The little plastic circuit cards that people can take out of one device and place inside another have become synonymous with the mobile networking revolution but their time is drawing to an end as newer and more expensive devices exploit embedded SIMs, or eSIMs, which cannot be removed and which can be rewritten. Evangelists for eSIMS promise they will deliver numerous benefits, and their widespread use is already guaranteed as automobile manufacturers will rely upon eSIMs for the connected cars they are planning to build in ever-larger numbers. But no new technology is without downsides. One telco recently had to cope with a wave of worried customers who mistakenly believed they were the victims of SIM swap fraud after they pre-ordered new Samsung phones and somebody decided to switch their service to the eSIM in the new phones before the phones had been delivered to the customers! Other risks relating to eSIMs are the subject of conversation with John Davies of BluGem, a telecoms testing business that does a lot of work ensuring migrations to new network technologies always go as smoothly as planned.

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