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SIM and eSIM Market Data Overview: 3Q 2025

Price: Starting at USD 1,950
Publish Date: 02 Oct 2025
Code: PT-3045
Research Type: Presentation
Pages: 14
Actionable Benefits

Actionable Benefits

  • Identify the impacts from Embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) and higher-end handset costs on the traditional removable Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card market.
  • Identify macro market dynamics and prepare for market uncertainty driven by items including Identity (ID) registration and Mobile Network Operator (MNO) market consolidation, the chip shortage, overstocking, and inflation.
  • Understand the SIM card vendor landscape to help with strategic partnerships and to identify competitive threats.               
Research Highlights

Research Highlights

  • Five-year SIM card forecasts covering the installed base, shipments, and revenue opportunity across consumer and M2M categories.
  • Global and regional forecasts, alongside country-level forecasts covering Canada, the United States, Brazil, Mexico, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and South Africa.
  • Full year 2024 SIM card vendor market shares.
Critical Questions Answered

Critical Questions Answered

  • How will the eSIM market progress over the next 5 years and what will be the impact on the traditional SIM card market?
  • How is the market recovering from the chip shortage impact and inventory?
  • How will inflation impact the SIM card market?
  • What is the total market size for traditional removable SIM and eSIM across consumer and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications?
  • What markets, if any, will present the most opportunity in an already extremely mature and overly saturated market?
  • Who are the leading suppliers of SIM cards?
Who Should Read This?

Who Should Read This?

  • Strategy planners within smart card and secure Integrated Circuit (IC) organizations.
  • Sales and marketing leaders looking to understand the revenue and margin opportunity, and benchmark organizational performance.
  • Other ecosystem players working in strategy, sales, and marketing capacities.

Table of Contents

This is meant to be read in conjunction with SIM Cards (MD-SCSC-34) and SIM Card ICs (MD-SCIC-34)

Key Findings

What’s New

Methodology

Significant Forecasts

SIM Market Shares

SIM IC Market Shares