by Webbing Team | July 15, 2026
The mobility market is entering a new phase. After years of development, the GSMA SGP.32 specification has reached commercial readiness, with certified solutions now coming to market. Industry analysts expect adoption to accelerate over the next few years. ABI Research forecasts a jump in IoT deployments to be seen primarily in second half of 2026 and scaling through 2027. Kaleido Intelligence expects the new specification to help drive the market to over 1 billion activated eSIMs within IoT in 2028 and predicts that by 2029, nearly a quarter of all eSIMs activated for IoT use cases will be supported by SGP.32 eSIMs and associated architecture.
As enterprises look to deploy connected devices globally while maintaining the flexibility to change connectivity providers, support for the GSMA standard is becoming an important consideration. Alongside WebbingCTRL, our pre-standard eSIM solution, Webbing now offers native SGP.32 support, enabling customers to adopt the new standard and benefit from our proven orchestration capabilities and global connectivity platform.
What Is SGP.32
SGP.32 is the new GSMA remote SIM provisioning (RSP) standard for IoT devices.
Like WebbingCTRL, which was launched in 2022 before the standard existed, SGP.32 allows to remotely download, enable, disable and delete carrier profiles on an eSIM without any technical integrations between network operators.
The new standard is a major milestone for the industry, because it simplifies connectivity, reduces the time to market for IoT deployments, boosts eSIM adoption and growth of connected device use. It is designed specifically for network constrained and user interface constrained devices, and effectively overcomes the hurdles that existed with previous RSP standards. We explained the difference between SGP.32 and two previous GSMA RSP standards, SGP.02 and SGP.22, in more detail in a separate post.
SGP.32 enables enterprises that deploy devices to easily switch connectivity providers or have a multivendor connectivity provider strategy, solving multiple problems such as vendor lock-in, multiple SKUs for various markets, or hassles of compliance with local connectivity regulations in certain countries. It also helps them manage large volumes of profiles and queue profile operations easier.
Pre-standard Solution
Published in 2023, SGP.32 was expected to become commercially available in 2024, as the related test specifications and compliance programs still needed to be completed. However, progress took longer than expected and it wasn’t finished until 2025.
Meanwhile, there were pre-standard proprietary IoT connectivity solutions based on the Consumer (SGP.22) specification in the market. Some of them, such as WebbingCTRL, were closely aligned with the SGP.32 architecture and allowed to benefit from many of the capabilities that were later incorporated into the standard. Webbing CTRL was launched in April 2022 and adapted the Consumer architecture for use in IoT devices with no user interface. It enables organizations to remotely add, remove, and swap operators for any number of IoT deployments, and provides a centralized way to manage eSIMs and profile inventory, visibility into device data usage, and business rules for devices to change operators automatically under specific conditions.
Webbing’s pre-standard solution helped address the challenges of remote eSIM provisioning for IoT before the SGP.32 standard existed, providing a simple and scalable connectivity for global deployments. Today, WebbingCTRL supports more than 1 million connections in various industries.
Native SGP.32 Support
There’s a lot of work happening around the SGP.32 ecosystem today. The new standard is becoming increasingly available with vendors bringing certified solutions to market. This standardization is particularly valuable for enterprises that require interoperability between various devices, modules, connectivity providers, and eSIM management platforms.
Webbing’s native support for the GSMA SGP.32 architecture enables customers that require standards-compliant eSIM management to adopt the new standard and benefit from our eSIM management capabilities.
To support SGP.32, we have upgraded our remote SIM provisioning infrastructure, adding new eIM elements for remote profile operations compliant with the new standard. Whether customers are looking for a complete end-to-end SGP.32 solution or simply Webbing connectivity, we support both deployment models. They can use our eIM together with Webbing connectivity or provision Webbing profiles through their own SGP.32-compliant eIM.
Existing WebbingCTRL customers do not need to migrate or make any changes to their deployments. We will continue to support both their existing WebbingCTRL deployments and any new SGP.32 deployments.
eSIM Orchestration Layer
SGP.32 standardizes remote SIM provisioning, but there is more to managing connectivity at scale than enabling switching between eSIM profiles. That’s where additional capabilities often grouped under the term “eSIM orchestration” become essential. While eSIM provisioning allows to remotely download and activate mobile profiles on devices, eSIM orchestration goes further by adding automation and logic layers.
To leverage these orchestration capabilities, our customers using SGP.32-compliant RSP will have access to a purpose-built fleet management portal for managing eSIMs and profile lifecycles and defining automation rules. In the future, they’ll be integrated with My Webbing portal to provide a “single pane of glass” solution for all three RSP standards – SGP.02, SGP.22 and SGP.32.
Reach out to learn more about SGP.32 support, WebbingCTRL and our eSIM orchestration capabilities.
