Airtel introduces eSIM

THE STAR

Telecommunications company, Airtel Nigeria, has announced the launch of an eSIM (embedded SIM) a digital SIM that enables customers to access same functionality as using a physical SIM.

Airtel made this known via a statement issued on Tuesday,

eSIM is an embedded SIM, a form of programmable Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) that is embedded directly into a device.

eSIM was launched in 2016 succeeding the now popular Nano SIM which came around in 2012. The Samsung Gear S2 became the first device to support an eSIM.

The eSIM is flexible and can be built into a smartphone, wearables such as smartwatches, and any smart device.

It is software which can be activated by any supporting cellular network provider anywhere in the world…