Aeris recently launched an expansion of IoT Accelerator, the company’s IoT connectivity management platform as a service (PaaS). The move allows Aeris and its mobile carrier partners to deliver a single-SKU eSIM to OEM and enterprise customers, providing a single-pane of glass in a global unified manner. This expansion sets Aeris apart from competitive offerings that require multiple layers of aggregators or the need for investment in aggregator platforms that can lead to ‘margin stacking’ in a price sensitive market.
Aeris acquired the IoT Accelerator in early 2023 from Ericsson. The PaaS received over $2 billion in investment. The scale of this investment means automotive, utility, fleet and connected device industry partners can all use the expanded IoT Accelerator to fulfill the promise of IoT and the opportunities offered with eSIMs. Aeris’ partners can build and deploy connected solutions without complex service management restraints and reap the benefits of single-SKU delivery and reduced margin stacking across any country.
Berg Insight in its 2025 report ‘IoT Connectivity Management Platforms and eSIM Solutions,’ has predicted the third-party IoT connectivity management platform (CMP) market will see a compound annual growth rate of 12% from $1 billion in 2024 to $1.8 billion in 2029.
“We’re the market leader for IoT through this expansion of IoT Accelerator and our status as the largest orchestrator of eSIMs in the world,” said Aziz Benmalek, CEO, Aeris. “We’re giving enterprises the flexibility of enabling IoT connectivity with a single-SKU and single-pane of glass without any technical constraints and without the extra cost associated with overlay SIM orchestrations platforms. We are uniquely positioned with our platform and carrier relationships to provide that unified customer experience in a way that offers expanded market opportunities and regional expansion for carriers and everyone involved.”
Companies looking to expand or enter cellular IoT markets face many challenges. They frequently encounter a multitude of platforms that span regions and carriers, for instance, often leading to complexity with fluctuating costs and fragmented operations. Operators may also face challenges provisioning devices according to regional requirements, properly activating eSIMs and maintaining visibility into device traffic and potential security risks.
The expanded IoT Accelerator features are as follows:
- eSIM capabilities – empowering original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to distribute more profitable single-SKU devices globally through late provisioning of the eSIM-enabled devices
- Common core network – crossing multiple carriers to enable enterprise customers more control, manageability and unification of their IoT networks and IoT device fleets
- A stronger IoT ecosystem – enabling cooperation among various players with different ambitions and needs through an end-to-end service with optimized unit economics
“With this expansion, we address key customer pain points,” added Jonathan Connet, Chief Product Officer, Aeris. “We’re leading the market because we make it easier and more profitable for manufacturers, carriers, solutions providers and enterprises to build globally spanning IoT programs on a single platform as a service. We address the issues our customers care about, including difficulties managing IoT on a global scale and fragmentation. With IoT Accelerator we provide a single pane of glass, one interface that spans carriers, partners and regions for easy IoT device management.”
“Global IoT programs need a single set of APIs, a single operational portal and the ability to localise service to specific carriers. With Aeris, a global OEM can get all those benefits across a large global group of operators without the need to pay for an overlay platform,” said Mark Cratsenburg, IoT BU General Manager, Aeris. “We also provide the underlying billing infrastructure that allows complete flexibility for the enterprise to directly contract with all of the underlying operators, choose regional lead operators or a single prime operator depending on how they want to manage their business.”
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