floLIVE and SGP.32: The Lock in the Data Path
floLIVE is a core network company that happens to care about SIMs. Here is its story, what it adds to SGP.32, and why the lock it creates sits in the data path.
Read more →SGP.32 Challenges: The Traps That Break IoT eSIM Deployments
SGP.32 does one job well: it gets an operator profile onto an IoT eUICC and switches it on, under the control of an eIM, without anyone touching the...
Read more →Is Your Cellular Modem Really Ready for SGP.32? BIP, STK and the Hidden Hardware Problem in IoT eSIM
Buying an eSIM-capable modem does not make your product SGP.32-ready. As of August 2026 the specification is stable, certified eUICC hardware is shipping, and the orchestration platforms that...
Read more →The UK SGP.32 Landscape: Who Sits Where, and Where the Lock Lives
The short version: SGP.32 frees the operator profile, but the lock-in does not vanish – it scatters up and down the stack. Four UK companies each own a...
Read more →Kigen and SGP.32: The Lock Burned Into Silicon
The short version: Kigen sits on the deepest lock-in point in the whole SGP.32 architecture – and is the vendor working hardest to prove it isn’t one. The...
Read more →SGP.32 in July 2026: The Month Commercial IoT eSIM Hit Its Stride
July 2026 was the busiest month SGP.32 has had. For most of its life the GSMA’s IoT eSIM standard was something the industry talked about rather than shipped....
Read more →Kigen’s IoT eSIM Starter Kit: SGP.32 gets a proving ground
The distance between an eSIM standard existing and an eSIM standard being usable is where a lot of IoT projects quietly stall. Kigen has just put something in...
Read more →Who Went First? The Real Story of SGP.32 Commercial Deployments
SGP.32 was published in May 2023. The race to be first to market with a certified, commercial, end-to-end deployment took nearly three years. Here is who did it, how, and what it means for the rest of the market.
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