Top eSIM challenges for IoT adoption worldwide 2022

In a 2022 survey, Internet of Things (IoT) adopter companies listed the main issues they had encountered with eSIM solutions, around 65 percent of whom cited the lack of technical support and monitoring tools to report on the device metrics as the biggest challenge. This challenge went hand-in-hand with the second most common issue, namely, that some mobile network operators (MNOs) only support one type of eSIM and therefore it was difficult to switch between eSIM profile types to service the various IoT connections.

Main issues with eSIM for Internet of Things (IoT) adoption by companies worldwide in 2022

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2022

Number of respondents

759 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

respondents mainly represented companies that had adopted cellular connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT).

Supplementary notes

Respondents included both companies that had adopted cellular connectivity for Internet of Things (IoT) and those that had not, and typically had fair knowledge of the IoT connectivity ecosystem. They were responding on behalf of companies specializing in fields such as healthcare, transport and logistics, manufacturing and industrial, smart cities, and the energy and utilities segments.

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