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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen kkkkkkkkkayd for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com September 15 news, recently, some netizens left a message on the official website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to ask questions about eSIM cards, saying that the recent use of eSIM cards has caused greater discussion. Is there a plan to promote eSIM mobile phone cards in our country?

In response, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology replied today that it is organizing research to promote the application of eSIM technology in devices such as smartphones. " Our department attaches great importance to protecting the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and insists on actively promoting the application and promotion of new technologies and equipment on the basis of ensuring users' legitimate rights and interests and information security. At present, our department is organizing relevant units to study and promote the application of eSIM technology in tablet computers, portable computers and smart phone devices, and expand the scope of application of eSIM technology when conditions are ripe. "

CTOnews.com learned that eSIM is embedded SIM (Embedded-SIM), which is not like traditional SIM cards that need to be plugged and unplugged, but is directly embedded in the terminal.

At present, the three major operators have been approved by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to carry out eSIM technology application services in the field of the Internet of things. At the beginning of 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a reply on the development of eSIM technology application services in areas such as the Internet of things by China Unicom. In October 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a document of approval for China Mobile and China Telecom to carry out eSIM technology application services in areas such as the Internet of things.

The 14th five-year Plan for the Development of Information and Communication Industry issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology at the end of 2021 mentions promoting the application of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain, edge computing, embedded SIM cards (eSIM), advanced computing and quantum computing, and deepening the development of new technologies and new businesses in vertical industries and fields.

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