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Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications plans to reduce mobile phone charges by popularizing “eSIM”. Do you support 3 major carriers?

Apple eSIM dual SIM iPhone

 
NHK reports that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is aiming to promote competition among mobile phone operators and reduce mobile phone charges by expanding the spread of eSIM. eSIM is compatible with each iPhone model released after the fall of 2018.

Promote the spread of eSIM to reduce mobile phone charges

Under Prime Minister Suga, who took office with “reduction of mobile phone charges” as an important policy, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Takeda is working to compile a policy for price reduction.
 
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications believes that the reason why mobile phone charges do not drop is that competition among operators is not working, and NHK has decided to promote the spread of eSIM to make it easier to switch. I will.
 
eSIM is a function that allows you to make a contract without the need for a physical SIM card, and since you do not have to change the SIM card when you change contract companies, it is thought that the hurdles for changing companies will be lowered if it becomes widespread.
 
It seems that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is hoping that the spread of eSIM will lower the hurdles for switching operators, leading to a reduction in mobile phone charges.

Compatible with iPhone after XS / XR, not compatible with 3 major carriers

In the iPhone series, sSIM can be used with iPhone XS / XS Max, iPhone XR and later models released in 2018.
 
Apple has introduced how to use eSIM on the support page as “Using dual SIM with eSIM”.
 
Apple eSIM dual SIM iPhone

 
In Japan, MVNO services such as IIJmio provide eSIM services that can be used at reasonable prices, but the three major carriers do not support eSIM.
 
It is reported that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will put together a policy for reducing mobile phone charges, including promotion of eSIM, on October 27, and it seems that the three major carriers will be forced to support eSIM.
 
 
Source: NHK, Apple
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