“Just hours ago, RIM and Motorola submitted an updated proposal for the design of the so-called 4FF nano-SIM, a smaller replacement for the 3FF micro-SIM used in many phones today (most notably the iPhone 4 and 4S),” Chris Ziegler reports for The Verge.
“Debate between competing nano-SIM designs — one from Apple, another from a joint group of RIM, Motorola, and Nokia — has grown intense over the past several months within the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), the body ultimately responsible for SIM standardization worldwide,” Ziegler reports. “It turns out that Apple’s 4FF SIM is a joint effort with a significant number of voting entities: AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient (which actually wouldn’t tell us which way it was voting when we spoke to it at CTIA), Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Verizon, and Vodafone, among others. The competing standard was underwritten by Nokia, RIM, and Motorola alone.”
Ziegler reports, “You can see which elements of which original proposal were included in the compromise — it’s 80 percent Apple and 20 percent RIM / Motorola… Nokia, interestingly, is missing from this most recent proposal, suggesting that it may have taken its ball and gone home; whether it’s in support of the revised RIM / Motorola solution is unclear.”
Much more in the full article, including illustrations of the various designs, here.
MacDailyNews Take: Apple will get what Apple wants and the iPhone also-rans will just have to deal with it.
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Apple modified nano-SIM design to fix concerns, standard to be decided this month – May 9, 2012
ETSI postponed vote on nano-SIM card standard after Apple rivals complain – March 30, 2012
Beleaguered RIM joins Nokia in whining about Apple’s nano-SIM tactics – March 29, 2012
Nokia won’t license ‘essential’ patents if Apple’s nano-SIM standard is selected – March 28, 2012
Apple wins patent relating to Nano SIM and iWallet chip – March 27, 2012
Beleaguered Nokia claims Apple royalty-free nano-SIM promise is hollow – March 26, 2012
Apple offers royalty-free license to nano-SIM patents, a proposed standard backed by most European carriers – March 26, 2012
Apple uses clout in attempt to push smartphones to use ‘nano-SIM’ cards – March 21, 2012
I don’t care about any of this. Just give me my new MB Pro. I am hanging on by a thread with my current one.
Look which one is backed by the the biggest losers! Hey, that would be a great name for a reality game show! Uh…wait, scratch that.
Contention Contention Contention.
The end result:
Delays Delays Delays.
Well done RIM & Motorola. Maybe if you try stamping your feet a little harder you can delay the process even further. Dummies. 😛
There won’t even be any RIM devices to put the things into. I guess this is just them trying to hold up progress?