The new virtual eSIM that allows you to have several lines on a cell phone

Lto virtual SIM, or eSIM, it is the next step to the physical simcard and was released by Suma Móvil. It is a SIM that was presented by the GSMA, the world association of operators and manufacturers, at the Mobile World Congress.

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“Its deployment has been slower than expected, mainly due to a covert conflict of interest between the mobile operators themselves and the device manufacturers over subscriber ownership.“, they explained.

The main advantage of the eSIM is that it allows contract several mobile operator plans, both national and international from anywhere in the world. There is no need to go to a physical store or have to wait to receive it as it works virtually.

Also, the userYou will be able to associate the same phone number to different devices at the same time or have several numbers on the same mobile device.

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Regarding the massive use of this new technology, it is expected that there will be a base of terminals available at a fair price soon in the market. The iPhone 14 Pro is the first eSIM-only device It no longer has a physical simcard slot.

“Everything points, without a doubt, to the fact that in the next two years we will see exponential growth in the use of eSIM and a definitive change in technology.”, mentioned Mario Mendiguren, director of Marketing of Suma Móvil.

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