This followed the launch of the\u00a0iPhone Xs and Xs Max, which support eSIM functionality.<\/p>\n
The new iPhones feature\u00a0dual-SIM<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0functionality, with support for a physical SIM card and the inclusion of an eSIM \u2013 an embedded SIM card which is built into the device.<\/p>\n Apple\u2019s Dual-SIM Dual-Standby system \u2013 one physical nano-SIM and one eSIM \u2013 lets owners use cellphone numbers and mobile data services from two networks in the same iPhone.<\/p>\n The eSIM, however, needs to be enabled by a mobile network to function as a second SIM.<\/p>\n This requires networks to support the eSIM<\/strong><\/a> technology.<\/p>\n Roos said that they are working to commercialise their eSIM offering in the first quarter of 2019.<\/p>\n “We think our eSIM offering coupled with our R250 unlimited off-peak option will provide exceptional value for customers with devices – such as the iPhone Xs and Xr, and newer iPad – that are eSIM capable,” said Roos.<\/p>\n “Using a low-end contract or pay-as-you-go SIM from one of our competitors for voice and coverage, and the Rain eSIM for data, will result in dramatic savings.”<\/p>\n Roos said tests have shown that a Rain eSIM works well in smartphones, and using the\u00a0iPhone Xs with a Rain eSIM and standard Vodacom physical SIM produced good speed test results.<\/p>\n An iPhone Xs accessing the Rain network using an eSIM achieved download speeds of over 99Mbps, upload speeds of over 11Mbps, and a ping of 59ms.<\/p>\n The image below shows an iPhone Xs connected to Rain via an eSIM.<\/p>\n Rain has told MyBroadband that it is currently running a number of eSIM devices on its mobile network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":284502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[605,53853,50207,35,43716],"class_list":["post-290572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","tag-apple","tag-apple-iphone-xs","tag-esim","tag-headline","tag-rain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290572"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}eSIM on Rain<\/h3>\n
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