Announced details
The number of contracted lines across the group exceeded 10 million (the date is not specified).
The relationship between the award-winning company and the awarding organization. Capital, personnel and business relationships: not disclosed.
The School of International Corporate Strategy at Hitotsubashi Business School, which organizes the Porter Prize.
2026 Porter Prize
Hitotsubashi Business School, School of International Corporate Strategy
The service is stated to be available on a usage-based billing basis starting from a single SIM, but the specific price is not disclosed.
The company does not address Contract Value / Impact on Business Performance.
Official Porter Prize website (https://www.porterprize.org/)
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Names of Products / Services Covered | AI/IoT communications platform SORACOM |
| Counterparty | Hitotsubashi Business School, School of International Corporate Strategy |
| Counterparty overview | The School of International Corporate Strategy at Hitotsubashi Business School, which organizes the Porter Prize. |
| Relationship with the Company | The relationship between the award-winning company and the awarding organization. Capital, personnel and business relationships: not disclosed. |
| Offering price | The service is stated to be available on a usage-based billing basis starting from a single SIM, but the specific price is not disclosed. |
| Launch date | 2015 (service launch; actual) |
| Applicable area | Manufacturing, Energy, Payments, Industrial DX, Agriculture, Disaster preparedness, Sustainable local communities |
| Award/certification name | 2026 Porter Prize |
| Awarding / certifying body | Hitotsubashi Business School, School of International Corporate Strategy |
| Usage history | The number of contracted lines across the group exceeded 10 million (the date is not specified). |
| Source | Official Porter Prize website (https://www.porterprize.org/) |
Items this document does not state (7)
These are items the company does not state in this document. We do not leave them blank, nor fill them in from other sources or by inference.
The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.SORACOM's unique business strategy and competitive advantages in pursuing the realization of the "democratization of IoT" were recognized. Specifically, its globally deployable services, standardized self-service business model, cloud-native communications infrastructure, proprietary technologies and ecosystem were recognized.