eSIM project boosts 'digital Silk Road'

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of stories marking the 60th anniversary of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

An electronic SIM service for cellphones aimed at users in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, is helping advance efforts to create a "digital Silk Road" with China, according to sources close to the project.

Electronic SIM services remove the need for physical SIM cards in mobile phones, allowing users to sign up with operators over the internet.