the next IMSI profile on an independent core network, and reroutes traffic. The device never drops off your screen, and no manual intervention is needed.
Yes. Both profiles run on the same multi-IMSI SIM, the same management portal and the same autonomous failover, so you can mix them across one estate as your device mix changes.
All three. Industrial 2FF/3FF/4FF plastic SIMs, soldered MFF2 eSIM with over-the-air provisioning, and integrated iSIM for the smallest footprint and lowest power draw. The same CloudConnect profiles run on every form factor.
Yes. Private APN gives you a dedicated APN namespace with an IPsec or GRE tunnel to your data centre or cloud, keeping your IoT traffic off the public internet entirely. It’s available on both LDV and HDV profiles.
LDV is pay-as-you-use: billed only for data actually consumed. HDV uses aggregated, tiered pooling across your active SIMs, with overage billed at the same per-MB rate. An onboarding deposit covers projected usage, then adjusts to actual consumption trends, itemised monthly.
Let’s design it properly.
Whether you are deploying 50 smart meters, 500 tracking devices, 5,000 dashcams or 20,000 cross-border fleet units, we align architecture, pricing and governance before scale. Serious deployments deserve structured commercial modelling.