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Smart Business Esim Technology
eSIMs
The Great IoT
Connectivity Lockdown
When you move house your devices go with you. It’s not so simple
in the global communications world but eSIMs promise
to break through the barriers that tie us down.
n By Michael Moorfield
With many of us around
the world currently
locked down in our
homes, it’s easy to
find time to look around and see
how many of your devices are currently
connected to the Internet.
Maybe it’s your home computer,
gaming console, laptop, your TV,
children’s tablet, smart speaker,
mobile phone, watch – or even your
vacuum cleaner and doorbell.
Now consider this: what if each of
those devices had to be specifically
made to order for it to work in
your home network? What if all of
them were locked forever to your
current home network and service
provider? If you ever decided to upgrade
your network, move to a new
house, give a device to a friend, or
leave the country, all these products
This model of
connecting
things is completely
crazy!
Michael Moorfield
Director of Product
Truphone Ltd.
you paid good money for would no
longer work.
This would be ridiculous. As customers,
we wouldn’t accept it and
any connected future where massive
numbers of IoT connections
could thrive would be a pipe dream.
For any product that supports Wi-Fi,
this isn’t a real problem today. We
all know and rely on the fact that
you can configure Wi-Fi network
settings and get things connected
when your situation changes.
Now, let’s think about outside
the home. More and more things
around us are getting connected to
the Internet. Cars, streetlights, pollution
sensors, traffic monitoring,
security systems, online delivery
lockers, health monitors, parking
garages, energy meters, trackers
for goods, pets, or your motorbike.
All these things are getting smarter
and more connected and they all
seek to leverage the ease of use,
security, and wide availability of
mobile networks to make it happen.
Many Devices Remain
Locked into a Network
For many of these products, the
reality of how easy it is to change
networks is very different. These
newly connected things will remain
locked to a specific mobile network.
Forever. They have been specifically
manufactured and configured
to only ever work with one specific
mobile network provider.
To me, this model of connecting
things is completely crazy. This
level of commitment requires nothing
short of a crystal ball to know
whether these products will work
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