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Public Consultation on Embedded SIM Technology

Issued Date: 06/06/2018

17 August 2018 – IMDA received responses at the close of the public consultation
13 July 2018 - In response to requests from the industry, IMDA has extended the deadline for the submission of views and comments to this consultation to 12 noon, 17 August 2018.
6 June 2018 - IMDA would like to seek views and comments from members of the public and the industry on IMDA’s preliminary views and assessment of the impact of eSIM technology in Singapore’s context.

17 August 2018

At the close of the Public Consultation on Embedded SIM Technology, IMDA received the following submissions from the industry and interested parties.


Asia Pacific Carriers’ Coalition (297.29KB)
Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security Asia Pte. Ltd.
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA)
Liberty Wireless Pte. Ltd. (245.18KB)
M1 Limited
Singtel Mobile Singapore Pte Ltd (265.08KB)
StarHub Mobile Pte Ltd (333.79KB)
Vodafone Enterprise Singapore Pte Ltd (518.32KB)

13 July 2018

In response to requests from the industry, IMDA has extended the deadline for the submission of views and comments to this consultation to 12 noon, 17 August 2018.


6 June 2018

IMDA would like to seek views and comments from members of the public and the industry on IMDA’s preliminary views and assessment of the impact of eSIM technology in Singapore’s context.

IMDA Consultation
Consultation Document for eSIM (676.94KB)
Annex A1 to eSIM Consultation Document (24.85KB)
Annex A2 to eSIM Consultation Document (15.54KB)

All submissions must reach IMDA by 12 noon on 18 July 2018. Softcopy of submissions in both Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF format should be provided. Parties submitting comments should include their personal/company particulars as well as the correspondence address, contact number and email addresses on the cover page of their submission. All comments should be addressed to:

Aileen Chia (Ms)
Deputy Chief Executive (Policy, Regulation & Competition Development),
Director-General (Telecoms & Post)
Infocomm Media Development Authority
10 Pasir Panjang Road
#03-01 Mapletree Business City
Singapore 117438

Submit your softcopy via email to: Consultation@imda.gov.sg.


LAST UPDATED: 23 DEC 2019