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
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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
- 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
- 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?
- 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
- Competitive & Market Intelligence
- Executive & C-Suite
- Marketing
- Product Strategy
- Startup Leader & Founder
- Users & Implementers
Job Role
- Telco & Communications
- Hyperscalers
- Industrial & Manufacturing
- Semiconductor
- Supply Chain
- Industry & Trade Organizations
Industry
Services
Spotlights
5G, Cloud & Networks
- 5G Devices, Smartphones & Wearables
- 5G, 6G & Open RAN
- Cellular Standards & Intellectual Property Rights
- Cloud
- Enterprise Connectivity
- Space Technologies & Innovation
- Telco AI
AI & Robotics
Automotive
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi & Short Range Wireless
Cyber & Digital Security
- Citizen Digital Identity
- Digital Payment Technologies
- eSIM & SIM Solutions
- Quantum Safe Technologies
- Trusted Device Solutions