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Apple Offers Nano-SIM Design Royalty-Free

Posted by Soulskill on from the there-can-be-peace-in-our-time dept.

judgecorp writes "Apple is reportedly offering its nano-SIM design free of royalties, hoping to swing the standards decision its way, for the next generation of even tinier SIM cards for phones and tablets." Nokia has reportedly responded that they still prefer their own design.

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  1. Apple has a huge LTE patent portfolio... by Brannon · · Score: 4, Informative

    acquired from Nortel for $4.5 Billion, so I'm not sure what you are talking about when you say that Apple has no patents on traditional cellular functionality.

    Also, they are offering their patents in this case royalty-free, so I'm not sure what there is here to hang them by.