UNSPSC 43201415: Subscriber identity module SIM card

A smart card that stores data for cellular telephone subscribers. The SIM holds personal identity information, cell phone number, phone book, text messages and other data. It can be thought of as a mini hard disk that automatically activates the phone into which it is inserted.

UNSPSC 43201415 Subscriber identity module SIM card is a Commodity code, yet the most recent state and local contract opportunities show little relevant procurement activity under this classification. The recent opportunities in the dataset center on network infrastructure, switching equipment, firewall systems, bridge replacement, fire alarm systems, and traffic management hardware—none of which involve SIM cards or cellular identity modules as primary deliverables. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being solicited suggests that either state and local procurement offices rarely tag SIM card purchases to this code, or such purchases are bundled into larger IT or telecom contracts without discrete commodity-line visibility.

No recent state and local solicitations explicitly name SIM card procurement or cellular subscriber identity modules as standalone line items or primary deliverables. The closest proxy—Texas Department of Transportation's procurement for remote network control units with 4G LTE cellular modems (RFO 601440000051789, due August 26, 2026)—includes SIM-based failover capability as a component of a larger remote management system but does not isolate SIM cards as a separately procured commodity. The code shows insufficient recent activity to characterize issuing-body patterns, geographic concentration, or representative opportunities at the commodity level. Firms pursuing state and local work in cellular or telecom equipment should monitor family-level codes covering network services and communications hardware more broadly, as individual SIM card procurement appears to fall below the visibility threshold in typical state and local solicitation databases.