New capability on Sierra Wireless Smart SIM and
Connectivity Service allows customers to switch providers over the
air, enabling new business models and improving operational
efficiencies
Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ:SWIR) (TSX:SW), a leading provider of
fully integrated end-to-end solutions for Internet of Things (IoT)
applications, today introduced an eUICC (Embedded Universal
Integrated Circuit Card) solution for its global Smart SIM and
connectivity service. It is one of the first to market that
conforms to the latest GSMA specification, ensuring global
interoperability across hardware vendors, SIM vendors and
operators.
“Machina Research forecasts that annual sales of IoT SIMs
supporting eUICC will grow from less than one million in 2014 to
227 million devices per year by 2024, representing almost 50
percent of all SIMs sold,” said Godfrey Chua, Principal Analyst,
Machina Research. “With its strong position in cellular IoT, Sierra
Wireless is well positioned to benefit from the opportunity we see
associated with IoT connections that depend on eUICC.”
Also commonly referred to as eSIM, eUICC allows users to
remotely provision and change service providers over the air (OTA)
without physically accessing the SIM card. This provides a global,
operator-independent connectivity solution, which is critical for
tomorrow’s IoT use cases because it enables:
- Flexibility to control subscription
cost, coverage and service level for the entire lifecycle of the
device, which is beneficial for companies in the utility, retail,
insurance and healthcare spaces, where devices can be deployed for
more than 10 years.
- New service-based IoT business models,
allowing global equipment manufacturers, like PC and auto makers,
to configure every device the same way at the factory and then
remotely manage subscriptions to provide better coverage and
customer service wherever the device lands and is operated.
- Remote provisioning to access the best
subscription options for a given region, which helps businesses in
transportation, telematics and other sectors, where crossing
borders results in higher costs.
“eUICC represents the most radical change in over two decades of
cellular connectivity, because it allows customers to select and
change service provider profiles based on the criteria or business
rules of their choosing,” said Andrew Brown, Executive Director,
Enterprise and IoT Research, Strategy Analytics. “This allows
businesses to think globally and expand their offerings from
products to connected services.”
The Sierra Wireless AirVantage® IoT Platform, Smart SIM and
Connectivity Service provide all of the IoT infrastructure needed
to create, deploy and manage IoT solutions.
“Sierra Wireless is focused on providing maximum flexibility to
our customers and making it simple for them to access the best
connectivity anywhere in the world based on the needs of their IoT
use cases,” said Emmanuel Walckenaer, Senior Vice President, Cloud
and Connectivity Services Business Unit at Sierra Wireless. “Our
vision is to remove barriers for customers by taking the complexity
out of connectivity thereby enabling the possibility of countless
new business models and applications.”
“The GSMA’s specification for Remote SIM Provisioning for M2M is
helping operators to provide scalable, reliable and secure
connectivity to a range of diverse services with a number of
commercial solutions already in market,” commented Graham Trickey,
Head of Connected Living, GSMA. “A common and interoperable
approach to Remote SIM Provisioning for M2M solutions gives
assurance that products are aligned with industry specifications
and can support the functional requirements for the remote
management of connectivity services with at least the same level of
integrity and security as a traditional removable SIM.”
Sierra Wireless has more than two million managed
connections globally that rely on its cloud and connectivity
services. Designed to be different from traditional roaming SIMs,
the Sierra Wireless Smart SIM and Connectivity Service provides a
truly operator-independent solution for connecting machines
globally. The AirVantage IoT Platform provides all of the
building blocks that customers need to create IoT applications and
keep them online. It is the only platform in the industry
that allows users to manage the Sierra Wireless Smart SIM and
third-party network operator SIMs, providing a single unified
connectivity management platform for all of their deployed
SIMs. For more information about the Sierra Wireless
AirVantage IoT Platform, SIMs and Connectivity Services
visit: http://www.sierrawireless.com/products-and-solutions/sims-connectivity-and-cloud-services/.
Availability
The eUICC capability is fully compliant with the GSMA Embedded
SIM Specification, Version 3.1, and will be available for Sierra
Wireless Smart connectivity in December 2016. For more information,
visit http://www.sierrawireless.com/euicc.
Resources
For more information about eUICC for IoT, watch the on-demand
webinar, Demystifying eUICC: The Next Evolution of the SIM Card,
presented by Godfrey Chua, Principal Analyst, Machina Research, and
Staffan Eriksson, Director Product Marketing, Cloud and
Connectivity Services, Sierra Wireless, at:
http://bit.ly/2df0XmY.
To contact the Sierra Wireless Sales Desk, call +1 877-687-7795
or visit http://www.sierrawireless.com/sales.
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About Sierra Wireless
Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) (TSX: SW) is building the
Internet of Things with intelligent wireless solutions that empower
organizations to innovate in the connected world. We offer the
industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of 2G, 3G and 4G embedded
modules and gateways, seamlessly integrated with our secure cloud
and connectivity services. OEMs and enterprises worldwide trust our
innovative solutions to get their connected products and services
to market faster. Sierra Wireless has more than 1,000 employees
globally and operates R&D centers in North America, Europe and
Asia. For more information, visit www.sierrawireless.com.
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