Backcountry comms for your operations
Our communication platform and ultralight solutions are purpose-built for teams to stay connected, maximize safety, and streamline operations.
Purpose-built for field staff & administrators
Maintain uninterrupted communication, oversight, and adaptability throughout your operations. Tailor and manage operations in real-time with over-the-air settings. Instantly relay critical information to field staff and configure deployed devices to adapt to the changing conditions.
Group Messaging
Somewear Organizations and Workspaces bring order and clarity to operations. Bring staff and admins into secure Workspaces and silo data according to specific operational roles and requirements.
Tracking interval
Adjust tracking intervals as teams transition through the phases of an operation for flexible and responsive operational control.
Customizable SOS
Send SOS alerts to GEOS or keep them internal and immediately alert staff and admins for a more rapid and effective response.
Resource management
Assign devices to specific assets—personnel or vehicles—to streamline the management and deployment of critical resources.
Network configuration
Monitor and adjust the network settings—whether cell, mesh or satellite—for each device, ensuring optimal communication paths are always utilized.
Battery reporting
Remotely monitor the battery life of devices and proactively take action to ensure an operator always has access to resilient communications.
Remotely monitor all resources
Our lightweight, body-worn or vehicle-mounted networking solutions allow your field staff to reliably transmit tracking data to other guides in the field and back to the operations center with the resilience of Somewear’s multi-network capabilities. Paired with our commercial mobile app, Grid, field staff can communicate with each other and the office to coordinate logistics and maintain operational continuity.
Rapidly deploy staff members
Somewear’s commercial mobile app offers a seamless user experience, allowing field staff to quickly create accounts and join a common network by scanning a custom QR code. Once connected, team members can leverage Somewear’s network to stay connected, share critical information, and maintain situational awareness in any environment. Reliable communications empowers your staff to confidently navigate the backcountry and respond to emergencies with speed and efficiency.
Our patented networking algorithms
SmartRouting
Somewear’s routing logic, SmartRouting, manages communications across multiple networks—cell, wifi, mesh, satellite—without requiring operator intervention. SmartRouting adapts the network topology and routing within milliseconds, while Compressor constantly optimizes data packet size, with up to 97% reduction, ensuring the reliability of data transmissions and avoiding packet loss.
SmartBackhaul™
SmartBackhaul™ intelligently ranks and routes data from Node’s mesh network to the third-party backhaul(s) that have the best satellite or cellular connectivity. If the backhaul(s) are out of range, Node’s built-in satellite link will serve as the backhaul to ensure reliable communication between operators and the command center.
Operator-worn or vehicle-mounted
networking solutions
Grid
Web, iOS, Android, ATAKEstablish situational awareness that encompasses all assets and empower your team, from operator to command, to maintain complete control of missions.
Node
MESH & SATELLITEAn encrypted multi-network solution, combining the efficiency of mesh radios and resilience of satellite communication with SmartBackhaul™ technology.
Global Hotspot
SATELLITEAn encrypted, resilient satellite solution that integrates into any kit. Ideal for asset tracking and for isolated personnel who require SATCOM to stay connected.
Partners and integrations
Iridium satellite communications
Our partnership with Iridium allows us to provide you with reliable, 100% global coverage. We wanted to build something you can trust your life on, and if we were going to stand by that promise, it had to be Iridium.
onX
Somewear has partnered with onX, a leading GPS mapping app provider, to introduce the industry’s first integration between a GPS mapping app and a satellite communications device.
Teton Gravity Research
Somewear partnered with Teton Gravity Research in their annual International Pro Riders Workshop and Safety Week to provide pro athletes the critical, backcountry skills to safely identify, navigate, and respond to avalanche terrain.
What our customers are saying
Gear Junkie
The Somewear hotspot is an extremely easy-to-use global satellite messenger. Because all functions other than SOS work through an app, sending a message or coordinates is as simple as sending a text.
Outside
[Somewear] fills a fundamental gap in the satellite communications market… doing it in a lighter, more user-friendly way.
Outdoor Gear Lab
We’ve poured hours of work into a comprehensive and usually up-to-date chart that collates hardware and subscription options. When we crunch the numbers, the Global Hotspot is the best value option if you want two-way text messaging in the wild.
WIRED
The signal is stronger, and unlike GPS networks, covers every inch of the globe—from the polar ice caps to the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Sierra Club
Somewear can actively detect and default to cellular and wi-fi networks when in range, thus preserving valuable satellite data. It’s simple to use and lent us maximal peace of mind on a recent backcountry adventure!
Mountain sledder
The app user interface is as clean as a whistle! It’s seriously dead-simple to use. If you’re accustomed to navigating your way through a smartphone, using the Somewear app is a breeze.
