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Anne Bouverot, director general, GSMA

Global mobile operators deploy GSMA specs

DUBAI, October 19, 2014

Leading mobile operators have launched solutions compliant with the GSMA (Groupe Speciale Mobile Association) Embedded SIM Specification for the remote ‘over the air’ provisioning of machine-to-machine (M2M) devices, said a top official.

The operators include AT&T, Etisalat, NTT DOCOMO, Telefónica and Vodafone Group alongside SIM and module manufacturers Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient, Morpho (Safran), Oberthur Technologies, Sierra Wireless and Telit Additional operators and ecosystem partners including Ericsson, Jasper and Telenor Connexion have also committed to launch, added Alex Sinclair, chief technology officer, GSMA, at the recent Mobile 360 Series-Middle East conference in Dubai, UAE.

“Our vision has always been to unite all stakeholders behind a single, common and global specification that will help accelerate the growing M2M market. It has also been our intention for the GSMA Embedded SIM specification to become the de facto industry standard,” said Sinclair.

“Industry-wide adoption sets us on the path for the long-term growth and development of the industry and we welcome the news that the M2M community is ready to do business using the specification.”

The announcement confirms that the industry is moving towards a single, common and interoperable specification that will accelerate the M2M market, reducing fragmentation caused by proprietary solutions.

An independent study by Beecham Research supports this, estimating that the immediate industry-wide adoption and deployment of the GSMA Embedded SIM Specification will deliver 34 per cent higher market growth by 2020.

The GSMA Embedded SIM Specification allows mobile network operators to provide scalable, reliable and secure connectivity for M2M connected devices that are often hermetically sealed, such as in the connected car or in smart meters. It also facilitates over-the-air operator provisioning and management, which provides service flexibility to end customers.

The GSMA Embedded SIM Specification promotes a common global architecture that will reduce costs, drive efficiencies and further accelerate the rapidly growing M2M market, which is set to reach 244 million global connections this year, according to GSMA Intelligence.

Adoption will accelerate the growth of M2M, IoT

A new independent report from Beecham Research titled, ‘Benefits Analysis of GSMA Embedded SIM Specification on the Mobile Enabled M2M Industry’, has highlighted that the immediate adoption and deployment of the GSMA Embedded SIM Specification will accelerate the growth of the embedded M2M market by up to 34 per cent by 2020.

This will generate approximately $8.9 billion in connectivity revenues for mobile operators in 2020 alone, the report said.

Beecham Research estimates that the embedded M2M SIM connection market could reach 639 million connections globally – up from approximately 478 million by 2020 - if the GSMA technical specification is adopted as the de facto standard during 2014-15. Beecham Research anticipates that the automotive sector will be at the forefront of this growth with high adoption also in consumer electronics.

“We are thrilled to be one of the pioneers contributing to the first roll out of the ‘Embedded SIM’ specification for M2M services,” said Khalifa Al Shamsi, chief digital services officer, Etisalat Group.

“Etisalat started to work with Automotive manufactures as early as 2012 as we clearly saw the potential of the solution to pave the way for global demand for IoT and M2M. Now Etisalat leads the internet of Things domain offering the first eSIM in Middle East compliant with the GSMA’s Embedded SIM Specification for M2M,” he added.- TradeArabia News Service




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