New in Great Britain
Cellular Path SOCA
SOCA is a motorised rotator for directional cellular antennas. It turns the antenna through 360 degrees, measures every position and locks on the one that measured best. When the network changes, you re-aim it from your desk, not from the top of a ladder.
Twelve positions. Each one measured. The best one wins.
The problem
A directional antenna is only as good as the direction it points. The network it points at does not stand still.
Install day
The installer finds the strongest mast they can, points the antenna at it and tightens the bolts.
A few months later
The operator adds a mast, refarms a band or the cell gets busy. The aim that was right in March is poor by June.
Then
Someone drives to site with a ladder to turn the antenna a few degrees. Next time the network changes, they do it again.
SOCA turns that site visit into a click.
How it works
Two V-bolts clamp the rotator to a pole 25 to 57 mm across. Your directional antenna sits on the supplied 356 mm antenna pole, and one 15 m cable runs down to the controller indoors.
The rotator turns through twelve positions over 360 degrees and records signal strength, quality and band at every stop, so the choice can be checked afterwards rather than taken on trust.
UNDER 10 MIN NO MODEM | UNDER 5 MIN SMART 4GIt stops on the position that measured best. When the network changes, re-run the scan from Cellular Path's app or web portal. The second alignment is not a site visit.
Choose your SOCA
Both use the same rotator. The difference is how they measure the signal: through the router you already have, or over a 4G connection of their own.
SOCA-02
Reads the signal through your router while it scans, so the connection stays on the router and the data plan you chose.
SOCA-01-T-4G50
Carries a Telit LTE module and a SIM slot of its own, so it measures and reports from sites with no local network.
| SOCA No Modem SOCA-02 | SOCA Smart 4G SOCA-01-T-4G50 | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Sites with a verified router | Sites with no local network |
| Measures through | Your router | Its own Telit LTE module |
| Antenna | MIMO, 2x2 or 4x4 | SISO, single coax run |
| Scan time | Under 10 minutes | Under 5 minutes |
| SIM | In your router | One slot in the controller, not supplied |
| Rotator | Identical: 36 kg maximum antenna, 97 km/h sustained wind, 15 m cable supplied | |
| Price | £339.00 ex VAT | £449.00 ex VAT |
| Datasheet | Cellular Path datasheet (PDF) | Cellular Path datasheet (PDF) |
In use
Cabins and site offices that move with the job. Each new compound gets the best cell on the day it opens, without a rigger.
Farms, estates and rural businesses beyond fibre, where one directional antenna on a pole is the broadband.
Pumping stations, substations and environmental monitors, where a site visit costs more than the hardware.
Towers that move between sites. Each deployment aims itself instead of waiting for someone with a compass.
Built for a fixed pole. Not suitable for vessels, vehicles or anything that moves while it is running. Photographs are Cellular Path's own, taken at sites in the United States.
Better with Peplink
For a fixed wireless site, our usual pairing puts a 4x4 MIMO directional panel on the SOCA rotator, short low-loss coax runs to a Peplink 5G router indoors, and the SOCA controller beside the router.
Cellular Path verifies seven router models from four manufacturers, including the Peplink MAX BR1 Pro 5G and MAX BR1 Mini 5G. The UK variants are still being confirmed, so tell us your router and we will check it against the current list before you order.
The rotator
Questions
First stock is expected the week of 2 November 2026. Pre-orders dispatch in the order they were placed, once the consignment has landed and been checked. We will email you if that date moves.
England, Scotland and Wales. We cannot deliver SOCA to Northern Ireland or outside Great Britain at the moment.
If the site already has a Peplink or other verified router, the No Modem reads the router's own figures and carries MIMO antennas. If there is no local network to connect to, the Smart 4G measures over its own LTE connection.
Cellular Path verifies seven router models from four manufacturers, including the Peplink MAX BR1 Pro 5G and MAX BR1 Mini 5G. The UK variants are still being confirmed, so ask us before you order and we will confirm your router.
No. It has one SIM slot and the data sits on your own account. If you need a SIM for the site, ask us and our engineering team will recommend one.
No. SOCA aims a directional antenna. It does not amplify or retransmit anything; the router, or the Smart 4G controller, does all of the radio work.
No. The rotator is built for a fixed pole and is not suitable for vessels, vehicles or anything that moves while it is running.
Three years parts and one year labour from purchase, with claims handled in the United Kingdom. Your statutory rights are not affected.
Pre-order now
Pre-orders are allocated in the order they are placed. First stock is expected the week of 2 November 2026.
The Tech Factory is an authorised reseller of Cellular Path products, supplied by Boothroyd Distribution. Specifications and photographs are Cellular Path's own. Cellular Path and SOCA are trade marks of Cellular Path, Inc.
