Global eSIMs & iSIMs Market 2024-2028: Full Research Suite

Our eSIMs and iSIMs research suite provides an in-depth analysis and evaluation of how connectivity requirements are changing specifically within the consumer and IoT markets. The report assesses how the release of eSIM-only smartphones and the GSMA’s SGP.32 specifications will provide enhanced flexibility and report profile provisioning capabilities to complement the growth of the cellular IoT market. Additionally, Juniper Research leverages its expertise to hypothesise the impact the anticipated SGP.41/42 releases on the iSIMs and IoT market.

The eSIMs market research reports provide incisive and detailed analysis for the study period, and a wide range of valuable insights featuring the key trends and major factors driving eSIM adoption, including the requirement for automation, the crucial role demand for remote service provisioning, in‑factory profile provisioning, the transition to cloud connectivity and how the increased deployment of 5G will impact the scope of eSIM and iSIM use cases. The eSIM and iSIM market growth research also features a comprehensive forecast suite, with data split by three key sectors: consumer, industrial and public. For each sector, eSIM market size forecasts are provided for:

Total Device/Sensors Leveraging eSIMs for Connectivity
Total Shipments of Device/Sensor eSIM Modules
eSIM Hardware Revenue
eSIM Management Platform Revenue
eSIM Market Value
The report also provides a quantitative evaluation on the impact of iSIMs in the eSIMs market. Despite SGP.41/42 specifications yet to be launched, this report provides in-depth forecasts on how iSIM adoption is impacting the SIM market in 60 key countries over the next four years and leverages interviews with key SIM management platforms to quantify this growth.

The suite includes several different options that can be purchased separately, including access to data mapping the adoption and future growth of eSIMs and iSIMs. This insightful study uncovers the latest trends and opportunities within the market, and a document containing extensive analysis of the 18 market leaders in the SIM management space. The coverage can also be purchased as a Full Research Suite, containing all these elements, and includes a substantial discount.

Please note: the online download version of this report is for a global site license.


