It is said that China Telecom will not promote eSIM in the second half of the year. Insiders: There are technical problems – Passionategeekz –

[CNMO Technology News]Recently, a blogger communicated with telecommunications related personnel on the progress of eSIM promotion, revealing key information in the current eSIM technology promotion.

According to the blogger, in the promotion of eSIM, Telecom has not yet clarified its plan to promote China Unicom and Mobile in the second half of this year due to technical issues. The key problem is that Tiantong satellite communication must be authenticated based on physical SIM cards, which has become the main reason for preventing the full deployment of eSIM. However, the blogger said that these technical problems will be resolved sooner or later.

Passionategeekz learned that compared with physical SIM cards, eSIM allows users to change their phones without repeatedly plugging and unplugging the card pins. Replacing operators can be more online, realizing “invisible switching”. Its multi-number storage function breaks the limitation of dual-stop, and a device can store multiple operator numbers at the same time and switch freely through software. In addition, if eSIM starts to be fully promoted, it will bring huge breakthroughs to the mobile phone industry. The arrival of eSIM can allow the mobile phone to cancel the SIM card slot design, and the extra space can be used for more purposes.

Passionategeekz believes that if eSIM is fully promoted, the trend of number portability may be strengthened, which will prompt operators to take positive actions. In the face of potential user flow, every operator will make efforts to retain high-quality customers. From a market logic perspective, in order to stabilize the user base, operators will likely respond in terms of package discounts, service upgrades, etc., in order to improve user stickiness and reduce the loss of high-quality customers.

Looking back at the development history of eSIM, domestic operators had already started to enable eSIM services as early as 2018, but after the three major domestic operators successively suspended eSIM services in 2023, they never turned on them again.In the future, it is worthy of continuous attention to whether the telecom eSIM technical problems can be successfully overcome.

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