The new eSIM service is free of charge and available to new Vodafone customers and existing customers with a physical SIM. ESIM is available for any residential voice and mobile data subscription.

One of the benefits of eSIM in terms of sustainability is that it is extremely simple, can be completely activated digitally, and the eSIM profile can be changed easily and quickly during use between each device used by the customer. You no longer need to remove the physical SIM card and then put it back in the device. ESIM is also a great solution for those who use two SIM cards every day, and thus two phones are typically used in parallel (for example, for business and personal phone numbers). As eSIM and a standard SIM card are combined, eSIM phones can also be used as dual SIMs.

Back in December 2019, Vodafone set a goal to halve the use of basic plastics in its retail network as well as in its office premises by April 2020.
As part of this sustainability strategy, the service provider has undertaken that it is required for SIM cards to be half the size of card holders, helping to protect the planet. The measure has produced an amazing result: in only the first half since the introduction of small SIM card holders last year, the company saved 1.6 tons of plastic with this small step.

According to Vodafone, the benefits of eSIM include, in addition to its sustainability, the very simple, fully digital activation and the quick and easy switching of the eSIM profile between the different devices used by the customer, even during use, without the need to remove the physical SIM card and re-insert it into the device.

eSIM can also be an effective solution for those who typically use two SIM cards and therefore two phones in parallel in their daily lives (for example, business and personal phone numbers), as eSIM and normal SIM cards can be used together to make eSIM phones dual SIM.

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Three years ago, Magyar Telekom was the first eSIM to be introduced in Hungary for the first time on a test basis, and since then, it has only allowed its monthly fee customers to use the plastic-free subscriber ID. The service provider said in March that by that time, around a hundred thousand devices had eSIM enabled, which is a fraction of the total subscriber base.

With the introduction of eSIM, Telenor Hungary remains the only debtor to advocate the introduction of the technology this year, but the company has not yet given any details.