Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Pelion has launched Pelion Plans, a managed IoT product and service proposition, revitalising its brand to target domestic and international growth.

Established in 2000, the Scottish firm has more than 1000 enterprise clients across a wide range of industries including transport, healthcare, energy and utilities, industrial IoT, asset tracking and logistics. The business had periods of investment from technology giants including Arm and Softbank, and became an independent company backed by Scottish Equity Partners in 2022.

Pelion has now refreshed its brand identity and launched Pelion Plans (pelion.com/pricing/pelion-plans-uk) as part of its growth strategy.

“As an industry, MVNOs are seeing strong and sustained growth because connectivity needs of business are increasing and becoming more complex in the process with national and global deployments,” said Dave Weidner, CEO at Pelion. “At Pelion, we’ve focused on developing flexible, multi-carrier connectivity which has, in turn, enhanced reliability for our clients deploying in a single country or across the globe. We have less than half an hour of downtime per year, compared with the industry average of 87 hours. The cost of that downtime is significant – in the USA, that 87 hours costs the average enterprise $22.8m per year – so bringing that as low as possible is key.”

He said the past two years were a period of fine-tuning its offer to provide a reliable and secure service.

“Now that we’ve done that work, we’re moving into growth mode, looking to expand our work with enterprises large and small in both domestic and international markets,” he said. “Our evolved brand and Pelion Plans are the starting point for setting us apart.”

The Pelion IoT eSIM is an eUICC enabled IoT SIM that provides future-proofed connectivity. The eUICC is software that provides the capability to store multiple mobile network operator (MNO) profiles on a single SIM, so eUICC-enabled SIMs can switch seamlessly between MNOs. This provides Pelion enterprise customers with the flexibility to change the MNO profile based on the location, quality of service or cost profile they are trying to achieve wherever they are deploying. If an MNO is experiencing an outage, the customer’s deployment is quickly switched to a new provider, reducing downtime.

Pelion Plans use Pelion IoT eSIMs to provide organisations with different levels of technological deployment and managed service, helping businesses scale IoT investment in line with deployment and connectivity needs.

Pelion (pelion.com) is an IoT MVNO powered by decades of industry experience. Founded as one of the first IoT-focused MVNOs as Stream Technologies in 2000, Pelion now boasts more than 1000 enterprise clients across a wide range of industries. With a track record of being first to market with technologies such as LPWAN, eSIM and 5G, Pelion has always been at the heart of IoT connectivity. It provides 99.995% reliability to its clients, bringing the average industry standard downtime of 87 hours per year down to just 28 minutes.