Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) and Murata unveil the world’s first connectivity module to apply the new SGP.32 Remote SIM Provisioning (RSP) specification of integrated SIM (iSIM) technology. This novel solution is built upon Murata's innovative Type 2GD Cat.M1/NB-IoT connectivity module supporting ETSI/3GPP Release 17 standard and Giesecke+Devrient’s (G+D) highly-secure SGP.32-compliant SIM OS. It is designed to support OEM IoT deployments, including point of sale (POS) products, asset tracking, healthcare solutions and wearable devices, as well as smart city, agriculture, and home devices.
IoT applications are increasingly being used in a wide variety of areas such as transportation and logistics, agriculture, energy management, manufacturing and smart city concepts. However, there are still some limitations and challenges in the implementation of IoT scenarios, especially in the provisioning and management of IoT devices. The SGP.32 specification published by the GSMA for remote SIM provisioning will bring a significant improvement here. Instead of the SMS-based communication of the predecessor specification SGP.02, SGP.32 uses a faster and more reliable IP-based protocol. The required SIM credentials and settings can be sent directly over-the-air (OTA) to the devices via a mobile network. This makes it much easier to load, activate and manage the SIM profiles of IoT devices.
Murata’s compact Type 2GD Cat.M1/NB-IoT connectivity module incorporates an Integrated Universal Integrated Circuit Card (iUICC) enabling it to support SGP.32 compliant iSIM applications. During production, the customer’s desired SIM profile along with G+D’s market-leading SIM OS can be flashed onto the module’s iSIM element, eliminating the need for customers to carry out this process manually, streamlining IoT device production. The iSIM provisioning, provided by G+D, also allows for convenient reconfiguration if there is a need to change the SIM profile once the IoT device has been deployed, further simplifying and reducing the costs of IoT cellular deployments.
