NXP Semiconductors has partnered with Shanghai Unicom, a pilot unit in “consumer networking” of China Unicom, and roam2free to develop a secure eSIM product to enable customers to add mobile plans and cellular networks to their smartphone. The service provides mobile payment and ticketing capabilities, while bringing a new level of connectivity to smartphones and other mobile devices. According to NXP, eSIM users will be able to use a mobile application to add and manage multiple mobile subscriptions for upgraded coverage or when traveling abroad to reduce roaming fees.
China Unicom will provide the eSIM Subscription Manager Data Preparation (SM-DP+) infrastructure and commercialization support for the ‘one-stop-shop’ service. The offering will include NXP’s embedded secure element (eSE) hardware with eSIM features, as well as roam2free’s eSIM system integration (Sim2Free), application development and system support.
As the backbone to NXP’s mobile subscription service, Sim2Free connects eSE-enabled smartphones and wearables to existing and future SM-DP+ services in China. The eSIM offering is also compliant with the GSMA consumer specification (SGP22) to enable deployment and connectivity for OEMs and mobile network operators.
