KIDZONET’s SIM solution to keep children safe and offer parents peace of mind

KIDZONET’s scalable online protection platform and mobile SIM-based solution enables children to explore the internet safely.
Key points
- KIDZONET developed SIM Guard, a child online protection solution tailored for telecom and mobile operators; no apps or settings required.
- It allows parents to easily protect their children from online threats such as sexual abuse, violent and/or age-inappropriate content and internet cyber crimes by providing them with an easy and affordable one-click child online protection service.
- They provide pre-configured SIMs and eSIMs with built-in protection, enabling out-of-the-box safety for families.
- They have partnered with leading mobile operators to offer family-centric mobile safety packages across multiple markets.
- It helps law enforcement agencies in their mission to implement and enforce the laws that criminalise all forms of violence against children. By providing easy access to a child online protection service through Telcos, KIDZONET makes sure child users are not exposed to any kind of violence.
The problem
As children’s access to the internet expands rapidly, so do the risks of exposure to inappropriate content, cyberbullying, and online predators. Parents and educators often lack effective tools to manage and monitor children’s digital experiences. While several parental control solutions exist, many are either too complex, lack scalability, or fail to adapt to the diverse online behaviours of children today. There was a clear need for an intelligent, adaptable solution that empowers parents and protects children without limiting educational and developmental opportunities online.
The solution
KIDZONET was developed as a comprehensive, scalable online protection platform tailored specifically for children’s digital safety. Its core features include real-time content filtering and AI-driven threat detection. The platform was designed with user-friendliness at its core, ensuring both tech-savvy and non-technical parents could easily implement it. In particular, SIM Guard by KIDZONET is a telco-grade, SIM-based child online protection platform that empowers operators to offer safe internet experiences for children as part of family mobile packages — all managed without installing anything on the child’s device.
KIDZONET partners with leading telecom operators, enabling seamless integration at the network level, and collaborates with educational institutions to extend protections into schools and learning environments. Innovative aspects include dynamic content classification and adaptive filtering algorithms that evolve with online trends and emerging threats.
The project’s goal was to create an environment where children can safely explore the internet while giving parents peace of mind and actionable insights.
The impact
SIM Guard was launched in 2025 as part of KIDZONET’s broader mission to embed child online protection directly into the SIM. It is designed to serve mass-market family segments, including users on shared devices, and provides app-free, customisable protection through the SIM. The solution aligns with global child safety frameworks (including the ITU), and enables telcos to take a proactive, scalable role in safeguarding children online.
SIM Guard reflects KIDZONET’s commitment to digital child safety as a shared responsibility between technology providers, telecom operators, and society at large. By embedding protections directly into the mobile network, SIM Guard introduces a new, inclusive model for safeguarding children — one that reaches beyond smartphones to include underserved users on shared devices.
This solution empowers telecom operators to take a proactive role in child online protection, aligning with global efforts like WeProtect Global Alliance to ensure safe, accessible digital environments for every child. It also provides an opportunity to demonstrate corporate social responsibility, not only by meeting parental expectations, but by helping shape safer digital ecosystems at national and regional levels.
As an innovative, app-free alternative to traditional parental controls, SIM Guard stands out for its simplicity, scalability, and ability to reach the mass market — laying the groundwork for telcos to become long-term stakeholders in child online protection.

Lessons learned
One of the most powerful insights from the SIM Guard initiative was the urgent need to bridge the digital gap between parents and children. Many parents feel ill-equipped to understand or manage their children’s online activities, especially as digital habits evolve across devices and platforms. SIM Guard helped address this divide by offering tools that are simple, transparent, and designed to foster communication rather than conflict.
It also highlighted the importance of aligning digital child protection solutions with international policy frameworks and multistakeholder collaboration. By working closely with telecom operators, industry regulators, and civil society, KIDZONET recognised that meaningful impact requires not just technical innovation, but also alignment with global standards, such as ITU Guidelines on Child Online Protection.
Key takeaways include:
- Empowering parents without intrusion: Network-level controls gave parents confidence to manage their child’s digital safety without invading their privacy. This balance strengthened trust within families and enabled safer, more open digital exploration for children.
- Policy alignment is critical: Embedding child safety into telecom infrastructure supports national digital safety goals and advances global agendas such as ITU’s Child Online Protection Framework.
- Cross-sector collaboration is essential: Effective child online protection depends on engaging telecom operators, educators, parents, and regulators early in the process. These partnerships informed SIM Guard’s design and ensured that the solution addressed real-world operational and cultural needs.
- CSR and commercial incentives can coexist: Telecom operators are increasingly receptive to solutions that meet corporate social responsibility (CSR) objectives while creating long-term customer value through trust and differentiation.
About KIDZONET
KIDZONET is a Child Online Protection (COP) company dedicated to building accessible, online protection tools for children. Through its telco-ready solutions like SIM Guard, KIDZONET helps operators offer seamless, policy-aligned protection to families without the need for apps, settings, or complex device setup.
Page last updated on 30th July 2025