Industry Checkpoint: consumer eSIM, Q3 2025
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As the telecoms industry and wider digital ecosystem evolve at an unprecedented rate, regularly assessing major developments and their implications is more important than ever. GSMA Intelligence's new Industry Checkpoint series helps navigate how the market is changing, identify the trends that matter and understand the implications.
This edition of the Industry Checkpoint series focuses on consumer eSIM, highlighting how the market has changed in the last six months and its implications. The report considers four major developments: MNOs increasingly launching travel eSIM offers; new eSIM developments spanning FWA, children wearables and on-demand temporary connectivity; MNOs targeting the business market segment; and record figures in 2025 for eSIM investor funding.
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