How is it actually with the built-in SIM in new products Apple?

The world of mobile communications is on edge. Mobile operators are at risk of losing control over their customers and SIM card manufacturers are in danger of losing their business. Speculation has emerged after the Financial Times reported at the end of last week that Apple plans to include in future phone models iPhone integrate the SIM card as a fixed part of the device. Apple This gives him the revolutionary option of paying with a phone as a wallet, but at what cost?

Micro-SIM

Apple is perhaps making fun of the operators, every reader will think of the following sentences. All mobile phone manufacturers in the world have been using the standard 15 x 25 mm SIM card for more than 15 years. Apple however, introduced iPhone 4, with the fact that it only fits a Micro-SIM card, which no one had ever seen before, the same applies to the iPad. Without a Micro-SIM card, the device is simply useless, at least for data services. Operators have come to terms with this and, thanks to the fact that you only need to modify the standard SIM, they have started cutting the cards, or also changing them for new Micro-SIMs, which are currently produced by manufacturers only for phones iPhone and the iPad tablet, because no one else in the world uses this format. Apple However, it does not subsidize this production in any way and de facto says, do you want to sell iPhone 4, so produce and supply Micro-SIM! Operators have come to terms with the new format and have all started supplying it, and you can usually get your SIM completely free of charge.chat reduce or replace with Micro-SIM.

NO SIM

As you surely know, Apple is renewing its phone line iPhone every year, so in the spring of 2011 we can expect a new iPhone 5. As the new model release date approaches iPhone se They are also generating more information, the latest of which is a patent Apple Inc., to the new format of the integrated SIM card, which will no longer be physical, but will only be on the chip in the phone. An IMSI number is stored on the SIM card, which uniquely identifies the subscriber worldwide. However, the IMSI is not used as a phone number. Each SIM card (or IMSI) is assigned the MSISDN number of the mobile phone subscriber. SIM cards are most often used in the GSM network, but also in UMTS networks (the SIM card for UMTS networks is called USIM) and en:IDEN. As you can see, this is nothing that cannot be replaced with a simple chip on the phone's motherboard.

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This seemingly small technological change, however, will have a major impact on the entire market, according to experts. Information will be uploaded to the built-in SIM card remotely. Customers could purchase and activate the device instantly via a website Applu, where they directly choose the services of a specific operator. Service providers would therefore not be able to influence the sales chain.

Operators lose touch with their customers and they don't like that - AppTherefore, Apple is reportedly at risk of ceasing to subsidize iPhones for customers, which would rapidly reduce their availability. In the borderline case, there is variathat Apple in the future, it will offer telecommunications services itself – it could then bypass current operators completely. As the head of AppAccording to Steve Jobs, the company has $51 billion in cash on hand ready for potential acquisitions.

Hand in hand with the Fin messageancial Times reported that the GSMA, which brings together operators and mobile phone manufacturers, has created a working group specifically dealing with the possibilities of integrated SIM cards. About the company Apple but is not mentioned in the statement. Members of the team include companies such as Telefónica or Vodafoneone, and you according to Financial Times disagrees with the technological innovation. The GSMA is expected to publish its verdict by the end of January.

The introduction of fixed SIM cards will not least have an impact on their manufacturers, who could lose a significant part of their business. The SIMalli association has already responded to the latest media reportsance, which brings together the largest players in the SIM card manufacturing segment. Aliance mainly points out that customers will lose their free choice between individual operators and offered devices, they will lose mobility and will be fixed on a specific offer.

Why all this? Apple does?

The logical question is why Apple he does everything. A number of explanations are offered, the first of which is that he can now Apple Inc. will have to monitor exactly when and in which market the phone will be sold, as there will no longer be any UNLOCK option, which would allow you to use a device purchased in the USA with a Czech SIM card. Another and most likely theory is the possibility of using iPhone as an electronic wallet. Fixed SIM cards can be connected to the technology NFC and the devices would then function as contactless electronic wallets, which is not possible with the current SIM and as you know, Apple has a patent for this method of payment.

Latest information

Apple According to the latest information (published tonight), he told the Fin newspaperancial Times that the company is NOT planning a built-in SIM card. According to sources at the Financial Times operators do not believe that Apple gave up plans for a built-in SIM card for good. Some analysts point out that a built-in SIM card would be the company's first step Apple on the way to providing network services.