Posted by – December 27, 2025

Monogoto CEO Itamar Kunik frames connectivity as the hidden control plane behind modern robots, drones, vehicles, wearables, and any other physical product that needs reliable cloud reach. His core point is software-defined connectivity: treat cellular networking like programmable infrastructure, so developers can ship hardware faster while still getting fleet telemetry, remote access, logs, and update paths that work at scale. https://monogoto.io/

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A practical pain point he highlights is onboarding friction: many consumer and industrial devices never get connected because Wi-Fi setup is annoying, unstable, or simply skipped by the person who owns the device. Monogoto’s answer is to pre-embed cellular as a managed back channel, so the device can always report health metrics, pull firmware, and stay serviceable even when local networks are down. The comparison to point-of-sale terminals is useful: cellular avoids dependence on venue Wi-Fi and keeps the device reachable in the field today.

Software-defined here means policy and configuration can change after deployment without a truck roll, a recall, or a risky firmware change just to alter networking behavior. That includes region-aware routing and data-residency posture (for example keeping traffic in-region to align with GDPR expectations), plus per-device debugging workflows like temporarily opening specific ports, whitelisting a support IP, or enabling a diagnostic configuration for one unit. Conceptually it’s “connectivity-as-code”: API-driven control over routes, permissions, and device/network state, even as products expand into new countries and carrier environments there.

The panel discussion leans into security maturity for connected products: fleets of scanners, tablets, trucks, and gateways need the same cyber hygiene that cloud-native software teams take for granted. Kunik describes expectations like configurable firewall rules, audit trails, continuous monitoring/observability, and the ability to apply controls such as deep packet inspection, data-leak prevention, or traffic mirroring into enterprise SOC/SIEM tools. The most concrete primitive is secure over-the-air updates and trusted change control, so CVEs and misconfigurations can be fixed quickly without breaking uptime posture.

Filmed at Embedded World North America 2025, the conversation positions programmable connectivity as a foundation for edge AI deployments where devices roam across countries, carriers, and regulatory regimes. Monogoto’s broader framing (public cellular plus private LTE/5G, with satellite NTN also appearing in the wider platform narrative) reflects a shift toward hybrid networking fabrics that keep physical systems observable, supportable, and patchable wherever they operate in the market.

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