Using Air SIM cards to make global SORACOM services easy, no installation work needed

May 28,2018

KDDI CORPORATION (Headquarters: Chiyoda, Tokyo, President: Makoto Takahashi) and its subsidiary KDDI Singapore Ltd (Headquarters: Singapore, Managing Director: Yasuhiko Miyahara) are joining forces with FLECT Co. Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, President: Koji Kurokawa) to jointly offer Cariot real-time vehicle management services to corporate clients in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

Cariot is a real-time vehicle management service that provides corporate clients with the ability to use the Internet to monitor digital data including vehicle speed and distance traveled, engine rpm, fuel consumption, primary electric power voltage and more. No special installation is required for the device, which simply plugs into the vehicle cigarette lighter. The ability to make vehicle information visible enhances compliance and safety capabilities while helping cut costs and make business operations more efficient. Using "the Global Air SIM card" provided by SORACOM Inc. (Headquarters: Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, President: Ken Tamagawa), the service is capable of roaming, in which the service automatically switches from one country's systems to the next when a vehicle crosses a national border.

This is particularly useful in regions such as Southeast Asia, in which vehicles frequently pass through numerous adjacent countries and vehicle traceability has become an important issue. Numerous traffic accidents have also been caused by unsafe driving practices such as sudden starts, making employee driver education a crucial issue for companies.

As the distribution source, KDDI Singapore will begin by offering the service to Japanese corporate customers in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, and will then expand its sales effort among local firms. KDDI Singapore will also work to make the service available in as many countries and regions as possible.

As KDDI Group works to achieve its goal of integrating telecommunications and life design, it strives to be a company that is always offering exciting new ideas. We provide powerful support for the global business operations of our client companies, creating new customer experience value.

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KDDI Singapore, FLECT to jointly offer Cariot real-time vehicle management to Southeast Asia, Middle East

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1. About FLECT Co. Ltd. FLECT Co. Ltd. pursues its stated goal of "Using the Internet to seek a more fulfilling life for everyone" primarily through Salesforce-centered efforts in the areas of software development and consulting. FLECT provides support for IoT service implementation, and provides the Cariot connected-car service. A consulting partner of salesforce.com Inc., FLECT has strengths in the area of software development and service design, having accumulated a wealth of technology through continual engagement in Web application construction work since its founding.