Paige West speaks with Claus Dietze, Chair of the Board at the Trusted Connectivity Alliance about the SIM industry, in particular eSIM and iSIM developments.

Back in May 2022, the Trusted Connectivity Alliance announced that eSIM technology was entering a new era. Significant increases in eSIM profile activations signalled growing consumer awareness of the technology, making it only a matter of time before mainstream adoption was realised as the number of enabled smartphones grew. That time has now come with the announcement from Apple that its iPhone 14 range will be available in the US as eSIM-only.

Claus Dietze (Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security) has been re-elected to serve a third term as Trusted Connectivity Alliance’s (TCA) Chair of the Board, as the organisation focuses on driving forward industry initiatives to promote eSIM interoperability and trust, helping support the growing range of IoT use cases.

TCE (Trusted Connectivity Alliance) has re-elected Claus Dietze (Giesecke&Devrient Mobile Security) as chairman of the board, as TLC works to address the convergence of secure systems on connected devices.

The Trusted Connectivity Alliance (TCA) has published a new paper welcoming global standardisation efforts that have evolved integrated SIM functionality. Within the document, TCA advocates global, open standards developed by recognised industry organisations including GSMA, which ensure that integrated SIM technologies for secure connectivity and services can provide interoperability and security levels that match their embedded and re...