A new buzz around telecoms was visible at this year’s MWC Barcelona as mobile operators relish AI workloads, low latency use cases that demand 5G performance and the promise of new profits and partnerships. IoT connectivity is a big part of the enthusiasm but operators haven’t kept up with the demands of the market and others have innovated to fill the gaps and deliver simple, global cellular IoT connectivity, writes George Malim.
IoT Now set the tone in our MWC issue with our cover story on how Eseye and AT&T are collaborating to support AT&T’s global customers with a new premium offering, called AT&T Global SIM Advanced. That offering combines Eseye’s AnyNet eSIM and its Infinity connectivity management platform (CMP) to enable orchestration of devices across the globe. This fully managed multi-IMSI eSIM solution has been designed to give customers reliable, secure global connectivity beyond permanent roaming when necessary.
“Having a single eSIM means OEMs with multiple regional or national variants can create devices that can connect to any mobile network, anywhere,” explained Nick Earle, the chief executive of Eseye, in that article. “This allows them to have a single, global product, with a single SKU number rather than having to have multiple regional and national variants. The complexity of managing the production line, supply chain, warehousing and distribution of multiple variants of the same product has a far greater cost than any mobile connectivity so being able to unify variants into a single product has massive economic advantages for the operator.”
Read more: iot-now.com
