New specifications released today by ETSI will enable multiple accounts and identities to exist in the same smartphone handset without needing any physical SIMs to be within the device.
Chair of the SET group at ETSI Denis Praca said, “This is a breakthrough for end-users who will easily be able to use multiple services and for service providers to deploy their applications on a single mobile device, with the benefit of the long term recognized security provided by the UICC.”
The action also should remove the need for smartphones to contain more than one physical SIM to host two different accounts on the same device. ETSI’s technologies, referenced by GSMA e-SIM specifications, have eliminated the need to have a physical SIM, allowing users and device makers to manage multiple accounts securely.
ETSI’s Secure Element Technologies committee (TC SET, formerly known as TC SCP) develops and maintains specifications for the Secure Element (SE), e.g., the UICC or the SSP and its interfaces with the outside world for use in telecommunication systems including the Internet of Things (IoT) and other industry sectors.
