Truphone finally gets new owners
UK-based eSIM specialist Truphone has been acquired by investors at the end of a lengthy and fraught process.
UK-based eSIM specialist Truphone has been acquired by investors at the end of a lengthy and fraught process.
Belgian telco BICS and French engineering giant Thales are working together to smooth out some of the pain points associated with eSIM technology in IoT devices.
US gadget giant Apple had its annual major product refresh, featuring the usual incremental improvements and a couple of milestones.
UK eSim firm Truphone, partly owned by Roman Abramovich, is reportedly being sold for £1 to two investors following sanctions against Russian businesspeople.
Finnish kit vendor Nokia is drip-feeding product announcements in the week leading up to Mobile World Congress and, so far, they’re focused on the software side of things.
BMW is adding a personal eSIM to the BMW iX and both DT and Vodafone are claiming to be first to market with the add-on that makes it work.
Finland’s finest has launched new software designed to help operators get to grips with cellular IoT device provisioning and subscription management.
Chinese smartphone vendor Oppo has launched a new phone that contains the first eSIM compatible with standalone 5G.
The number of eSIMs installed in connected devices worldwide will increase by more than 2 billion over the next four years, driven by consumer giants Apple and Google.
Operators could generate an additional $3 billion of service revenue by 2025 from cars equipped with embedded SIM (eSIM) cards.
It wouldn’t be the last working day of the year without the good old predictions piece so here are a bunch we got together from assorted telecoms industry luminaries.
The US Justice Department has concluded a two-year investigation into the GSMA’s handling of the eSIM standard after the latter promised to play nice.
It’s that time of year again and before we set about the food, booze and pressies with shameless abandon we decided to collate some predictions from the cognoscenti of our industry.
With connectivity taking a more prominent role, Google has tied more partnerships to support eSim on the Pixel 3, taking the business into international markets.
Apple’s support of eSIM in its latest iPhones promised to kick-start that market and a couple of specialist companies are leading the way.
Every new Apple iPhone is an X thanks to the launch of the XR, XS and XS Max, with the pricier ones being the first iPhones to support eSIMs.
Beyond smartphones, many more devices will be enabled by eSIM over the coming years. For example, the technology is likely to feature inside the multiple ‘smart’ devices in people’s homes.
Sweden’s mobile operator Tele2 announced it will collaborate with Microsoft to enable eSIM on Windows 10 based devices.
Gemalto has announced a new partnership that will see its eSIM solution integrated into Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Mobile PC platform, another incremental step towards the reality of always-connected PCs.
AT&T, Verizon and the GSMA are the subjects of a reported probe from the US Department of Justice as to whether the trio have been blocking or hindering the adoption of eSIMs.
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