eSIM will unlock LPWAN-based IoT opportunities

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eSIM technology can help solve a number of issues for low-power wide-area networks (LPWAN) as they scale into large-scale deployments. These issues include the higher cost and complexity of provisioning devices with physical SIM cards, device and lifecycle management, and higher opex due to required human intervention. The greater the adoption and spread of LPWAN, the greater the operational challenges for IoT service providers – but eSIM can address most of these challenges.

GSMA Intelligence survey data points to eSIM commanding a 42% market share of all SIM technologies by 2030. This is important to note as a marker of eSIM’s potential not only to enhance the customer journey, ease friction and make management easier for operators, but also to enable direct monetisation opportunities from anti-theft, roaming optimisation and asset and logistics tracking, among other use cases. 

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