At this year’s Mobile World Congress Las Vegas, we sat down with Robert Hamblet, the Founder, CEO & President of TEAL to discuss how TEAL; as an eSIM-first company, was well positioned to embrace the new market realities of SGP.32 remote SIM provisioning technology. TEAL is the first US-based eSIM platform to be certified by the GSMA providing a cloud-native, Credentialing-as-a-Service platform. They’ve boasted ES3 integrations with every major vendor and are virtually unmatched in interoperability as an eSIM first, connectivity second, company.
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In this detailed interview, we discuss all the eSIM hot topics like:
- Credentialing as a service – CaaS covers a gap in the market for interoperability between platforms. Robert discusses G+D and Thales over Verison and AT&T; working together with the operator as a partner, not a competitor and how this allows for a future focus, preparing for the standards of tomorrow.
- Looking out for the needs of hardware OEMs – Previously, functionally has really just been about giving them an IP address through an MVNO with a SIM card that is hooked in with some existing connectivity supplier. Now, with SGP.32, there is flexibility. It can start from nothing and enrol in a platform after production with limited coordination between the enterprise and the operator.
- Concerns around SPG.22 – SGP.22 could see users stuck in a one-off environment that stagnates with the launch of SGP.32. It doesn’t even have a standard management interface like SGP.02(SMSR) or SGP.32 (eIM) does. Should you trust an unmanaged deployment on proprietary technology?
- Why OEMs would choose a CaaS provider – OEMs get product simplification where they can activate with an API call and not add a $2 increase to their bill of materials. That’s not to mention the value of direct relationships… customers want something straight from the source because of performance, reliability and pricing.
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