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Cubic Telecom: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Cubic Telecom Ltd is a company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. SoftBank describes it as a provider of software-defined connected vehicle solutions, with connectivity that operates across many countries and regions. The former web address cubictelecom.com now redirects to cubic3.com.

Since March 2024 SoftBank Corp., a Japanese company, has held a majority of the shares, and SoftBank consolidates the company as a subsidiary. No other majority shareholder is publicly named. SoftBank's 2023 announcement had already said the company would become a consolidated subsidiary once the transaction closed. This makes SoftBank the controlling shareholder. The majority owner is therefore not European, and a European customer should take the Japanese parent into account. Customers with residency requirements for their data should ask the vendor directly for its hosting locations.

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Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 12, 2026
Headquarters
IE (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company
JPVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
IoT & Embedded
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Cubic Telecom

The European alternatives to Cubic Telecom come from our knowledge base of over 7,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Cubic Telecom

Cubic Telecom is headquartered in IE and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data. The ultimate owner is based in JP. Foreign control undermines part of the certainty a European headquarters offers.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Cubic Telecom scores best on data residency.

Cubic Telecom is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Cubic Telecom together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Cubic Telecom?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Cubic Telecom include 1NCE, Actility ThingPark and akenza. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Cubic Telecom?

Our list of EU alternatives to Cubic Telecom is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is Cubic Telecom GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Cubic Telecom is headquartered in IE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Cubic Telecom an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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