Apple Offers Nano-SIM Design Royalty-Free

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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Re:Apple fragmenting the market

[gstrickler]

Apple's proposal is a smaller form factor, but it's electrically compatible with existing SIM (it can be inserted into a physical adapter containing no electronics and work with devices designed for micro, or mini SIM cards), making it backward compatible. It doesn't fragment the market any more than micro or mini SIM does.

The Nokia proprosal has changes to technical specs, it would actually create a new, (non-compatible???) standard.