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.
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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.
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Read more →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 →Onomondo has done something most SGP.32 connectivity providers have quietly avoided: it has built its own eIM, the eSIM IoT Remote Manager, and it says you can use...
Read more →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 short version: 1GLOBAL owns the bootstrap – the profile burned into the device at the factory so it wakes up already connected – and that is where...
Read more →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 →The short version: Eseye is the clearest UK example of where SGP.32 moves the lock-in rather than removing it. The standard hands enterprises the freedom to switch networks...
Read more →Answer-first summary: The industry sells SGP.32 as the end of operator lock-in. That claim is half true, which is what makes it dangerous. SGP.32 genuinely dissolves the lock...
Read more →On 28 May 2026 the GSMA published SGP.32 v1.3, alongside a matching SGP.31 v1.3 architecture update and, the day before, an updated eUICC PKI Certificate Policy v2.3. If...
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