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Engineers aren’t strangers to conflicts in design, and just like Linux, everyone thinks their “flavor” is best. With the new 4FF nano-SIM being proposed by Apple, several manufacturers feel it’s their ...

Apple is to lead the way in the next generation of mobile SIM cards, after the US firm's proposed new standard was selected by a key European regulator. The European Telecommunications Standards ...

4FF stands for 4th Form Factor. A SIM card that is simply physically smaller than a traditional (2FF) SIM card or Micro-SIM (3FF) card. The electric contacts and circuitry of a Nano-SIM are identical ...

Apple has reportedly started shipping its new "nano SIM" cards to retailers ahead of the expected launch of the iPhone 5 next week. The Cupertino, California, company won a victory over rival firms ...

Giesecke & Devrient says the Apple nano-SIM design for the fourth-generation SIM card prevailed over the rival offering from Nokia and its allies. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has decided to postpone a vote on a specification for nano-SIMs, after a row erupted between Apple and the backers of a competing proposal, ...

Research In Motion has sent a letter to a standards group complaining about Apple’s tactics in the battle over the upcoming nano-SIM standard, joining Nokia in trying to shed doubt over Apple’s ...

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has decided to postpone a vote on a specification for nano-SIMs, after a row erupted between Apple and the backers of a competing proposal, ...