The European Telecommunications Standards Institute on Friday selected Apple's contested "nano-SIM" design as the official fourth form factor for the SIM card standard. The decision was made in a ...

Giesecke & Devrient says it has given Near Field Communication payments a significant boost by developing a SIM card on which several NFC applications can operate simultaneously. The Munich, ...

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) today announced that it has standardized a new SIM card format for mobile devices. The fourth form factor (4FF) card will be 40% smaller than ...

ETSI has standardized a new form factor (4FF) for the SIM card, 40% smaller than the current smallest design. At its 55th meeting held on 31 May and 1 June 2012 in Osaka, Japan, ETSI’s Smart Card ...

We use so many things in our daily life, but never pay attention to their design. From the USB port to the buttons of your shirt, there is a special reason behind the design of everything. One such ...

According to a translated report from Nowhereelse.fr, images of the tray for Apple’s new nano-SIM design started surfacing from China. In June, the ESTI was thought to have selected Apple’s new SIM ...

Apple has been striving to get its new Nano SIM card design approved as the industry standard, while companies like Nokia, RIM, and Motorola have been advocating for an alternative design. The ...

Who knew there would be so much drama over something as simple as a new SIM card standard? Apple, Nokia, RIM, and Motorola have all clashed over the issue, with RIM and Motorola saying they would find ...

Apple’s new iPad 3G will use a different type of SIM card, a Micro SIM card which is slightly smaller than existing SIM cards. It turns out that the design of the Micro SIM card will allow it to be ...

First Apple cut carriers out of the software delivery business. Now the tech giant wants to eliminate the last hold carriers have on customers: the sim card. But should the smartphone maker destroy ...

Apple this week was granted a patent for the design of SIM card connectors found in most mobile devices, a critical step for the company not only in terms of its future mobile hardware initiative but ...