Good afternoon,
For some time Victron has been shipping the GlobalLink 520. The GlobalLink 520 connects VE.Direct enabled Victron products directly to VRM via a cellular LTE-M (CAT-M1) network. LTE-M is a low power wide area network. As we see more and more devices active in the field we also come across more questions regarding coverage. This post is a starting point to make sure that you will have coverage when you install your GlobalLink 520.
The GlobalLink ships with a pre-paid sim card installed from 1nce which has enough data to last for a period of at least 5 years. 1nce has roaming agreements in many countries, you can find a complete list here county coverage 1nce pdf. This list does not show the operators per country nor the exact coverage of LTE-M per operator.
We have created the list below from VRM data to show which operators have more than 1 GlobalLink 520 active on their network and added a link to the coverage map. Please make sure that you select LTE-M / CAT-M1 on the map if possible.
Country |
OperatorName |
Link to coverage map |
Australia |
Telstra Mobile (50501) |
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Austria |
T-Mobile A (23203) |
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Belgium |
Proximus (20601) |
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Belgium |
Stay Safe Orange B (20610) |
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Canada |
Rogers Wireless (302720) |
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Canada |
Bell (302610) |
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Canada |
TELUS (302220) |
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Denmark (Kingdom of Denmark) |
TeliaDk (23820) |
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Finland |
Telia FI (24491) |
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Finland |
DNA (24412) |
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France |
Orange F (20801) |
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Germany |
Telekom Deutschland GmbH (26201) |
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Germany |
vodafone.de (26202) |
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Germany |
o2 - de (26203) |
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Netherlands (Kingdom of The Netherlands) |
T-Mobile Netherlands B.V, T-Mobile-NL (20416) |
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Netherlands (Kingdom of The Netherlands) |
vodafone NL (20404) |
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Netherlands (Kingdom of The Netherlands) |
NL KPN (20408) |
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Norway |
N Telenor (24201) |
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Norway |
Telia N (24202) |
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Poland |
Orange (26003) |
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Spain |
Orange, Orange Espagne S.A.U (21403) |
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Sweden |
TELIA (24001) |
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Sweden |
Tele2 (24007) |
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Sweden |
Telenor SE (24008) |
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Switzerland |
Swisscom AG (22801) |
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Switzerland |
Sunrise (22802) |
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United Kingdom / Great Britain |
Telefónica Europe (23410) |
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United States of America |
AT&T (310410) |
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United States of America |
T-Mobile (310260) |
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| Estonia (2023) |
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| Guernsey (2023)
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| Hungary (2023)
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| Ireland (2023)
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| Luxembourg (2023)
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| Mexico (2023)
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Telcel | |
| Argentina (2024) | ||
| Japan (2024) | ||
| Jersey (2024) | ||
| Republic of Korea (2024) | ||
| Latvia (2024) | Latvian Mobile Telephone |
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| Puerto Rico (2024) | ||
| Romania (2024) | Orange | |
| Taiwan (2024) | ||
| US Virgin Islands (2024) | ||
| Italy (2024) | Vodafone Italy | Not officially supported but seems to work at your own risk |
| Portugal (2024) | Vodafone Portugal |
Not officially supported but seems to work at your own risk |
| Greece (2024) | Vodafone Portugal MEO - Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia, S.A. |
Not officially supported but seems to work at your own risk |
If you are in a country that has coverage and you are having a bad signal it is also possible that you need an external antenna. Victron has two options in stock an Outdoor LTE-M wall-mount antenna (ANT100200100) and an Outdoor LTE-M puck antenna (ANT100200200).
Please feel free to comment on this article if you have had a working module in a country that has not been listed above.
Update 23-08-2022
Custom SIM support is now available since firmware v2.06. You can set the APN and or PIN via VictronConnect. Please make sure your operator supports LTE-M (CAT-M1).
BR, Lasse
