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Yay! We are approaching the SIMless world where you connect to mobile networks without a SIM or a universal SIM.

Kinda. I have eSIM phone and was hoping to sign up for a temporary plan while spending 3 days in Singapore - NAH! "Please enter your national ID number or come to our office to use eSIM". Meanwhile SIM cards are being sold while on plane, 100GB for 12 euros...

Ok, I guess I can then easily sign up for this while back in Europe? Nope, every local website has no signs of english sign up form, many require ID card...

The hope is I can do it via my phone menu, but even then calling me is going to be a rip-off (0.5 euro per minute when people been video calling for free for over a decade...)

You make it sound like this is a trend, but this article is the first instance I've ever heart of the concept of a universal SIM?

Hologram is another example, and there are many more but enterprise-focused.

https://hologram.io/

The technology has been around for several years now. There was reluctance (naturally) by the telcos in letting this happen, but applications are demanding it now bringing it more into the mainstream from the niche it used to occupy earlier.

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