Emergency Response Data SIM Cards
Multi-network data SIMs for deployable comms, welfare units and incident kit — for the days when local infrastructure is the thing that broke.
More ways to attach, in the place with the fewest
An incident does two things to coverage at once: it damages some of it, and it floods the rest with everybody trying to call at the same time. Reaching several operators from one SIM does not fix that — but it means one operator's bad day is not automatically yours.
Up to four networks, one SIM
In the UK, France and Spain a Wave SIM reaches four operators. In Germany, Italy and Ireland, three. Deploying somewhere unsurveyed, that is four chances rather than one.
Ready before you need it
Kit that sits on a shelf for eleven months has to work on the twelfth. A 12-month plan keeps a standby unit live and attachable without anybody remembering to activate it first.
Buy the data, not a contract
30-day plans for a single deployment, 12-month plans for standby kit, and refills up to 100 GB when a deployment runs long. No monthly tie either way.
What goes wrong, and what we can honestly help with
Two of these are ours to improve. The third is not, and we would rather say so than let you find out on the day.
Congestion, not damage
At most incidents the masts are fine and simply overwhelmed. Operators load differently under stress, so being able to attach to a less-loaded network is the single most useful thing a SIM can do here.
Deploying somewhere unknown
There is no time for a coverage survey when the kit is going out now. Reaching several networks means the unit finds whatever is there rather than depending on a guess made at procurement.
When everything is down
If every mast serving an area has lost power or backhaul, no commercial SIM helps — ours included. That is what satellite and private radio are for. Pair them; do not substitute.
What you'll be connecting
Kit that spends most of its life waiting, then has to work immediately.
What a deployment actually uses
Standby costs almost nothing. Active deployment is bursty and short, which is a different buying problem.
Standby, on the shelf
Roughly 10–50 MB a month for a unit that only checks in. A 6 GB / 12 month plan keeps a whole year of readiness live for the price of one plan.
Active, small team
Roughly 5–20 GB across a multi-day deployment with a handful of devices on the router — comfortably inside a refill.
Video and bodycam upload
Roughly 2–10 GB per unit per deployment. If footage is streamed rather than uploaded afterwards, treat it like the camera figures and size up.
The pattern that works for most teams: a 12-month plan per standby unit so nothing needs activating in a hurry, then refills during a deployment rather than a bigger plan sitting unused all year. For an organisation holding a lot of kit, pooled data has no cap and lets one incident draw on the whole estate's allowance.
These are indicative figures, not measurements of your kit. Tell us how many units you hold and how often they go out and we will size it before you buy.
Plans for standby and deployment
Prices shown in your own currency. The 12-month plans are the ones to hold standby kit on; 30-day plans suit a single planned deployment or an exercise.
Europe 6 GB / 12 Months
Most boughtStandard SIM
Europe 12 GB / 12 Months
Standard SIM
Holding a lot of kit, or want one allowance the whole estate can draw on? Talk to us about pooled data.
Common questions
Does this give us priority or pre-emption on the network?
No, and it is important to be clear about that. This is commercial data, not a blue-light service — it carries no priority, pre-emption or guaranteed access, and it is not a substitute for a dedicated emergency network where you have one. What it gives you is more operators to attach to than a single-network SIM, which is a meaningful advantage in congestion and no advantage at all in a total outage.
What happens if every network in the area is down?
Then nothing cellular works, ours included. Masts need power and backhaul, and when those go the whole area goes with them. Teams that need to function through that pair cellular with satellite or private radio and let the cheap path carry the load whenever it is available. We would rather be the second path in a resilient design than the single point of failure in a cheap one.
Does kit on standby need a live plan all year?
It needs one if you want it to work the moment it is switched on, and that is usually the point. A standby unit uses almost nothing — tens of megabytes a month — so a single 12-month plan covers a year of readiness cheaply. The alternative is activating plans under pressure on the day, which is exactly when you do not want an administrative step.
Does the APN change when the SIM switches network?
No. The APN is set once in the router and stays put through reselection, so every unit in the store has the same build and no one has to reconfigure anything in the field.
What if a deployment uses far more than the plan?
Nothing auto-bills at a surprise rate. Refills on a prepaid plan go up to 100 GB and can be applied mid-deployment, and the portal can notify you before a plan runs out rather than after. Across a large estate, pooled data has no cap and lets one incident draw on everything you hold.
Tell us what you hold and how it goes out
How many units, what's on them, and whether they're standby or in constant use. We'll size it and send a quote, usually the same day.