T-Mobile Drops Roaming Charges with eSIM Technology

T-Mobile announced the launch of eSIM, a platform which provides a new, cheaper way of facilitating machine-to-machine communications (M2M) via wireless connection. Using this new technology, the company is bringing down the costs for roaming connections for the United States and Canada.

The M2M market, also called as the Internet of Things (IoT) is a booming industry. This innovation by T-Mobile will allow companies to re-invent their services in terms of wider connectivity than before. Businesses will now have the power to build always-on connectivity for their services and products. Possible applications of this technology include car navigation, mobile wearables, and health products. .

"The Internet of Things knows no boundaries or at least it shouldn't have to," said director of M2M for T-Mobile Rusty Lhamon in a press release. "This unique approach to cross-border wireless communication is designed to eliminate the issue of permanent M2M roaming and makes connectivity seamless and simple."

According to estimates made by ABI Research, the number of wireless devices that were connected independently will increase by 30 billion in 2020 from 10 billion in 2013. This growth will be made faster by more powerful and pervasive cellular network providers, such as T-Mobile.

"T-Mobile is uniquely situated to take a leadership position in the M2M market. We have the network, capacity and organizational nimbleness needed by companies bringing M2M products to market," executive vice president for T-Mobile Business Markets, Drew Kelton said.

Kelton said that, through the introduction of eSIM, T-Mobile is expanding their M2M space which will benefit their customers hugely. Kelton also added that the launch of their newest technology is an indictment of what T-Mobile always does for their clientele: "putting our focus on the customer first through simplicity, transparency and cost"

The company is planning to expand the service to other more countries that can use their eSIM technology throughout the year.