Esim is an evolution of the traditional SIM card Which is world renowned for being the one that provides connection to communication networks, allowing calls to be made and the Internet to be accessed through mobile data.

These cards are usually inserted into a special slot on the sides of the smartphone. It was invented and later appeared on the mobile phone market in 1991. The date from which attempts were made to reduce its size and improve the connection capacity. The three models of SIM cards that have existed chronologically so far are Minisim, Microsim and NanoSim.

While some mobile phones and smartwatches already contain this mobile phone technology, it is expected that with its gradual introduction to the world market, all mobile phones will be revised, which will end the usual slot in all future devices.

However, in Latin American countries such as Colombia, its use is not widespread, it is expected that most citizens will use it over the years, as it promises to double the amount of current SIM card data.

Despite this, eSims has been operating in Colombia since December 2018 With the advent of the Apple Watch Series 4, which was the first device to develop this technology in the country.

In fact, the devices in which this technology is particularly useful are smart watches that no longer receive calls from Bluetooth paired with a mobile phone, but rather do so with their own software, which improves call quality.

In any case, the existence of these strings that will work in the cloud is not particularly recent news, in fact this technology was introduced in 2016 by the Association of Mobile Operators GSMA.

The developers of this technology, as well as telephone companies around the world, suggest that the introduction of these virtual strings in the systems of mobile operators, It will bring significant benefits to the users in addition to improving the connection.

Infobae has gathered information about its possible benefits:

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