Apple delays Sim card plans until at least 2012 - report

News Wireless Global 19 NOV 2010
Apple delays Sim card plans until at least 2012 - report
Apple has decided to delay its planned launch of its own Sim card until 2012 at the earliest, reports Les Echos without naming its sources. The company has been working with Gemalto for three months on the project, but major US and European operators have blocked the move. Some threatened to stop selling the iPad in their stores. According to Les Echos, Apple does not want to depend on a single Sim card supplier to set the parameters and remotely administer the Sim cards.

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