- The telecom ministry will now scrutinize the recommendations formulated by TRAI and then final decisions will be taken.
- The suggestions are aimed to synchronize the regulatory ecosystem of the machine-to-machine embedded SIM in India
In an effort to escalate the growth of 5G applications across various industrial sectors, India’s telecom regulatory body, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended a couple of proposals for embedded SIMs in IoT devices. TRAI’s recommendations are likely to provide solutions to numerous barriers in regulating the IoT ecosystem.
Agricultural sensors, smart meters, and many more will be under the recommendation of TRAI. In an official statement, TRAI, said, “Implementation of these Recommendations by the Government will promote orderly growth in the M2M eSIM segment of the telecom sector in India and will stimulate the development of a homegrown M2M eSIM ecosystem in the country, thus enabling the growth of modern M2M communication.”
The telecom ministry will now scrutinize the recommendations formulated by TRAI and then final decisions will be taken. The suggestions are aimed to synchronize the regulatory ecosystem of the machine-to-machine embedded SIM in India. In fact, there is a recommendation on tight security via proper KYC, and a framework for profile switching for eSIMs and swapping of SM-SR (Subscription Manager Secure Routing), added ET.
According to an exclusive report by ET, TRAI also recommended the Telecom Engineering Center (TEC) to examine the possibility of devising a standard process for device-to-device transfer of profiles on consumer eSIMs. Moreover, all the embedded SIMs must be converted in an imported device that operates on international roaming to communication profiles of Indian telecom service providers (TSPs) within a time frame of just six months from the date of activation or ownership change of the product.
