{"id":138505,"date":"2026-04-16T14:26:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/?p=138505"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:39:09","slug":"what-is-an-esim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/what-is-an-esim\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an eSIM?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An eSIM is a digital SIM card, built into most modern mobile handsets eliminating the need for a physical card.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>At home<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>An eSIM is set-up by downloading data from a mobile provider, often through a QR code. It\u2019s a faster, easier way to connect to a mobile network or switch to a new provider, without needing to go to a store or wait for a SIM card to arrive by post.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>When travelling<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>An eSIM roaming plan allows you to use a mobile service abroad without a physical SIM card. Once purchased installing and activating an eSIM involves\u00a0scanning a QR code or manually downloading the eSIM via the device settings, to connect to a local or international mobile provider.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tips to help<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We have advice and information on <a href=\"\/advice-information\/mobile\/mobile-technology-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mobile technology<\/a> including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>what an eSIM is;<\/li>\n<li>information on dual SIM handsets; and<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/advice-information\/roaming-2\/#6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eSIM roaming<\/a> plans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We also have advice and information if you are\u00a0<a href=\"\/advice-information\/mobile\/switch-mobile-provider\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">switching mobile providers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An eSIM is a digital SIM card, built into most modern mobile handsets eliminating the need for a physical card. At home An eSIM is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/what-is-an-esim\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":138507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consumer-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138505"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138593,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138505\/revisions\/138593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}