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Release 4.7.0 - October 27, 2022

New in SIM for Things Portal and APIs

Reporting improvements

  • We have added new data sources in our database for the enhanced Usage, SIM and Billing reports

    • Monthly recurring Charges and Dynamic benefits on SIM Level for the Billing report

    • SIM status details data for the SIM Events report

    • New Billing Direct Margin data for resellers and enterprise

The updates for the Usage, SIM and Billing reports will be visible in January 2023.

Radio access type blacklisting

  • Blacklist the radio access type (2G,3G,4G,NB-IoT) per network operator in the coverage roaming profile. This is can be used for troubleshooting your endpoints on a certain radio access type.

View current IMSI sponsor

  • The current IMSI sponsor (supplier) will be shown so that its possible to see which one is used by the SIM applet. This can be used for troubleshooting.

  • At enterprise level the supplier will be visible on 4 new

    • Dashboard Detailed view in the Events and Usage Tab

    • Endpoint CRM - Events and Usage

  • At reseller level the supplier will be visible on the Dashboard event reports

  • The Callback Events and Usage APIs include the Supplier information as “supplierName”

Keep the Invoice history

  • Keep and view the history of your invoices for up to 10 years. Before the release you could view 6 months of history and after the release we will keep the older invoices also.

TAG’s API

  • Manage your tags via API so that you can group your endpoints based on tags (max 20 tags per account).

Endpoint name length

  • The length of the endpoint name has been increased from 20 to 30 characters.

Default coverage for reseller

  • As a reseller you can view the most recent list of operators in the default coverage that is offered by BICS.

SIM transfer API improvements for reseller

  • In this release we have added support for transferring SIM’s based on a SIM range next to the SIM list and adding callback API support so that you get a confirmation when the transfer is done.

OEM: One time SIM activation charge

  • The SIM activation fee will be charged in the ACTIVE-TEST and ACTIVE states for OEM.

    • When the SIM is in the ACTIVE-TEST state, the One time SIM activation fee will also be charged.

For API related changes and bug fixes you can check the API documentation here: https://api.sft.bics.com

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