1. Key Takeaways & Strategic Recommendations
1.1 Key Takeaways
1.2 Strategic Recommendations
2. Market Landscape
2.1 Introduction & Definitions
i. iSIMs
ii. softSIM
2.1.2 eSIMs Current Market Overview
i. Global Chip Shortage
ii. Environmental Concerns
2.1.3 iSIMs Current Market Overview
2.2 Future Market Overview
2.2.1 5G Connectivity
i. IFPP
2.2.2 IoT eSIMs
i. eSIM and IoT Security
ii. Enterprise IoT
iii. GSMA eSIM Specifications
3. Country Readiness Index
3.1 Introduction to Country Readiness Index
3.1.1 Focus Markets
i. Large Addressable User Base
ii. Apple iPhone 14 to Cause US Dominance
iii. How to Provide Competitor Advantage in Competitive Market
3.1.2 Growth Markets
i. Strong Consumer Device Market
ii. China
3.1.3 Saturated Market
3.1.4 Developing Markets
4. Market Segment Analysis
4.1 eSIMs & iSIMs: Market Segment Analysis
4.2 Consumer
i. Smartphones
ii. Consumer Vehicles
iii. Consumer Wearables
iv. Smart Meters
v. Use Case: Travel eSIMs
vi. Corporate
vii. Geographical Spread
viii. Key Clients & Strategic Partnerships
ix. High-level View of Offerings
4.3 Industrial
4.4 Public Sector
i. Smart Parking Solutions
ii. Smart Street Lighting Solutions
iii. Smart Traffic Management Solutions
Endnotes
1. Juniper Research Competitor Leaderboard
1.1 Why Read This Report
Table 1.1: Juniper Research Competitor Leaderboard: eSIM Management Platform Providers Included & Product Portfolio (Part 1)
Table 1.2: Juniper Research Competitor Leaderboard: eSIM Management Platform Providers Included & Product Portfolio (Part 2)
Figure 1.3: Juniper Research Competitor Leaderboard – eSIM/iSIM Platform Providers
Table 1.4: Juniper Research Competitor Leaderboard: Vendors & Positioning
Table 1.5: Juniper Research Competitor Leaderboard Heatmap – eSIM & iSIM Management Platform Providers
2. Company Profiles
2.1 eSIM & iSIM Platform Providers Vendor Profiles
2.1.1 Ericsson
i. Corporate
Table 2.1: Ericsson’s Select Financial Information ($bn), 2018-202
ii. Geographical Spread
iii. Key Clients & Strategic Partnerships
iv. High-level View of Offerings
v. Juniper Research’s View: Key Strengths & Strategic Development Opportunities
2.1.2 Eseye
i. Corporate
ii. Geographical Spread
iii. Key Clients & Strategic Partnerships
iv. High-level View of Offerings
v. Juniper Research’s View: Key Strengths & Strategic Development Opportunities
2.1.3 Evolving Systems
i. Corporate
ii. Geographical Spread
iii. Key Clients & Strategic Partnerships
iv. High-level View of Offerings
Figure 2.2: Evolving System’s Product Portfolio
Figure 2.3: DSA Core Technology Platform
v. Juniper Research’s View: Key Strengths & Strategic Development Opportunities
2.1.4 Giesecke+Devrient
i. Corporate
Table 2.4: G+D’s Select Financial Information ($m), 2019-2022
ii. Geographical Spread
iii. Key Clients & Strategic Partnerships
iv. High-level View of Offerings
v. Juniper Research’s View: Key Strengths & Strategic Development Opportunities
2.1.5 Gigsky
i. Corporate
ii. Geographical Spread
iii. Key Clients & Strategic Partnerships
iv. High-level View of Offerings
v. Juniper Research’s View: Key Strengths & Strategic Development Opportunities
2.1.6 iBASIS
i. Corportate
ii. Geographical Spread
iii. Key Clients & Strategic Partnerships
iv. High-level View of Offerings
v. Juniper Research’s View: Key Strengths & Strategic Development Opportunities
2.1.7 IDEMIA
i. Corporate
ii. Geographical Spread
iii. Key Clients & Strategic Partnerships
iv. High-level View of Offerings
Figure 2.5: IDEMIA’s Consumer eSIM Platform
Figure 2.6: IDEMIA’s eSIM IoT Platform
v. Juniper Research’s View: Key Strengths & Strategic Development Opportunities
2.1.8 Kigen
i. Corporate
ii. Geographical Spread
iii. Key Clients & Strategic Partnerships
iv. High-level View of Offerings
v. Juniper Research’s View: Key Strengths & Strategic Development Opportunities
2.1.9 KORE Wireless
i. Corporate
Table 2.7: KORE Wireless’ Acquisitions, November 2014 - Present
ii. Geographical Spread
iii. Key Clients & Strategic Partnerships
iv. High-level View of Offerings
Figure 2.8: KORE One Architecture – A Single IoT Enablement Platform
v. Juniper Research’s View: Key Strenghts & Strategic Development Opportunities
2.1.10 Monty Mobile
i. Corporate
ii. Geographical Spread
iii. Key Clients & Strategic Partnerships
iv. High-level View of Offerings
v. Juniper Research’s View: Key Strengths & Strategic Development Opportunities
2.1.11 Redtea Mobile
i. Corporate
ii. Geographical Spread
iii. Key Clients & Strategic Partnerships
iv. High-level View of Offerings
v. Juniper Research’s View: Key Strengths & Strategic Development Opportunities
2.1.12 Sierra Wireless
i. Corporate
ii. Geographical Spread
iii. Key Clients & Strategic Partnerships
iv. High-level View of Offerings
v. Juniper Research’s View: Key Strengths & Strategic Development Opportunities
2.1.13 Tata Communications
Table 2.9: Tata Communications’ Selected Financial Information ($m), 2021-2023
ii. Geographical Spread
iv. High-level View of Offerings
v. Juniper Research’s View: Key Strengths & Strategic Development Opportunities
2.1.14 Telit Cinterion
i. Corporate
ii. Geographical Spreadh
iii. Key Clients & Strategic Partnerships
iv. High-level View of Offerings
v. Juniper Research’s View: Key Strengths & Strategic Development Opportunities
2.1.15 Thales
i. Corporate
Table 2.10: Thales’ Acquisitions, January 2019 – Present
ii. Geographical Spread
iii. Key Clients & Strategic Partnerships
iv. High-level View of Offerings
Figure 2.11: Thales Embedded Portfolio
