Swisscom has recently launched a eSim/eUICC-based solution offering for global/multinational IoT applications.
Global/multinational IoT applications often fall down in ensuring the reliable connectivity and standard management of machines, devices and sensors in different regions of the world – without local intervention.
The solution functions similarly to codeshare in the aviation industry: a connected machine logs into a selected local provider’s network in the destination country with a local SIM profile. At the same time, this is visible in Switzerland as a Swisscom SIM. As a result, the global IoT applications of a Swiss company are all uniformly run on the Swisscom Connectivity Management Platform.
Swisscom is working with local network partners to deliver this solution. Use of the codeshare principle means that network roaming is no longer an obstacle to high data volumes.
Unlike a conventional SIM card, the eSIM can be activated with the SIM profile of the respective local provider – without requiring local intervention. The machine itself, however, is managed consistently on the Swisscom Connectivity Management Platform, combining the benefits of a local provider in the destination country with those of an established IoT service provider.
Julian Dömer, Head of IoT at Swisscom
Global IoT needs to be simpler, which is why we have developed an additional component for Business IoT. A Swiss machine manufacturer installs our eSIM. In the destination country, the machine is connected to and integrated with all other Swiss IoT services from Swisscom via the local mobile network operator.
