About SOMVAD
Sovereign communications infrastructure. Zero compromise.
SOMVAD builds the communications backbone for organisations that cannot afford to get it wrong. Trading floors, command rooms, control towers, and any environment where people have to talk, be heard, and be on the record, instantly and under pressure.
What we do
Mission-critical voice, built on modern, open foundations
We deliver unified communications, calls, hoots, squawks, private wires, conferencing, recording and transcription, on cloud-native, open-source technology. One platform replaces the rigid, proprietary hardware that trading desks and operations centres have been locked into for decades.
The platform is headless and API-first. Organisations compose their own operator surfaces (a trader turret, a supervisor console, an embedded call button in a customer app) instead of waiting on a vendor change request. Deploy it in the cloud, in a data centre, or fully on-premises, with complete control over your data, recordings and transcripts.
In practice
- Programmable voice, presence, chat and recording, driven by a documented API.
- Data sovereignty: your messages, recordings and transcriptions stay in your control.
- Deploy anywhere: managed cloud, your cloud, or on-prem, with the same core.
- Regulated-grade: recording, retention and compliance are first-class, not bolt-ons.
Why we exist
The instant-communications market was overdue a rebuild
Trader voice and command-and-control systems still run on inflexible, closed hardware that is expensive to change and slow to adapt. Every new workflow means a vendor project. SOMVAD was established to give this market a current-generation architecture: flexible, dynamic, and open, so teams can shape their own communications the way they build the rest of their software. The result is the same reliability the sector depends on, without the lock-in.
Who we are
Decades in the room where it matters
The team behind SOMVAD brings decades of combined experience in trader voice, enterprise communications, and command-and-control platforms. We are based in the United Kingdom, with a presence in Hertfordshire and London, and we build for the most demanding operational environments: financial institutions, government agencies, and defence organisations.
Financial markets
Trading floors and dealing rooms where a missed line is a missed market.
Government & defence
Command-and-control environments where clarity and record-keeping are non-negotiable.
Operations centres
Dispatch, control towers and incident rooms coordinating fast under pressure.
If you run communications you cannot afford to compromise, we should talk.