The SIM card as we know it may be about to
disappear . According to the Financial
Times , Apple and Samsung are in discussions
with mobile carriers to help develop and
implement a new SIM card standard that
could make it easier to switch between
service providers. The report refers to the new
standard as an embedded SIM — or an e-SIM
— which would remain inside the phone and
give consumers the ability to switch carriers
without getting a new card, rather than
locking them into a specific carrier, as they do
now. That means no more swapping SIMs to
switch phones or carriers; it would all be done
through an interface on the device.

The new standard is expected to be ready
sometime in 2016, but we've already seen
Apple take a step toward this type of card.
Last year, it introduced LTE iPads that
included something called the Apple SIM,
which offered people a choice between
multiple carriers and in some cases the ability
to switch carriers when they liked. Getting rid
of the SIM card tray, if not also the SIM card
itself, would give Apple and other phone
manufacturers the ability to make their
devices a bit thinner, which is something
they'll like however slight the difference is.
The Financial Times reports that it doesn't
expect the Apple SIM to disappear just yet —
it's entirely possible that it could show up in
an iPhone before the e-SIM arrives.
The GSM Association, an industry group that
represents mobile operators, tells the Financial
Times that "the majority of operators" are on
board with the shift over to e-SIM. That
reportedly includes AT&T, T-Mobile owner
Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Telefonica, and
Orange, as well as other international carriers.
The association confirmed Apple and
Samsung's participation in developing the new
standard, but the companies' involvement may
not yet be final. The association says of
Apple: "While we are optimistic, a formal
agreement with them is still in progress."
It'll be interesting to see how the embedded
SIM plays out, as the big carriers aren't likely
to love it. Already, we've seen AT&T
interfering with Apple's Apple SIM plans, while
smaller carriers like T-Mobile and Sprint seem
to embrace how easily it allows iPad owners
to switch providers, giving them a better
chance of luring away competitors'
customers. Apple is likely a large presence in
all of this: it's wanted to see the SIM
disappear for some time now, and it seems
that it has the power — for the most part —
to get carriers on board.


http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/16/8978539/embedded-sim-card-apple-samsung-involvement

Good

Americas headache. Here switching career is like buying gala.

the future is here

Apple be kissing Samsungs a*s lately

In another news...



Tecno latest release

Screw 3X

End time things

Anyhow dem wan do am...na dem sabi

This will be great. I hope it will not come to Nigeria only after 20 years.