Mobile Magazine March 2022 | Page 236

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Scandinavia : Staying agile in the Nordic mobile market early to market with eSIMs . We were also early with smartwatches , so a customer can basically download an eSIM without having to go to the shop and buy it .” said Stigenberg .
“ It ’ s basically a software version that frees up a lot of valuable real estate in a handset . Within the B2B segment , such as IoT and so forth , eSIMs will have great operational advantages such as vast reductions in energy consumption and field maintenance .” he continued .
At present , adoption has been amongst the more tech savvy clientele , but Stigenberg thinks the technology is an investment in the future , an approach that typifies 3 ’ s attitude . “ We are constantly making sure that we adapt to whatever market change there

“ WE COULD LOOK ANYONE IN THE EYE AND PROUDLY SAY THAT WE HAVE A GREAT NETWORK ”

PER STIGENBERG CIO / CTO , 3 SCANDINAVIA is . We like to be wellprepared for the future ,” he said .
Future architecture As Chief Technology Officer , Stigenberg doesn ’ t resonate with the phrase ‘ digital transformation ’. In his mind , there is no end and no start to innovation . He said “ It ' s an ongoing , continuous improvement process . We constantly need to make sure that we have the systems , the technology and the architecture in place so we aren ’ t locked in and prevented from evolving . We ’ re trying to combine a very agile set up with a flexible architecture , so we can change direction rapidly to adapt to whatever our business departments require from us .”
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