{
  "id": 1872978,
  "title": "FDM CCS Insight: ~134M travel eSIMs will be used in 2026, up from 101.8M in 2025, challenging established carriers that generate 3%-5% of revenue from roaming (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/fdm-ccs-insight-134m-travel-esims-will-be-used-in-2026-up-from-101-8m",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-19T05:10:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.ft.com/content/64ede483-c179-42fa-8fd2-f13b13cbd8ad"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Usage set to rise by a third this year as travellers opt for cheaper alternatives to data roaming charges",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}