The term ‘smart meter’ covers a variety of residential, commercial and industrial solutions monitoring a full range of utilities, including electricity, water and gas with a market value of $19.98 billion by 2022.
UICC (Universal Integrated Circuit Card) is the hardware used in mobile devices that contains SIM and / or USIM applications enabling access to GSM, UMTS / 3G and LTE networks. It is the most widely distributed secure application delivery platform in the world.
eUICC, also known as an embedded UICC or eSIM, refers to a UICC which:
â—— Is capable of hosting multiple network connectivity profiles (as defined by GSMA).
â—— Supports secure over-the-air (OTA) remote SIM provisioning as well as updates to the operating system (OS), keys, application and connectivity parameters, according to GSMA and Global Platform Specifications.
â—— Securely executes sensitive services.
â—— Includes soldered (MFF1, MFF2, etc.) and traditional removable (2FF, 3FF, etc.) form factors.