eSIM, Secure Element, Digital Key & eCall
What is a connected car?
When your car goes online for navigation, entertainment, or phone calls, it connects to the mobile network via an embedded SIM. To optimize the flow of traffic or prevent accidents, connecting to all surrounding objects and infrastructure necessary. This type of "V2X" or "vehicle-to-all" connection is worked in in 5G networks.
Smarter mobility
More and more people would like to use their car as a kind of "smart home". As everyone wishes to make life more comfortable, quick control over all functions of a car seems to be natural.
What do connected cars, 5G, eSIM, Secure Element, IoT, and NFC have in common?
Just look at your smartphone: many devices already use all these technologies today! If you make a call, the mobile network moving to 5G routs it. When connecting to a network, the SIM or eSIM inside your phone is your anchor for security – a Secure Element. In case your health tracker prompts you to move, it's IoT – Internet of Things. After practice, you are thirsty and pay for a drink with your smartphone - by NFC.
Smartphones make car connectivity tangible
If your next appointment is a one-hour drive away, you get in the car with your smartphone. Inside, you put the phone on the console. The built-in NFC reader checks your digital key on the phone, in a Secure Element. You start the engine, and the car is connecting to the internet with 5G. After exchanging traffic information, it spots an accident on your route. But don't worry: an eCall made help arrive as fast as possible.
