Prepare For The eSIM Explosion

Now is the time to get eSIM consumer-ready and as a carrier you need to prepare. More and more eSIM-enabled mid-range handsets are coming on the market and eSIM-only handsets (no physical SIM) will be around very soon from the leading OEMs plus consumer awareness of eSIM is happening.?At 10T we have seen an explosion with our 70+ carriers downloading eSIM this year.?We just had our best ever month of downloads in June.??Even my mother asked me about eSIM the other day and she thinks I just sell SIM cards!

?Launching a consumer eSIM is complex unless you have the right partner. Traditional carrier BSS integration with an?eSIM consumer platform (SM-DP+)?can?take 3-6 months, sometimes more pending the complexity of the eSIM features the carrier defines in the scope of work.?There are approximately 35+ APIs available to integrate into a SM-DP+,?and only a minority are standard APIs defined by the GSMA to control eSIM provisioning.?The majority are propriety APIs from the SM-DP+ vendor for features that a carrier will need to build into their CRM such as reporting, data analytics, blacklist, user management etc.?So, the project cost to integrate eSIM into a BSS over 3 months in resources alone will be extensive (say 6-8 people full time).?Additional costs will come from the vendor based on the system integration requirements of the carrier, so let’s be clear, integration cost to be eSIM ready may be more than half a million dollars (USD).?Add delays with the vendor based on their SLA for response time and support hours for pre-support, the cost will add up.?Trust me, I have been there in my previous job.

?The carrier also has to purchase a SM-DP+ as well and pay for set up, annual service and support charges and download costs.?Big vendors are not cheap and only work with large or strategy carriers, small vendors are known to give an SM-DP+ away for free for year 1 as they fight for market space but free is never free! Would you really trust a vendor offering a free service, how many references do they have, how are they financed, how long will they survive in the market.?That’s what I would be asking anyway!

But eSIM adoption can be simple.?Carriers can avoid the cost of API integration with 10T Tech. Our SMDP+ is enhanced by My10T, the industry’s most sophisticated eSIM management platform. This purpose-built feature-rich UI is the focal point of 10T Tech’s eSIM ecosystem solution. Standard out-of-the box features include all the tools a carrier will need to launch eSIM in weeks, not months.?My10T supports?eSIM profile and user management, campaign?QR capability, real-time device analytics, fully customisable reporting and marketing tool, multi-tenant options to support the carrier’s MVNOs, resellers and POS and new to the feature list is Multi IMSI which is a must for a lot of MVNOs.

?My10T comes with a free-of-charge Proof of Concept (POC), which can be live in under 2 weeks and full production deployment within 6 weeks.?No eSIM vendor that I am aware of offers a POC, proof me wrong please.

My advice is similar to Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail” ;

Do not bury your head in the sand, work on that business case and expand your subscriber base or prepare to loss subscribers if you do nothing.?eSIM is here, it’s a great way to challenge your competitors.?10T is in the top 5 vendors for eSIM deployment so we have the trust you need.?Don’t believe me how easy eSIM is, then check out our customer testimonials on our website at?www.10Ttech.com. Prepare for the eSIM explosion.