"Forewarned is forearmed"

New technologies are changing global mobile landscape. Here in iSocket Systems we keep an eye on such changes. Long before mobile operators realized theу need to have a special standard for IoT devices, we predicted the emergence of such standards in the future. The era of Narrow Band standards has… Read more

The IoT Connect Show at ExCel London is rapidly approaching. In association with The Wearable Technology Show (#WTS2016), IoT Connect will bring together the whole ecosystem to discuss the future of connected devices. This is the №1 event for Smart Devices and obviously iSocket Systems wouldn’t miss this! Read more

CECO HOME is now in the club of the worldwide best IoT/M2M solutions! After weeks of tough evaluation by the international expert jury of the IOT / M2M Innovation World Cup 2015/16, iSocket Systems has been selected as one of the most innovative companies among almost 400 submissions from 58 countries. Read more

When the temperature falls below zero you will definitely get frozen pipes! But how will you know? Remotely. If you could only receive an alert about temperature drops... You could even prevent pipes freezing That's possible! Read more

The Thread conference was a part of the Internet of Things World Europe session. I represented iSocket Systems at the Thread Open House in Berlin October 5, 2015 and I’d like to share a few thoughts with you. Read more

Now you have a real chance to get acquainted with iSocket at rock-bottom prices. We have started our back-order campaign and dropped prices to an insanely low level for all iSocket products for a limited time. Read more

iSocket Systems have introduced several new products and services and received a good deal of recognition in the last six months. The most exciting project is the CECO HOME ecosystem that received its first award from the Thread Group in November 2015. We plan to demonstrate this project to you at The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam 26-27 May 2016. Read more

iSocket has been on the market for a while. We have helped many consumers and businesses to solve their problems related to power outages, safety and security. Read what customers say about iSocket. Read more

We now understand how our Smart Plug manages to slip away from us. But at last we caught it at the IoT Connect Show last week in London. See the report. Read more

iSocket in the capital of Great Britain. When? Why? Read more

You have probably already heard about The Wearable Technology Show (#WTS2016) in ExCel London 15-16 March? We will be there with 3 global launches. But the most intriguing part is my famouse cellular orange jacket. ;) Read more

The awesome world's first Cellular with Thread module for #IoT - connect whatever you want, wherever you are. Geeks’ mouths will water when they see this! Read more

Today the Mobile World Congress 2016 began. We found iSocket in Barcelona. We thought we had caught it, but there were about 100,000 visitors at #MWC16, and we lost it in the crowd and it ran away again. Read more

As we told you earlier, we lost iSocket 3G, because it didn’t like the cold Finnish winter. And where do you think we found it? Spain! iSocket flew over rooftops… It took part in a movie shoot on the street with Spanish stars… But when it decided to break in to the Royal Palace… Read more

MISSING! We experienced really severe conditions in Finland in January this year and we decided to freeze our new iSocket 3G. It objected, and left us! Read more

My customers often ask me: “What would happen if I used device in very cold conditions?”. Let me explain why some devices can be used in a cold environment and some cannot. Read more

Aircraft owners all over the world have used our smart plugs to start aircraft preheaters remotely for many years. Here is the story from Thomas from Germany. Read more

Take a look at iSocket 3G to see the many features we offer for both smart home owners and for developers. We are innovators of power outage monitoring and iSocket 3G was primarily designed for power outage tracking - therefore... Read more

We have released the new iOS and Android apps that now support all our products including the new iSocket 3G. The new apps are available in more languages and support new iPhones and Android Tablets. Read more

If you are the owner of an iSocket from the previous generation, and if you are comfortable about speaking on camera, if you have a chance to test iSocket in different locations with different SIM cards and finally, if you appreciate iSocket and want to tell the world about it, we invite you to take part in our Appreciated Tester Program. Read more

We will start shipping our new iSocket 3G from Feb 1, 2016 to USA and Canada. You have only two weeks to pre-order your iSocket 3G with a good discount. Read more

If you plan to attend CES 2016 in January 6-9 in Las Vegas we invite you to visit the booth of the Thread Group where you can see a sample of our latest iSocket 3G Smart Plug. Read more

I am delighted to inform you that iSocket Systems has been declared the Q3 Winner of the Thread Group’s competition for our Cellular Connected Home with Thread technology. Read more

T-Mobile – the best cellular network for M2M/IoT manufacturers in USA. Read more

Some mobile operators in different countries, e.g. T-Mobile and AT&T in USA, Telstra and Optus in Australia plan to shut down their GSM (2G) networks. Some carriers, e.g. Rogers in Canada, do not have GSM (2G) coverage in all areas of the country and use the roaming 3G networks of their partners. iSocket 3G is needed for these countries. Read more

When you buy a phone or any other device with a cellular connection (e.g. Kindle) in the USA you often do not need to buy an additional SIM card, because connectivity is already uploaded to a SIM card installed inside the device or to a chip in the device such as for Verizon phones. For these devices you usually pay a monthly service fee. These are sometimes called locked phones. Read more

Our customers have tested iSocket using SIM cards from both AT&T and T-Mobile and the device works well with both these operators. However the activating process could be a challenge – please read below. Also, the tariff schedules of these operators might not satisfy all customers, especially if a customer does not have a contract with T-Mobile or AT&T. Read more

Which is better? - prepaid or subscription (contract) service? You will find answer in this article. We have tested the device with prepaid cards of various operators in different countries. Some cards require activation by a call to customer support. You must disable any voicemail or call-forwarding services for your subscription or prepaid card... Read more

One of my customers reported that she had a problem sending a message to her iSocket fitted with a Truphone SIM from her Verizon phone. I tried to investigate the problem with Truphone, but they were unable to help. The root of the problem is that Verizon sometimes... Read more