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CPE opportunity: Fast tracking 5G FWA to the next billion connections

Kigen and Tongxin Microelectronics Co. Ltd (TMC) deliver the first-ever simple, global, secure, and commercial GSMA-certified consumer eSIM solution to empower OEM innovation to address the demand for affordable and energy-efficient CPE products.

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20 June 2023

What is Customer Premise Equipment (CPE)?

Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) is a term used for devices that bridge the “last mile” in delivering 5G networks for businesses or households that lack connectivity or networks in motion. Typically, such CPE device can be found indoor, or outdoor and can be mounted on rooftop or on a wall. There are also portable and battery-operated CPE devices coming into demand due to the rise of people and things needing to be connected ‘on the move’.

CPE can be widely used for wireless access in rural areas, towns, hospitals, units, factories, and residential areas, as a more expedient alternative to laying wired networks. In remote/out-of-urban areas, they may also save costs of access. The key to adoption for 5G lies where the work of leading OEMs like MeiG Smart – a global leading supplier of cellular solutions, begins.

Critically, CPEs are a tool to grow the experience of connectivity with the use of secure consumer eSIM OS.

What is a CPE? Customer Premise equipment bridges 5G to local connectivity for households or businesses

What is the Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Challenge for OEMs?

In both mature and emerging markets, there has been a tremendous increase in the number of RFPs for equipment and software to support large-scale 5G fixed wireless service deployments. Service providers are looking to drive 5G adoption, and Time to Market (TTM) speed is Original Equipment Manufacturers’ (OEMs) or device makers’ most significant advantage.

Fixed Wireless Access represents a cumulative revenue opportunity of USD 100 billion from 2020 to 2030.

5G FWA has arrived in populous countries such as India, Mexico, the Philippines, and South Africa. This is driving demand for ever-miniaturized, diversified form factors and affordable CPE devices.

Beyond FWA, CPEs are an invaluable tool for mass-scale connectivity management – ideal for premise owners in IT, retail, remote monitoring and tracking.

5G FWA CPE eSIM consumer commercial solution by Kigen and TMC

Empowering OEM CPE innovation

Kigen and Tongxin Microelectronics Co. Ltd. (TMC) have joined forces to deliver the first-ever simple, global, secure, and commercial GSMA-certified consumer eSIM solution to empower OEM innovation to address the burgeoning demand for CPE products in the USD 100 to USD 300 range.

At a glance

Kigen consumer eSIM (eUICC) OS, the world’s most compact size eSIM OS
TMC THD89 series eSIM Chipset, available as a more miniature WLCSP Package
Kigen Remote SIM Provisioning Platform
High-security level CC EAL6+
Commercially deployed by lead customers in Point of Sale, Smart metering, and Logistics OEMs
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Kigen consumer eSIM enabled TMC solution

Offer improved quality of experience to IT, Retail and Store chain management segments which also can be extended to Point of Sales, remote monitoring and tracking applications through CPE devices with:

Easy installation and field setup
Improved CPE management experience
Scalable digital profile activation
Streamlined fleet management
Driving value-added innovation

Capture this high-growth 5G monetization FWA opportunity with your CPE device.

Take the lead in sustainable 5G Monetization.

Find out more about how you can benefit from this world-leading commercial solution, available now!

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