Figure 2.12: High-level Architecture of Thales Adaptive Connect
Figure 2.13: High-level Architecture of Thales Instant Connect
v. Juniper Research’s View: Key Strengths & Strategic Development Opportunities
2.1.16 Valid
i. Corporate
ii. Geographical Spread
iii. Key Clients & Strategic Partnerships
iv. High-level View of Offerings
v. Juniper Research’s View: Key Strengths & Strategic Development Opportunities
2.1.17 Workz Group
i. Corporate
ii. Geographical Spread
iii. Key Clients & Strategic Partnerships
iv. High-level View of Offerings
v. Juniper Research’s View: Key Strengths & Strategic Development Opportunities
2.1.18 ZARIOT
i. Corporate
ii. Geographical Spread
iii. Key Clients & Strategic Partnerships
iv. High-level View of Offerings
Figure 2.14: ZARIOT Network Type and Operator Count
Figure 2.15: ZARIOT’s End-to-End Security Offering
v. Juniper Research’s View: Key Strengths & Strategic Development Opportunities
2.2 Juniper Research Leaderboard Assessment Methodology
2.3 Limitation & Interpretations
Table 2.16: Juniper Research Competitor Leaderboard Scoring Criteria
1. eSIMs Market Forecasts & Key Takeaways
1.1 eSIMs Market Summary & Future Outlook
Figure 1.1: Number of Connected Devices & Sensors with eSIMs Leveraging eSIMs for Connectivity (m), Split by Category, 2024-2028
1.1.1 eSIM Forecast Methodology
Table 1.2: Forecast Methodology Industry Splits
Figure 1.3: Total eSIMs Market Forecast Methodology
1.1.2 Total Number of Device and Sensors Leveraging eSIM Connectivity
Figure & Table1.4: Number of Connected Devices & Sensors with eSIMs Leveraging eSIMs for Connectivity (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2023-2028
Table 1.5: Number of Connected Devices & Sensors Leveraging eSIMs for Connectivity (m), Split by Category, 2023-2028
1.1.3 Total Market Value of Connected eSIM Devices and Sensors
Figure & Table 1.6: Total Market Value of Connected Devices & Sensors eSIMs ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2023-2028
Table 1.7: Share of Market Value of Connected Devices & Sensor eSIMs ($m), Split by Software and Hardware, 2023-2028
2. iSIMs Market Forecast & Key Takeaways
2.1 iSIMs Market Summary & Future Outlook
Figure 2.1: Proportion of Connected eSIMs That Are iSIMs (%), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2023 2028
2.1.1 iSIMs Forecast Methodology
Figure 2.2: Total iSIMs Market Forecast Methodology
2.1.2 Total Number of Devices and Sensors Leveraging iSIMs for Connectivity
Figure & Table 2.3: Total Number of iSIMs Installed in Connected Devices & Sensors (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2023-2028
Table 2.4: Share of Market Value of Connected Devices & Sensor iSIMs ($m), Split by Software and Hardware, 2023-2028
3. Global eSIMs Consumer Market Forecasts
3.1 eSIMs Market – Consumer Sector
3.1.1 eSIM Consumer Market Forecast Methodology & Assumptions
Figure 3.1: Consumer Sector eSIMs Forecast Methodology
3.1.2 Total Number of Consumer Devices Leveraging eSIM Connectivity
Figure & Table 3.2: Total Number of Connected Consumer Devices with eSIMs Leveraging eSIMs for Connectivity (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2023-2028
Table 3.3: Share of Platform Revenue from Connected Consumer Device eSIM Management ($) Split by Sector, 2023-2028
3.1.3 Total Revenue Generated from Consumer eSIM Devices
Figure & Table 3.4: Total Market Value of Connected Consumer Device eSIMs ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2023-2028
Table 3.5: Total Market Value of Connected Consumer Device eSIMs ($m), Split by Software and Hardware, 2023-2028
4. Global eSIMs Industrial Market Forecasts
4.1 eSIMs Market – Industrial Sector
4.2 eSIM Industrial Market Forecast Methodology
Figure 4.1: Industrial Sector eSIMs Forecast Methodology
4.2.1 Total Number of Industrial Devices & Sensors Leveraging eSIMs for Connectivity
Figure & Table 4.2: Total Number of Connected Industrial Devices & Sensors with eSIMs Leveraging eSIMs for Connectivity (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2023 2028
Table 4.3: Total Number of Connected Industrial Devices & Sensors with eSIMs Leveraging eSIMs for Connectivity (m), Split by Sector, 2023-2028
4.2.2 Total Revenue Generated from Industrial eSIM Devices & Sensors
Figure & Table 4.4: Total Market Value of Connected IoT Device & Sensor eSIMs ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2023-2028
Table 4.5: Total Market Value of Connected Industrial Device eSIMs ($m), Split by Software and Hardware, 2023-2028
5. Global eSIMs Public Sector Market Forecasts
5.1 eSIMs Market – Public Sector Market
5.1.1 eSIM Public Sector Market Forecast Methodology
Figure 5.1: Public Sector eSIMs Forecast Methodology
5.1.2 Total Number of eSIM Public Sector Devices & Sensors
Figure & Table 5.2: Total Number of Connected Public Sector Sensors with eSIMs Leveraging eSIMs for Connectivity (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2023-2028
Table 5.3: Total Number of Connected Public Sector Sensors with eSIMs Leveraging eSIMs for Connectivity (m), Split by Sector, 2023-2028
5.1.3 Total Revenue Generated by Public Sector eSIM Connections
Figure & Table 5.4: Total Market Value of Connected Public Sector Sensor eSIMs ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2023-2028
Table 5.5: Total Market Value of Connected Public Sector Device eSIMs ($m), Split by Software and Hardware, 2023-2028 32

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