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 ...

Despite disapproval from its rivals, Apple’s new 4FF nano-SIM format has been approved by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) this morning, edging out other proposals from the ...

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.

ETSI has named the successful nano-SIM format, designed to be 40 percent smaller than existing SIM technology. ETSI has named the successful nano-SIM format, designed to be 40 percent smaller than ...

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has announced a new nano-SIM format, reports “The Verge” (http://macte.ch/034l5). Approved this week at ...