This report provides the opinions of 107 MNOs on the status of eSIM for the roaming consumer. The aim of this report is to give all MNOs and other interested parties an understanding of the current strategic opinions and an estimated timeline for the roll-out of eSIM services. Information on MNOs’ strategic plans for eSIM was collected from key roaming executives from 107 MNOs in 92 countries. The data was captured in October and November of 2017.
This report also reviews input from various MNO sources to summarize the evolution of eSIM.
The Report Contents with page numbers:
About the Authors 4
Introduction 5
The Objective of this Report 6
Executive Summary 6
Consumer eSIM Approaches 6
The Short Story of eSIM 8
The eSIM Timeline 10
MNO Participation in this Survey 12
Consumer eSIM Positive or Negative 13
Strategic Analysis 15
Is eSIM an Opportunity or Threat for MNOs? 15
MNO Views 17
How many SIMs are eSIMs? 17
eSIM percentages from Internet of Things and Consumer 19
IoT eSIM Rollout 20
Consumer eSIM Rollout Device types 21
eSIM Devices 22
Vendors types that will utilise Consumer eSIM 23
Regions were Consumer eSIM is expected to be popular 24
International Roaming Scenarios 25
eSIM for Roaming 25
Inbound Roaming 26
Outbound Roaming 27
Timeline for Support for Roaming Scenarios 28
Domestication of Roaming Subscribers with eSIM 29
MNOs Investment in eSIM (non financial) 31
Notes on Our Report 32
Eligibility for taking part in this report 32
Your Feedback, Our Future Reports 32
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This report is available from 19th January and contains up-to-the-moment Strategic insights on Roaming Consumer eSIM. It has 32 pages. -
This report is available from 21st March 2017 and contains up-to-the-moment Strategic advice on Roaming Internet of Things. Please see www.uros.com to receive the report. This Strategic Analysis Report has been created based interviews with 96 MNOs in 81 Countries and 6 MNO Groups and contains 20+ Pages of data -
This report is available from 27th February 2017 and contains all the regulation status up to that date including FUP Strategy etc This Strategic Analysis Report contains 40+ Pages of feedback from interviews with 30 EU full MNOs in 26 of the 28 Member States and Industry Analysis on the latest EU Roaming Regulation 2015/2020. Executive Summary (this part of the report is sent to the MNOs who took part in the research for free)- Highlights from the Report
- EU MNO feedback
- Reporting on the Current EU Regulation
- Contents, About the Authors, Introduction, The Objective of this Report, What are the EU Roaming Regulations, The Current EU Roaming Regulation, The History of EU Roaming Regulation
- The MNOs Perspective:
- The MNO represented in this report,
- BEREC Interaction
- MNOs Implementation date of the EU Regulation 2020/2015,
- Methods of implementation of the EU Roaming Regulation 2020/2015,
- Bundling,
- Opt-In, opt-out,
- About the EEA,
- Non-EEA countries,
- Position on UK Exit from the EU,
- Restriction on the RLAH tariff plan,
- What Restrictions MNOs will apply,
- FUP (Fair Usage Policy) and RLAH tariffs,
- MNOs application of a Fair-Use Policy (FUP),
- Permanent Roaming
- Impacts on the Wholesale Roaming Market Overview,
- Impact of new services on the wholesale roaming market,
- EU Roaming Regulation and IOT Discount Strategy,
- Revenue Commitments,
- Send or Pay Commitments,
- Volume Commitments,
- Special surcharge to sustain the domestic charging model