Jola Cloud Solutions' Blog

I received an email from a reseller recently who said, “I have no interest in selling mobile. It’s competitive, it’s risky and I have been burnt before, however I would like to know about your no bill shock guarantee."

Sound familiar? There are many resellers that see the exponential rise in mobile data usage as a double-edged sword. Data SIMs are quick and easy to order and get live and a fantastic high-margin recurring revenue stream. However, historically the process has been manual and they have had little control and no in-life management tools. Jola has solved this problem with Mobile Manager and our partners are finding new opportunities for 4G.

Slow fixed line connectivity replacement

According to a recent report by Ofcom, 90% of all UK premises (almost 26 million) can access up to 24Mb/s fixed line broadband, however there are at least 190,000 premises that can’t get 2Mb/s and 2.2 million premises that can’t get 10Mb/s. Where the LTE signal is strong, 4G data is a great solution.

Temporary connectivity

Leased lines have traditionally long lead times, so what do you do for internet connectivity whilst you are waiting? 4G can provide a fast, reliable, temporary solution.

Back-up

Catastrophic failure often effects multiple services going into a building, so a fixed line back-up to a primary internet connection is not guaranteed to provide business continuity. With the introduction of 4G management portals for fixed IP SIMs and unique overage protection, 4G becomes a cost-effective alternative. Customers pay a small monthly fee for the back-up service and when the data fails-over, they pay for the additional usage, only for the period it was used.

IoT and M2M

There is a wide range of devices that need an internet connection and 4G data SIMs fit the bill. Opportunities are flooding in via partners from electricians, wind farms, vets, farmers, festival organisers and CCTV installers, all with different requirements. Some need IP addresses, others need multi-network SIMs, but all need the ability to monitor and manage usage remotely.

Competitive Pricing

Data-only SIM packages are available from £7.33 per month. 100GB packages are available from £38.00 per month and fixed IP failover SIMs from £13.50 per month. (Reseller pricing)

Mobile Manager

Mobile Manager is an online management portal for managing estates of mobile data SIMs. The portal communicates in real-time with multiple mobile networks, enabling Jola partners to create customers, manage activations and control SIM swaps, bars, ceases and tariff changes. Automatic emails are sent when data reaches set limits and automatic bolt-ons and bars can be pre-set to reduce the risk of bill shock.

No bill shock guarantee

Our no bill shock guarantee relates to our managed 4G router. We sell two ZyXEL 4G routers, for partners to buy or rent. Both come with a low monthly monitoring fee which pays for real-time data to be drawn from the device into Mobile Manager. If you use Teltonika RUT950 routers, running firmware version RUT9XX_R_00.04.125, you can use the same monitoring service without having to buy a router from Jola.

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