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The eSIM Smartphone Opportunity in China

Price: Starting at USD 1,950
Publish Date: 27 Aug 2025
Code: AN-6455
Research Type: Report
Pages: 13
Actionable Benefits

Actionable Benefits

  • Understand expectations around the launch of the Embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) for smartphones in China for domestic use.
  • Identify key impacts on global trends in eSIM Integrated Circuit (IC) and smartphone markets.
  • Quantify the regional shares of key smartphone vendors to identify impacted and impactful manufacturers.
Research Highlights

Research Highlights

  • Key findings outlining the launch and its impact across the value chain.
  • Forecasts quantifying the Asia-Pacific smartphone market and eSIM adoption.
  • Ecosystem breakdown of impactful local players in Chinese eSIM.
Critical Questions Answered

Critical Questions Answered

  • How will the initial launch progress?
  • What are the timelines, who are the key players, and what are the expectations around implementation?
  • How will the launch impact global eSIM markets?
  • What are the key drivers that will impact consumer adoption?
Who Should Read This?

Who Should Read This?

  • Strategists and marketers in international eSIM IC and infrastructure vendors looking to understand the launch and its global impact.
  • Partnership leads assessing opportunity for collaboration with Chinese vendors.
  • Wider eSIM ecosystem product strategists assessing future eSIM capability distribution (e.g., necessary smartphone support and travel eSIM opportunity for outbound Chinese travelers).

Companies Mentioned

Table of Contents

1. KEY FINDINGS

2. KEY FORECASTS

3. KEY COMPANIES AND ECOSYSTEMS: CHINA’S MOST IMPACTFUL ESIM PLAYERS

3.1. CHINA UNICOM
3.2. REDTEA MOBILE
3.3. EASTCOMPEACE
3.4. CEC HUADA
3.5. TMC

4. CHIPMAKER IMPACT: COLLABORATION AND EVOLUTION

5. TRAVEL: THE MOST PROMISING USAGE DRIVER?

Companies Mentioned

  • CEC Huada
  • China Unicom Ltd.
  • Eastcompeace
  • RedteaMobile
  • Tongxin Microelectronics