COMPRION Premiers New Testing Approach for Remote eSIM Provisioning at the MWC
Verfasser: comprion on Thursday, 18 February 2016COMPRION has developed a new testing architecture for embedded UICCs (eUICCs), also known as eSIMs. The new methodology focusses on quality assurance, especially on interface compliancy as well as system and platform behavior testing according to the GSMA and GlobalPlatform. This approach will be introduced at the Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona, February 22-25.
The use of UICCs in the machine-to-machine (M2M) environment poses new challenges to everyone involved. Once permanently installed and possibly even soldered into a device such as a mobile phone, car, wind wheel, or even refrigerator, the card profile – in particular the operator’s subscription – can only be changed remotely. Jens Christoph, responsible for eUICC testing solutions at COMPRION explains, “M2M device and eUICC vendors as well as network operators have to ensure that the remote SIM provisioning works in a reliable way. As the UICC is embedded in the M2M device, it is tricky to access and test its functionality. Moreover, testing the complete over-the-air (OTA) communication chain between the eUICC and the backend server such as the MNO (Mobile Network Operator), SM-DP (Subscription Manager Data Preparation) and SM-SR (Subscription Manager Secure Routing) is complex with respect to the numerous components involved.”