Virtual SIM iQsim Technology

For an enterprise or an operator, managing a large number of SIM cards in GSM devices located in different locations, can become a complex and cumbersome process associated with a non-negligible risk of the theft.Each time a different SIM is required in a GSM device, it means someone has to manually swap the existing SIM with the new one, which means the availability on site of both the SIM card and the person to make the change.Changing SIM cards can quickly become a cumbersome process that mobilizes resources, making it expensive and inefficient.

Internet Cloud

SIM cards central storage

3G/UMTS Router

Voice GSM Gateway

GSM Test Probe

Physical SIM

Virtual SIM

SIM Virtualization

On the opposite, SIM virtualization can help enterprises and operators manage efficiently their application environment with multiple SIM cards.iQsims Virtual SIM solution allows for hosting SIM cards in a central site and allocate them to the appropriate GSM physical device when required.

Key benefits

SIM centralization avoids having SIM cards spread out all over the place with potential risk of theft and enables to manage them more easily

Allocation of SIM cards on demand allows for having less SIM cards than actual number of GSM devices

Dynamic allocation of SIM cards is a fast process that can be automatized

SIM cards can be managed and allocated by the customer applications thanks to iQsim APIs

SIM cards can be allocated to GSM devices in multiple countries

The best SIM can be selected depending on multiple criteria such as SIM rotation, available credit, etc

Local SIM can be allocated to a GSM device depending on its location

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Virtual SIM Applicability

SIM virtualization can be used in a large variety of applications.

MOBILE COMMUNICATION

SIM ManagementActivation & AllocationCredit ManagementHBS & Protection

Routing to the Best SIM

SoftswitchPBX

SMSApplication

Virtual SIM

GSM GatewaySIM Rack

Web InterfaceSMPP SIP

Operators and service providers use SIM virtualization in conjunction with Mobile Gateway for reducing cost of voice and SMS communication to mobile. SIM virtualization allows for routing to the best SIM based on multiple criterias.

MOBILE TESTING

SIM ManagementActivation & Allocation

Test commandsand results

TestApplication

Virtual SIM

Mobile RobotSIM Rack

Web InterfaceiQsim APIs

Mobile robots combined with SIM virtualization allow mobile operators to build a powerful test environment with GSM devices spread all across their network and allocating SIM cards on demand directly from automated test scenarios.

INTERNATIONAL ROAMING

SIM ManagementActivation & Allocation

Device Location

ManagementApplication

Virtual local SIM

GSM DeviceSIM Rack

Web InterfaceiQsim APIs

Local SIM for international roaming is used as a way to significantly reduce the cost of voice and data communication while abroad. This type of service is used by service providers targeting tourists or business travellers or for specific communities such as transport, travel agencies SIM virtualization fits well with this application by avoiding to physically hosting the local SIM card in the device but allowing for a local SIM card to be allocated to a particular device when this device is connecting from a given country.

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How it works

iQsims virtual SIM solution is built around the following components :

SIM RACK

SIM cards are stored in a central location called SIM Rack. iQsim SIM Rack can host 256 SIM cards in a single 2U Rack. Additional racks can be clustered if more capacity is needed allowing to store up to 100 000s SIM cards.

IRON SUITE

iQsims IRON Suite includes all the software elements to Manage SIM cards. Virtual SIM allocation to GSM devices can be done in various ways: Automatic allocation based on configurable criterias including time, date, price plan limit and SIM validity.

When one of these criteria is matched, the IRON SIM Manager associates another SIM to the GSM device and a new SIM is immediately allocated

Allocation through iQsims customer application programmatic interface (API) Allocation based on device geographical location. When iQsims application in the GSM device detects the

device is in a visited country it sends a notification to IRON SIM Manager in order to allocate a local SIM card matching the devices location.

IRON Suite includes also a service controller allowing to select and route SMS or voice calls to the best SIM.iQsims IRON SIM Manager offers reliable SIM card protection, SIMulates traffic proportionally to SIM usage by using a unique algorithm that reproduces human behavior.The IRON Suite Management System also provides a common interface for all SIM management operations, such as configuration and administration and also keeps tracks of all events generated in the IRON Suite database.

IQSIM GSM DEVICES (MOBILE GATEWAY OR MOBILE ROBOT)

iQsims Mobile Communication solution and Mobile Testing Solution are provided with respectively iQsims GSM Gateway and Mobile Robots.iQsim GSM Gateways and Mobile robots support up to 16 GSM 2G/3G/4G LTE ports with integrated virtual SIM capabilities.

3RD PARTY GSM DEVICES

iQsims Virtual SIM solution can work with 3rd party GSM devices to providing them Virtual SIM capability. Depending on the customers device GSM, several solutions can be envisaged. External SIM Flex solution: The SIM Flex is an interface developed by iQsim which allows to make any probe

or GSM modem compatible with the IRON Suite SIM manager. On one side, it gets inserted in the SIM cardholder in replacement of the SIM card (using the SIM Flex cable), on the other side it gets connected on the probe on a computer with an USB cable. The SIM Flex is delivered with a driver both Windows and Linux compliant. Just connect the SIM Flex to an USB port on your computer and install the driver.

Built-in SIM Flex solution: The SIM Flex as describe above can also be delivered as a built-in configuration, fully integrated in the partner proprietary device.

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