Conflict is brewing in the mobile world over the adoption of a new, smaller standard for the SIM card — the chip in each GSM phone that dictates which network you connect to and your cellphone number.

One of the originators of the SIM standard has designed a new “nano-SIM” that’s considerably smaller than the micro-SIM it hopes to replace. One of the originators of the SIM standard has designed a ...

The SIM cards that fit into those tiny slots in your cell phone and tell your cellular network to whom your calls are to be charged come in four different sizes. With the only real difference between ...

As noted by The Verge, the European Telecommunications Institute (ETSI) today announced it has adopted a standardized design for the next-generation "nano-SIM". The new design is 40% smaller than the ...

Just in case a micro-SIM card is too bulky for you, Germany’s Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has announced a nano-SIM card, which is about 30% smaller than the micro-SIM and 60% smaller than a SIM card.

We'll have to wait a while for a decision on the next generation of SIM cards thanks to squabbles between Apple, Nokia and others. Joe has been writing about consumer tech for nearly seven years now, ...

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T-Mobile customers are quickly jumping ship, turning to rival carriers to bag the iPhone. But on Thursday, the company announced that it will finally begin selling Apple’s immensely popular smartphone ...

There's no official announcement from Apple about the inclusion of a nano-SIM in the new iPhone, expected sometime this fall, but European carriers are buying as many of the chips as they can. Joe is ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. According to the image above which shows a device said to be the Moto X lying next to a SIM card tray and ...

Less than one month after Apple's iPhone 5 went on sale through official U.S. partner carriers AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, the nation's fourth-largest wireless company T-Mobile has reportedly taken ...