by admin | Sep 28, 2023 | eSIM, Melon Mobile, Mobile Network Operator, MTN, News, Phone News
Remember Melon Mobile? The mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that launched a couple of months back? We’re not surprised. It’s been quiet, unable to compete with the country’s larger (and faster) networks. The MVNO, which piggybacks off MTN, announced plans to... by admin | Aug 26, 2023 | eSIM, Industry News, MTN, News, Other Tech News, Phone News, South Africa, Vodacom
MTN has expanded eSIM functionality to prepaid customers. Finally. MTN’s prepaid customers have been awaiting the expansion since 2019, when the operator first launched eSIM support which was initially reserved for its post-paid clients. No longer will the... by Speedinet | Aug 1, 2023 | Apple, eSIM, Google, News, OpenSignal, Samsung, Sections, Telecoms
eSims increase the likelihood that mobile phone users will switch network providers, according to a new report. by admin | Jun 22, 2023 | eSIM, News, Newsletter, Other Tech News, Phone News, smartphone, South Africa, Vodacom
The tyranny of small chips of plastic that slip into your smartphone is at an end. Vodacom has launched eSIM support for smartphones in this country, building on its previous launch of the tech for wearable devices. This isn’t wholly new but the introduction of the... by admin | Mar 3, 2023 | eSIM, iSIM, MWC 2023, News, Other Tech News, Phone News, Qualcomm, SIM card
Qualcomm and Thales, a France-based IT company, have announced the first commercially deployable iSIM (integrated subscriber identity module) at MWC 2023. Although the acronym uses most of the same letters, iSIMs do differ slightly from eSIMs. But only in ways that... by admin | Jan 12, 2023 | Apple, Electronic SIM Cards, eSIM, Google, Juniper Research, News, Other Tech News, Phone News, Samsung, subscriber identity module, Tablet News, Technology News
Electric subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) will soon do to physical SIM cards what the cloud did to memory sticks. They’ll make them slowly and quietly disappear. Juniper Research’s latest research on SIM cards suggests a spike in eSIM usage in 2023. According to...