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NETGEAR has launched the Nighthawk 5G M7 Wi-Fi Travel Hotspot, featuring a built-in eSIM Marketplace, powered by Gigs. From within the NETGEAR app, users can buy data and get online in 140+ countries instantly. The eSIM automatically connects to the strongest available network in any location, and the app makes it easy to track usage and add more data. This is what the next era of connectivity looks like: powerful, global, and fully embedded in the products people love. Congratulations to NETGEAR on the launch! 👏

I sat down and ranked my top TV shows from 2025. Most of them were Apple TV+ productions. If you’re curious: Severance, Platonic, The Studio. $12.99 a month well spent. It has now become normalized for Apple to release hits and win Golden Globes. But in the not so distant past, it wasn’t obvious why a hardware company would become a TV studio in the first place. Apple does everything with intention. Here’s why their strategy makes sense. Apple realized early that hardware unit sales wouldn’t keep climbing forever. In order to continue growing earnings, they had to monetize their base. So, a TV studio was born…and Apple Card, Apple Fitness+, iCloud, and more. Today, services are estimated to drive around half of Apple’s profit. This isn’t just an Apple story. In 2026, it’s become clear that every hardware company needs a services strategy. RAM prices have jumped as high as 3x as AI-driven demand strains global supply. Upgrade cycles are perpetually lengthening. Ongoing tariff uncertainty looms ominously over the supply chain. Change and volatility have become the only constant. Hardware needs to adapt. Of course, not every hardware company can create hit TV shows. But there are other services which deliver high-margin recurring revenue and require far less capital investment. One in particular fits perfectly into the hardware value chain and is essential to every phone (or connected device) owner. Mobile connectivity. Why has it been overlooked? Until recently, launching a mobile service required significant operational complexity, telecom expertise, and infrastructure. For most companies, it simply wasn’t practical. That’s changed. Gigs lets companies embed mobile connectivity directly into their consumer offer with near zero capital and operating costs, turning mobile from a low-margin commodity into a high-margin product feature. That’s why hardware retailers like NETGEAR are embedding mobile directly into their products. As device retailers expand beyond once-every-few-years product sales toward subscription revenue, the integration of hardware and mobile connectivity is inevitable. To see what that means for hardware retailers, read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gEhJANzi

We’re happy to welcome Edgar V. to Gigs to build out our Global Connectivity team: infrastructure, partnerships and integrations that will be the future default for global telecom distribution. If you’re curious about the mission and want to be a founding member of Edgar’s function, take the first step on gigs.com/careers ✨

OnePay is rapidly climbing the US app charts. Last fall, they rolled out an embedded mobile service powered by Gigs to millions of customers. We’re proud of this partnership and excited to work together to bring embedded connectivity to millions more in 2026 🙌 Harsh Gupta, GM, and Brandon Tallent, Engineering Lead went into more detail on the partnership powering OnePay Wireless in a recent blog article: “Gigs is the operating system for mobile services, and through its partnership with AT&T, it enables OnePay to embed connectivity directly into the apps customers already use every day. Together, we’ve unlocked a future where connectivity, banking, and payments coexist in one seamless experience. For many customers, that will feel like a simpler, more intuitive way to manage their lives.” 📖 Read their write-up here: https://lnkd.in/exu6F3WA

Gigs is powering Revolut Mobile. Starting today, Revolut’s 12 million UK users can access the world’s most advanced phone plan. The plan introduces a set of features that sets a new bar for consumer connectivity. These include: - Global Messaging Pass for apps such as Whatsapp, Telegram and Signal - Multiple numbers on one plan and exclusive VIP numbers - Pay your bill with RevPoints, earned from spending with Revolut This launch highlights telecom’s new direction, as consumers will come to expect embedded mobile services with differentiated value and seamless UX from brands they already love. Revolut Mobile offers unlimited 5G data, calls, and texts with a generous 20GB of roaming data in the EU and US for a special early-bird rate of only £12.50. Telecom is entering a new era, and it’s software-first. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/emjU7TZK

Fintechs making the leap from banking to mobile is a more logical evolution than most think. In a recent fireside chat 🔥 with Google Cloud’s Oksana Stowe, Gigs’ Maja Arrefelt (Ohlsson) explained the underlying forces driving fintechs toward telecom: 1. New recurring revenue streams 2. Stronger customer loyalty 3. Expansion into multi-purpose platforms Simply put, fintechs are the essential apps that consumers love and go to for payments, shopping, lending, and more. Embedded connectivity is the natural next step in becoming their consumer’s daily life platform. 📺 Check out the full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/eAtryk6v

NETGEAR’s first global eSIM marketplace is powered by Gigs, as covered by Yahoo Finance, Forbes and The Verge 🔥 By embedding connectivity into its latest product, the Nighthawk 5G M7, NETGEAR is evolving from a hardware-only company into a digital connectivity player. The eSIM marketplace supports their new device to deepen customer relationships, create recurring revenue streams and deliver a seamless experience for millions of customers worldwide 🌍 With Gigs, tech companies are embedding connectivity into their products without telecom’s historical complexity 😍 👇 Check out the media coverage in the comments below.

At Slush this week, Gigs and Google Cloud are taking the stage to go Inside the Reinvention of Telecom and reveal why the future of connectivity looks nothing like its past. Don't miss this fireside chat with Google Cloud’s Oksana Stowe and Gigs' Maja Arrefelt (Ohlsson). Save your seat 👇 https://lnkd.in/eUwVV3uF

“The future of telecom is led by companies creating new bundles, services, and experiences that deliver genuine consumer value.” Our co-founder Dennis Bauer joined Back Market’s panel to discuss how connectivity is changing. One thing was clear 💡: the future of connectivity is unmistakably consumer-first and delivered through leading consumer platforms. Building this next era starts with earning and retaining consumer trust. It’s a powerful moment of transformation for the entire ecosystem. Huge thanks to Back Market 🙏 We’re excited for what’s ahead 😍

We’ve just returned from our ninth Gigs Republic, the bi-annual event where we come together as one team to reflect, challenge ourselves, and accelerate what's next. This time, we headed to sunny Crete, where we welcomed lots of new faces and hacked long into the night to tackle the most ambitious challenges in embedded telecom. Highlights from the week: 🔥 Hackathon: Once again, this proved that small teams of driven people can move an entire industry forward in just one day. From improving the number porting experience with AI to making phone plans accessible from LLM chats, the projects that emerged are already shaping upcoming launches. 💬 Fireside Chat: We sat down with Tony Xu, DoorDash’s co-founder and CEO (and one of our earliest backers) to explore what it takes to build a 100 billion-dollar company. His message was simple and powerful: focus relentlessly on customer value and keep building, even when it’s hard. 🚀 Team Sessions: Our founders, product and GTM teams reflected on recent launches, discussed how to raise the bar even higher, and set the tone for the next six months. These sessions honed our vision and strategy to make our delivery faster and more precise than ever before. 👩🍳 Gigs Table: We split into cooking groups and turned the pro kitchen into a teamwork showcase. Two three-course dinners later, we had 130 happy Gigsters, a few friendly rivalries, and some genuinely impressive dishes. The food was delicious, and the road to get there made it even better. This ninth Gigs Republic felt extra special. We are integrating many new team members, scaling our largest launches, and preparing for major announcements ahead. Telecom is transforming, and Gigs is driving that change. If you love solving hard problems and want to help build a generational tech company, check out our careers page (gigs.com/careers) 😍