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SIM Cards, SIM ICs, and eSIM Market Data Overview: 2Q 2026

Price: Starting at USD 1,950
Publish Date: 24 Apr 2026
Code: PT-3588
Research Type: Presentation
Actionable Benefits

Actionable Benefits

  • Interpret key trends arising from the market data update of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards, SIM Integrated Circuits (ICs), and Embedded SIM (eSIM) shipments, with qualitative explanations of the drivers and market conditions affecting forecasts.
  • Understand the interactions between different portions of the SIM market, recognizing the impact of digitalization and a transition to eSIM.
  • Recognize opportunities and challenges affecting different parts of the value chain, with recommendations provided on how to approach them.         
Research Highlights

Research Highlights

  • Market data (MD) “Key Findings” and “What’s New” update slides summarize differences since the previous iteration.
  • Key forecasts address the SIM installed base, SIM and eSIM shipments, Average Selling Prices (ASPs) and revenue, and profile transactions.
  • Market share splits for Removable SIM (rSIM) smart cards and ICs, and eSIM ICs.
Critical Questions Answered

Critical Questions Answered

  • What is the total market size for SIM and eSIM?
  • How is this distributed by region, application, and device type?
  • How quickly is the digitalization of the industry occurring, and what impact will this have on the removable SIM market?
Who Should Read This?

Who Should Read This?

  • Strategic and product design leads within smart card, secure IC, module, and device makers
  • Sales and marketing leads seeking to understand key trends and priorities.
  • eSIM infrastructure players looking to quantify Total Addressable Market (TAM) size, identify key opportunities, and prioritize technology support features.

Table of Contents

This product is meant to be read in conjunction with the following market data: SIM Cards (MD-SCSC-122), SIM Card ICs (MD-SCIC-122), and eSIM in the Consumer and IoT Markets (MD-ESM-115)

Key Findings

What’s New

Key Forecasts: 

Consumer Installed Base
SIM Shipments
eSIM Shipments
eSIM Smartphones
Pressure on ASP and Revenue
Digitalization: Profile Transactions
SIM Market Shares
eSIM Market Shares

Methodology