Avnet Silica Expands Secure IoT Connectivity Offering with Thales GSMA-Compliant eSIM Solutions

Avnet Silica, an Avnet company (NASDAQ: AVT), today announced the signing of a strategic product and services agreement with Thales. This new agreement covers Thales' eSIM solutions compliant with GSMA SGP.22 and SGP.32 standards, including both a standalone eSIM component and an integrated offer combining the eSIM with its remote management services.

Together, Thales and Avnet Silica are able to deliver a unique turnkey solution to industrial partners, offering a single product, ready to be deployed in large-scale on the field with an embedded connectivity, provided by Avnet Silica partners.

As large-scale IoT and industrial connectivity deployments continue to accelerate, engineering teams face growing security, remote subscription management, and regulatory compliance challenges. Through this agreement, Avnet Silica expands its secure and standards-compliant connectivity portfolio by providing industrial and IoT customers across EMEA with access to Thales' proven GSMA certified eSIM solutions. Thales' SGP.32 eSIM technology is designed for massive IoT deployments, supporting simplified remote provisioning and large-scale device management.

"The growth of highly distributed IoT at scale places unprecedented demands on connectivity security, manageability, and compliance," said Avnet Silica. "By partnering with Thales, we are strengthening our ability to help engineering teams deploy secure, standards-based eSIM solutions that reduce complexity and support reliable operation across global deployments."