“Following ETSI’s decision on the final design of the nano-SIM (or 4FF) standard, Nokia has released a statement,” Dan Seifert reports for MobileBurn.
Nokia continues to believe that the selected nano-SIM proposal is technically inferior and not suitable for a number of applications, but the ETSI Smart Card Platform Technical Committee has now made its decision. Nokia believes that the existing micro-SIM (3FF) will continue to be a preferred option for many manufacturers and devices and so ultimately the market will decide whether 4FF is widely adopted.
As Nokia believes that ETSI has taken steps to address Nokia’s original concerns over the standardization process, we have advised ETSI that we are prepared to license any Nokia patents which are essential to implement the standard, on FRAND terms.
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MacDailyNews Take: Yes, Nokia, the market most certainly will decide. 😉
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