{"id":13162,"date":"2019-05-20T14:58:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T13:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/esim\/?p=13162"},"modified":"2025-07-18T15:26:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:26:50","slug":"highlights-of-mobile-world-congress-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/esim\/highlights-of-mobile-world-congress-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights of Mobile World Congress 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Seminar: eSIM \u2013 From specification to live products<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The GSMA presented the 4<sup>th<\/sup> edition of the eSIM Seminar at Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>The session explored challenges in deploying eSIM and bringing devices to market. Senior managers shared case studies of market deployments covering devices to digitalisation of the user journey. A panel session focused on three challenges that need to be addressed deploying eSIM in IoT: Security, Scalability and Connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>Other topics included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>eSIM benefits for the consumer<\/li>\n<li>What will the end user experience be?<\/li>\n<li>Disruption potential of eSIM<\/li>\n<li>What possibilities does eSIM unlock for customers?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The presentations are available at the links below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/esim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/eSIM-Seminar-2019-introduction-slides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Welcome and Introduction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/335865060\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After a welcome from Jean-Christophe Tisseuil, Pablo Iacopino from GSMA Intelligence introduced a new report on eSIM growth and developments globally and in China.\u00a0 It includes forecasts of which device types will lead the growth of eSIM, and gives a comparison of China\u2019s eSIM adoption compared to global adoption. The full report is available here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmaintelligence.com\/research\/?file=1b86a0fb222b4a9f47a9b34345029913&amp;download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eSIM in China: the road ahead<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/335862848\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/esim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/eSIM-Panel-@MWC-Google-GD-EE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>eSIM is here! Learn the latest and what\u2019s next?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Google reviewed their eSIM journey so far, opportunities and challenges of the new ecosystem and their impact on the eSIM market<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/335867575\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/esim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MWC19-LPAe-in-eSIM-Gemalto.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Digitalisation of the Customer\u00a0<\/strong><b>Journey<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gemalto addressed various markets that are targeted, end user experience and subscription management.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/334634472\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/esim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Accelerating-eSIM-Device-Connectivity-MWC-2019-Idemia-GSMA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Accelerating the pervasiveness of device connectivity with eSIM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>eSIM connectivity and the power of eSIM to extend cellular connectivity to more devices is addressed by Microsoft and Idemia<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/335865874\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/esim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Secure-Identity-GSMA-eSIM-Deck-Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The challenges deploying IOT, sponsored by ARM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ARM focused on Cellular, platform security architecture and growth in the IoT market<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/334633666\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seminar: eSIM \u2013 From specification to live products The GSMA presented the 4th edition of the eSIM Seminar at Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona. 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