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 ...

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Finnish handset maker Nokia has said that it will elect not to license essential SIM-related patents to a new nano-SIM standard if the European Telecommunications Standards Institute chooses Apple's ...

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. See: SIM The electric contacts and circuitry of a Nano-SIM are ...

Apple has won a battle over the standard for a smaller SIM card, use of which would leave more room for other components in future phone designs. The Smart Card Platform Technical Committee of the ...

Nokia will not contribute its patents to the upcoming nano-SIM standard if an Apple proposal is selected in what Nokia said Wednesday is a violation of standard organization ETSI’s rules. The two ...

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 ...

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 ...