Thales Launches World’s First GSMA Certified iSIM (Integrated SIM) with Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon Mobile Platform
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PARIS LA DEFENSE — Industry-leading innovators Thales and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announce the certification of the world’s first commercial-grade iSIM (Integrated SIM) on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform, enabling the functionality of a SIM in the main processor of a smartphone. Such security certification of the GSMA2 confirms that the iSIM supports the same high standards of cyber protection and flexible “anytime, anywhere” connectivity offered by the latest generation of embedded SIMs (eSIMs).
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The new iSIM can now offer device manufacturers further opportunities to save space, reduce construction and supply chain costs while maintaining best-in-class security levels.
Just like Thales’ eSIM, the new iSIM is fully compatible with the GSMA Remote SIM provisioning standard; This means that its subscriptions can be managed remotely via all standard platforms.
The emerging iSIM form factor complements existing SIM and eSIM designs, and research suggests that the market share will grow to 300 million by 2027, according to Kaleido Intelligence, representing 19% of all eSIM shipments.
Guillaume Lafaix, Vice President Embedded Products at Thales Mobile and Connectivity Solutions called: “The world’s first security certification of an iSIM by the GSMA goes back to several years of intensive development work by Qualcomm Technologies and Thales. Alongside the increasingly popular eSIM, the Thales 5G iSIM gives device manufacturers and mobile operators even more freedom to offer their customers effortless over-the-air connectivity and more exciting and accessible product designs.”
“We are very pleased that our investment in highly secure processor hardware security, in partnership with Thales, meets the security and functional threshold required by the GSMA for the UICC Remote Provisioning use case. We believe that a tamper-resistant element integrated into the host processor can efficiently enable innovative use cases across many markets and product segments,” called Ziad Asghar, senior vice president of product management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Alex Sinclair, GSMA Chief Technology Officer, adds“The GSMA is committed to promoting a security-first culture throughout the mobile ecosystem to ensure that the benefits of mobile connectivity can be securely enjoyed by all. The GSMA eUICC Security Assurance Scheme ensures that eSIM products, whether embedded or discrete, have the highest possible level of security. In addition, we are pleased that our processes enable manufacturers to go to market faster and create new product types such as the integrated SIM card. iSIM increases mobile capacity deployment opportunities and caters to a broader and more diverse market.”
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About Thales
Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) is a global leader in advanced technologies, investing in digital and deep tech innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum computing – to build a future we all trust what is essential for the development of our societies.
The company provides solutions, services and products that help its customers – corporations, organizations and governments – in the defense, aerospace, space, transportation, and digital identity and security markets to perform their critical missions by putting people at the center of their lives decision. Manufacturing process.
Thales has 81,000 employees in 68 countries. In 2021, the group generated sales of 16.2 billion euros
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm enables a world where everyone and everything can be intelligently connected. Our one-technology roadmap enables us to efficiently scale the technologies that powered the mobile revolution—including advanced connectivity, high-performance, low-power computing, on-device intelligence and more—to the next generation of connected smart devices across all industries . Innovations from Qualcomm and our family of Snapdragon platforms will help enable cloud-edge convergence, transform industries, accelerate the digital economy and revolutionize how we experience the world, for the greater good.
Qualcomm Incorporated includes our QTL licensing business and most of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, operates substantially all of our engineering, research and development functions and substantially all of our product and service businesses, including our QCT semiconductor business. Snapdragon and Qualcomm branded products are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Patented Qualcomm technologies are licensed from Qualcomm Incorporated.
Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Snapdragon is a trademark or registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated.
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1 kaleido Intelligence, “eSIM Market Forecast Report 2022” https://roaming.kaleidointelligence.com/esim-connections-to-exceed-4-5-billion-in-2027-driven-by-an-expanding-consumer-market-kaleido-intelligence/#:~:text= Kaleido%20expects%20%20%20to be GSMA%2D compliant,19%25%20of%20total%20eSIM%20shipments.
2 GSMA eUICC Security Assurance certification.
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