One of the great things about eSIMs is the ease with which mobile users can manage the profiles they have available on their device. So, a mobile subscriber can easily download multiple eSIM profiles and then simply choose the one they prefer for a specific use case. In practice, few users will have more than a couple of profiles – but the possibility is there to have more. A typical scenario is to use a provider from the user’s home country when resident, but then to switch to a different eSIM provider when travelling.

At last year’s Mobile World Congress the GSMA published a white paper titled “Post Quantum Telco Network – Impact Assessment” which advised operators and industry partners to:

• “Plan for future implementation to the transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography.

• Begin deploying Post-Quantum Cryptographic algorithms as they are standardised.

• Take advantage of cross- industry and Government moment”

MWC is fast approaching and the global connectivity and marketing teams at Telecom26 are busy setting up meetings with our customers and suppliers – and getting ready to announce our latest product and service expansions. More about these coming shortly.

Apparently 135,000 people from across the world attended CES this year, with more than 4300 exhibitors showing their wares.  According to this article, CES 2024: connected cars and mobility tech dominated the show floor, with Volkswagen announcing it will begin integrating AI chatbot ChatGPT into some of its new cars later this year.

Our global connectivity team, particularly those who like a beer, were very interested to read about The Smart Container Company, a start-up which is “pioneering the use of IoT to revolutionise the draught beer supply chain”.

Quantum is a term we’re all going to hear a lot more about in the coming years. Perhaps until now, you’ve only come across it in the title of a James Bond film, but it has a long tradition. Technically, a quantum is “the minimum amount of any physical entity…involved in an interaction”. So, it’s pretty small – but it has big implications.