DOCOMO’s Approaches toward Remote SIM Provisioning (eSIM)
16th July, 2015 Naoki Tani Managing Director IoT Business Department NTT DOCOMO Inc.
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●IoT ●Solution of social issues Value ●Regional revitalization Smart life
partner co-creation ●2020 Expansion of added valueadded of Expansion company ●Loyalty point/iD linkage
●”+d” Value creation company ●dmarket ●Point distribution Integrated ●dmenu ●Point card services provider ●DCMX/iD ● Home domain Mobile
communications ●docomo Hikari operator ●Smartphone ●LTE ●iPhone ●New billing plan● LTE-Advanced ●5G
Evolution of offerings
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Construction machinery Security Retail
Healthcare Deployment in various business domains Transport
Environment/ Construction energy Automobile
Value creation leveraging IoT Partner DOCOMO
Business asset Business asset Co-creation
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Utility Medical Agriculture Vehicle Security ・・・ （Electricity, Gas） Healthcare New service Security & convenience Data utilization
Marketing/ Monitoring & Promotion maintenance
Storage Cloud Analysis Process Big data sharing Other company data linkage
３Ｇ、ＬＴＥ、４Ｇ、５Ｇ、ＬＰＷＡ
Devices / Sensors
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Mobile operator’s subscription switch via OTA
① Change Request to Operator B Operator B Operator A Subscription Manager Operator B
② Send Operator B’s SIM Info
Operator B ③ Change A’s SIM Info via OTA ④ Connect to Operator B
Operator A Operator B
eSIM embedded Car
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・As a lead operator, Docomo participates in this programme.
Lead Operators
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2012 2013 2014 2015
Remote SIM Provisioning Vision2020 Fast Track Connected Living Program
★Dec. 2013 Architecture.v1.1 ★Oct. 2014@Dubai Press Release ★Mar. 2015 @MWC Press Release/Demo
Fast Track Member Lead Operator
★June 2014 Commercial Launch
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Cloud layer Cloud Toami ITS Cloud Vending machine
・・・ Data
Application Enabling analysis
Network SM
layer Docomo M2M-PF Subscription The Manager Internet 3G/LTE/LTE-adv.
Devicelayer Docomo eSIM AP GW WiFi/BLE etc.
Router sensor
Wireless module NFC module
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・One-stop connection management
・eSIM profile provisioning via OTA.
North American docomo Profile docomo Profile operator’s Docomo M2M Profile Platform SM Subscription EU operator’s Profile Manager docomo Profile Docomo Asian operators’ Profile eSIM
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・ Benefit of local network (support, price, quality）
・ Connectivity in permanent roaming countries
・ Effective manufacturing and distribution
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customer customer
Country A B C Lead Operator X Y Z Operator X Different country’s operators Lead operator Docomo X SIM Y SIM Z SIM eSIM
SIM SIM SIM Operator X X→Y X→Z
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• eSIM Business Model • Technical Specification • End-to-End test among operators
• eSIM Working Group started • PoC (Proof Of Concept) started (see next)
Other operators • On a project basis
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& Press Release : ‘ eSIM PoC between Indosat and Docomo for M2M devices’ • Strategic Economic ties (JPN/ Indonesia) • Verification for two different M2M platforms
SM M2M Platform M2M Platform
Docomo Profile Swapping SIM profile Indosat Profile
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• Establishment of the ecosystem
Operators Platform Providers SIM Vendors Module Vendors
• Expansion of the ecosystem based on GSMA specification
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