Embedded SIM spec ushers in new era for machine communications

December 19, 2013

The GSM Association, operators and vendors have published a specification that enables remote provisioning of embedded SIM identification modules, which should cut the cost of connecting cars and utility meters to the Internet.The specification has been a long time coming. More than three years have passed since the GSMA formed a task force to take a look at the issue. At the time the GSMA expected to have the first M2M (machine-to-machine) products featuring its embedded SIMs available by 2012, but the first products are now scheduled to arrive next year.”It’s quite a hard piece of work. What we have done is effectively recreate what a full blown standards organization would have done,” said Ian Pannell, chief engineer at the GSMA.The organization was initially hoping to lean on ETSI, which usually develops SIM standards, but with proprietary solutions emerging, it couldn’t wait, according to Pannell.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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