Telit is to offer prepaid connectivity plans on its new mobile core network Telit Next, enabling turnkey services that give enterprises, IoT service providers and other users access to more than 600 2G, 3G and 4G networks in 190 countries.

In addition to its portfolio of postpaid plans, the addition of prepaid makes Telit cellular connectivity suitable for short lifecycles and circumstances where a simple one-time payment is favourable to complex monthly invoicing. Telit’s prepaid offerings, based on the IoT native network, give businesses flexibility and reliability.

Prepaid plans can be cost-effective and optimal for specific use cases. IoT box manufacturers and device providers can install prepaid SIMs and reach customer segments such as those leveraging primarily unlicensed wireless spectrum. Prepaid options expand cellular IoT product reach into the consumer space where devices are ready to operate out of the box for the expected lifetime of the device, without additional complications from a data plan contract and monthly billing.

Prepaid options include connectivity only and prepaid bundles, with an LTE module preloaded with five years of connectivity. Allowances are 250Mbyte data and 250 SMS for five years or 500MBbyte and 500 SMS for ten years, with round-the-clock support. Those using prepaid plans can track SIM cards and their balances with self-serve management of all activities including SIM card renewals and refills.

“Regardless of size, scale or stage, Telit’s top brand promise is to simplify contracting, activating and managing sustainable IoT deployments,” said Tomer Lavie, head of Telit’s connectivity business unit. “And we see prepaid connectivity as a vibrant growth market demanding better approaches like ours. With the ability to tailor prepaid in a similar fashion as we do for our postpaid offering plus seamless and effective roaming, IoT native robustness, and cyber-security hardness, Telit Next will ensure our prepaid customers have the necessary global foundation to grow and evolve, taking advantage of new and emerging new business models.”