Infineon is bringing out a  turnkey eSIM initiative for IoT devices and applications.

Its OPTIGA Connect eSIM IoT offering comes with pre-integrated carrier-agnostic cellular coverage in more than 200 countries and territories.

Infineon has partnered with Tata Communications to offer its customers global reach, leveraging the Tata Communications MOVE mobility and IoT platform.

According to ABI research, total eSIM shipments for machine-to-machine (M2M) applications such as asset tracking, energy management or mobile healthcare are expected to show a CAGR of 18%  from 101 million units in 2019 to 232 million by 2024.

OPTIGA Connect is pre-integrated with a bootstrap Tata Communications MOVE  eSIM profile, allowing manufacturers to capture, move and manage IoT data across the globe.

Additionally, thanks to Tata Communications’ relationships with more than 640 mobile network operators (MNO) worldwide, manufacturers can overcome the complexities of managing potentially hundreds of local connectivity agreements with MNOs in different countries, and instead connect their devices with a single global connectivity agreement with Tata Communications.

Use cases include smart metering deployment or telematics and fleet management applications where devices are deployed across broad geographic areas.

The eSIM conforms to the Remote SIM Provision specification from the GSMA.

Connecting a device or even a fleet of devices to the internet can be entirely managed remotely via an online portal.

This remote activation and configuration of IoT devices over the air enables a more automated, secured approach to bringing large numbers of devices online.

Furthermore, manufacturers can select connectivity providers after production, shipment and deployment of the device and change them throughout its lifecycle, increasing ease of use as well as flexibility regarding selecting MNOs and data plans.

At the core of the new eSIM solution is Infineon’s SLM97 security controller.

It provides a high-performance and GSMA eSIM M2M V3.2 compliant operating system, as well as worldwide coverage of 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, LTE-M and NB-IoT.

Infineon’s high-quality security hardware has been deployed for SIM-enabled IoT applications since 2008, with more than 200 million units in the field to date. The eSIM portfolio comes in different quality grades and form factors.