Pod Group has launched a multi-featured eSIM that offers a choice of public native and roaming profiles globally, in addition to private network profiles and customised SIM applets to enhance security, provisioning and device management.

Called ENO One Global, it has been launched in the run up to Hannover Messe, and follows the launch of the company’s single SKU eSIM ENO One for the US market at CES earlier this year.

Pod Group is a Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) company and enterprise network operator (ENO).

ENO One Global is designed to give enterprises access to all the network profiles they need to scale, allowing combinations of native in-country profiles with global roaming and private network profiles. These can be updated over the air (OTA) via a single SKU meaning the user can dynamically update their device connectivity remotely, with no need to manage multiple SIMs and platforms.

Based on Pod’s core network, which includes public and private cores, it also enables secure and seamless roaming between public and private infrastructure.

The combination of G+D’s eSIM and Pod Group’s global connectivity and platform delivered as-a-service means enterprises need only work with one partner for all their connectivity requirements.

The ENO One Global eSIM incorporates G+D’s bootstrap technology to increase efficiency, leveraging a multi-IMSI global roaming profile for massive deployment of IoT devices at low cost. Both consumer eSIM (SGP22) and IoT eSIM (SGP02) standards are available, making it a flexible and agnostic choice for a multitude of different vertical applications.

In addition, customised SIM applets such as zero touch provisioning and SIM2Cloud encryption are available as standard, enhancing the capabilities of the eSIM. These applets simplify massive deployments of IoT devices globally, since they enable the device to auto-configure by securely downloading the configuration from the cloud when it is first switched on in the destination market.

This simplifies the manufacturing process, since all devices can be manufactured the same way, saving the cost and time of individual configuration.

“Until now, massive deployment of IoT devices has been hampered by the complexity of configuring and managing devices on global networks,” said Sam Colley, CEO of Pod Group. “Pod and G+D’s unique position has enabled us to develop the most fully featured eSIM on the market, beyond other offerings relying only on roaming services, with the ability to combine public native, roaming and private network profiles on a single SKU, managed by a single platform. Furthermore, our advanced SIM applet technology provides unique security and device management options. With everything available as-a-service, our offerings can be tailored to the exact needs of the enterprise. This truly is a first of its kind, a turnkey eSIM enabling enterprises to adopt flexible connectivity and management out of the box.”

Pod Group will be presenting the ENO One Global eSIM at next week’s Hannover Messe on stand G42 in Hall Five, with additional demos of eSIM management in the 5G Smart Venue in Hall Seven.