AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega said in an interview this week that a smaller SIM card is a "no-brainer" and his company is looking into it, but declined to make the direct connection to Apple that the ...

ETSI has standardized a new form factor (4FF) for the SIM card, 40% smaller than the current smallest design. At its 55th meeting held on 31 May and 1 June 2012 in Osaka, Japan, ETSI’s Smart Card ...

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute has approved the new Sim card format, reducing the size of the card by 40 percent compared to the current micro Sim. At a meeting in Osaka, Japan, ...

SIM card format developer Giesecke & Devrient is proposing new specifications for a new SIM format called the nano-SIM, which will be 30 percent smaller than today’s micro-SIM and 60 percent smaller ...

Not only can this transfer all your pictures off your digital camera onto your computer, you can use it to read your SIM card and back up your phone contacts as well. The card reader also comes with a ...

Find out how to trim your own micro-SIM card for use in phones that require this new format. Sharon Profis Former Vice President of Content, CNET Studios As vice president of CNET Studios, Sharon led ...

SIM cards have been an integral yet often forgotten part of owning a smartphone for the past few decades. For most users, the SIM card defines the basic commercial relationship they have with their ...

The powers at the ETSI just released the specifications for a new SIM format. This card, the fourth form factor or the 4FF, is 40% smaller than the current micro-SIM card. It looks very similar to ...

On April 29, SK Telecom announced that it would implement a "SIM format" method, which changes the SIM card software, to achieve the same effect as physically replacing the SIM card without actually ...

The cut corner on a SIM card serves a crucial practical purpose: ensuring correct orientation and preventing damage to the chip and device. This thoughtful design, originating from early SIM cards, ...

If you’ve bought an iPad with 4G/cellular capabilities (we discuss whether that’s a good idea in our 2015 iPad buying guide) or a new iPhone, you need to buy and install a SIM card. Here, we explain ...