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European carriers stockpiling nano-SIMs ahead of iPhone 5 launch

European carriers stockpiling nano-SIMs ahead of iPhone 5 launch
  • Posted July 17, 2012, 12:30 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Apple, Industry News
  • A report by the Financial Times could provide the clearest indication yet of Apple's intention to release its next-generation iPhone in the coming months, after the paper revealed that European network carriers have already started amassing stockpiles of the recently approved nano-SIM…

ETSI approves nano-SIM standard, possibly Apple's design

ETSI approves nano-SIM standard, possibly Apple
  • Posted June 1, 2012, 10:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has finally settled on a design for the new nano-SIM format — officially known as the fourth form factor (4FF) — after weeks of heated debate between the major mobile manufacturers. The new design…

RIM, Motorola aim to meet Apple halfway with revised nano-SIM

RIM, Motorola aim to meet Apple halfway with revised nano-SIM
  • Posted May 18, 2012, 2:30 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
  • Motorola Mobility and Research in Motion have re-submitted a modified design of the so-called 4FF nano-SIM proposal, according to a report by The Verge. The companies are hoping to reach a middle-ground with Apple after talks broke down at the…

Vote for nano-SIM standard postponed, RIM accuses Apple of cheating

Vote for nano-SIM standard postponed, RIM accuses Apple of cheating
  • Posted March 30, 2012, 2:30 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
  • The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has postponed a vote on specifications for the next generation nano-Sim design of mobile Sim cards after rows erupted between Apple and several companies opposing their design...

Apple offers nano-SIM design free of royalties, but there's a catch

Apple offers nano-SIM design free of royalties, but there
  • Posted March 26, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • The future of tiny SIM slots everywhere hangs in the balance as Apple, Motorola, RIM and Nokia continue deliberating over what the next nano-SIM standard will be. Not content with other offerings, Apple is now promising its own design will be…

Apple at odds with Nokia, RIM, Motorola over nano-SIM standard

Apple at odds with Nokia, RIM, Motorola over nano-SIM standard
  • Posted March 21, 2012, 4:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Apple, Industry News
  • The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is scheduled to take a vote on the nano-SIM standard next week. The proposed designs -- one backed by Apple and the other by Nokia, RIM and Motorola Mobility -- will allow smartphone vendors…

Researchers: Don't trust satellite phones, encryption broken

Researchers: Don
  • Posted February 2, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, Mobile Computing
  • Two researchers, Be­ne­dikt Dries­sen and Ralf Hund, managed to break the proprietary ciphers used for satellite phones, GMR-1 and GMR-2. In a public talk about their discovery, the researchers said, "Don't trust satellite phones". …

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