Facing a battle between smartphone vendors over a proposed standard for nano-SIM cards, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute has held off deciding on the issue until it can achieve a broad industry consensus. Opposing proposals have been tabled by a consortium consisting of Nokia, Motorola Mobility and RIM on the one hand, and Apple on the other. The skirmishing has become down and dirty, with Apple’s rivals leveling accusations against it claiming it’s not quite playing by the rules.
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ETSI Holds the Phone on Nano-SIM Ruling
Posted by: Richard Adhikari April 2, 2012 08:08 AMFacing a battle between smartphone vendors over a proposed standard for nano-SIM cards, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute has held off deciding on the issue until it can achieve a broad industry consensus. Opposing proposals have been tabled by a consortium consisting of Nokia, Motorola Mobility and RIM on the one hand, and Apple on the other. The skirmishing has become down and dirty, with Apple’s rivals leveling accusations against it claiming it’s not quite playing by the rules.