Juniper Research: eSIMs set to accelerate the adoption of M2M technologies

Juniper Research has found that eSIMs (embedded SIMs) are set to accelerate the adoption of M2M technologies while traditional SIMs will remain the most used form of connectivity hardware over the next two years in a The Future of M2M whitepaper.

The report states that the introduction of the eSIM will further enable IoT and that the future adoption of eSIMs will be dependent on device manufacturers such as Ericsson, Gemalto, Jasper and Sierra Wireless.

Juniper Research also states in the report that the extent of development of eSIMs will be dependent on “conditions, necessities and acceptance by players in each individual market vertical”, and that each vertical is likely to adopt eSIMs at a different rate. This will be dependent on vertical factors such as:

Olivier Beaujard, VP market development at Sierra Wireless, commented: "eSIM, or more specifically the Remote SIM provisioning capability of eSIM, represents the most radical change in over two decades of GSM connectivity in terms of how customers can control service provider profiles based on the criteria of their choosing. This really moves the control of the SIM and the user experience to activate it to the customer from the MNO. eSIM is still maturing as a standard and as a technology, as some earlier versions lacked interoperability between SIM vendors.