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Tuesday 12 June, 2018 | Blog

Every now and then in the tech world, as industries modernise, something which seemed a permanent fixture starts to disappear.  This month we note definitive signs of that process taking place again, as detachable SIM cards start to go the way of the external antenna. eSIM ...

Monday 12 March, 2018 | Blog

During Mobile Word Congress 2018, the GSMA organised the 3rd edition of the eSIM Seminar. Once again, this year, some of the industry’s most authoritative voices, including those from a leading operators, OEMs and EUMs shared with the audience their views about the ...

Sunday 26 March, 2017 | Blog

Jean-Christophe Tisseuil, Head of SIM Technology, GSMA The GSMA has now released the second version of its global specification that enables Remote SIM Provisioning in any consumer device. This enables the device to be provisioned with more than one operator profile, which ...

Tuesday 7 February, 2017 | Blog

Kathleen Knievel, Corporate Marketing Manager, COMPRION Nowadays, everybody is using the smartphone for mobile services – be it for writing emails, checking the internet for a hip restaurant, staying in contact with friends, or finding the way to a holiday resort. We simply ...

Sunday 29 May, 2016 | Blog

Jean-Christophe Tisseuil, Head of SIM Technology, GSMA SIM cards – in all their sizes and form factors – have played a major role in the success of mobile communications. They have ensured a secure way for users to authenticate their mobile devices to the network and ensure ...

Thursday 26 May, 2016 | Blog

Yunsang Park, Senior Vice President and leader of modem & IMS technology, Samsung The embedded SIM will play a fundamental role in bringing a new wave of users and customers into the mobile ecosystem. The adoption of the GSMA’s remote SIM provisioning (RSP) ...

Wednesday 27 April, 2016 | Blog

Thomas Henze Program Director eSIM, Deutsche Telekom Markus Kröber Head of Leiter Smartcard Systems, Deutsche Telekom The consumer eSIM is big news for the entire mobile industry, opening the door to consumers having multiple personal connected devices. The smartphone may ...

Tuesday 26 April, 2016 | Blog

Gareth Davies, Director, Public Relations, GSMA The GSMA spoke at MVNO World Congress last week in Amsterdam on the impact of the GSMA’s Consumer SIM Specification on the growing MVNO consumer companion device sector. The event is now in its 15th year and attracts decision ...

Thursday 18 February, 2016 | Blog

Backed by the World’s Largest Mobile Operators, SIM Vendors and Device Manufacturers; Common Specification Lets Consumers Add a Comprehensive Range of New Devices to a Mobile Subscription Gareth Davies, Director, Public Relations, GSMA London: The GSMA today released a ...