Built upon Murata's Type 2GD Cat.M1/NB-IoT connectivity module supporting ETSI/3GPP Release 17 standard and Giesecke+Devrient’s (G+D) highly-secure SGP.32-compliant SIM OS it is intended to support OEM IoT deployments, including point of sale (POS) products, asset tracking, healthcare solutions and wearable devices, as well as smart city, agriculture, and home devices.
SGP.32 is a new specification for managing embedded SIMs (eSIMs) or iSIMs in IoT devices introduced by the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA). eSIM and iSIM technology allows for the remote provisioning of the subscription profile in an IoT device that is connected over a cellular network. G+D’s secure SIM OS is running on an integrated secure element inside the modem chipset.
Murata’s Type 2GD Cat.M1/NB-IoT connectivity module incorporates a function of an Integrated Universal Integrated Circuit Card (iUICC), enabling it to support SGP.32 compliant iSIM applications. During production, Murata can flash the customer’s desired SIM profile and G+D’s market-leading SIM OS onto the module’s iSIM element, eliminating the need for customers to carry out this process manually, streamlining IoT device production.
Provided by G+D, the iSIM provisioning also allows for convenient reconfiguration if there is a need to change the SIM profile once the IoT device has been deployed, further simplifying and reducing the costs of IoT cellular deployments.
This solution represents the first integrated connectivity module to support both SGP.32 and iSIM technology.
G+D’s solution enables the complete lifetime remote provisioning of the SIM profile in cellular IoT devices, allowing customers to upload, manage or change the SIM profile of a new device, regardless of its global location.
