According to The Financial Times, Apple and Samsung are negotiating the creation of a new standard for SIM cards, which will allow subscribers to change operators with less effort. About the interest of American corporations to built-in SIM cards has long been known, reprogrammable modules identification was reported in 2014.

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According to The Financial Times, Apple and Samsung are negotiating the creation of a new standard for SIM cards, which will allow subscribers to change operators with less effort. About the interest of American corporations to built-in SIM cards has long been known, reprogrammable modules identification was reported in 2014.

a New universal standard, which is now called e-SIM will be ready for use in 2016, but Apple is already using its analogue (the owners of the new iPad with LTE support, can choose between several pre-set operators).

the rejection of the modules to read the SIM and the actual replacement the SIM cards will allow manufacturers to reduce the thickness of mobile devices, notes The Verge. However, notice whether it is the buyer of your smartphone or tablet, the question is moot.

As the FT reports, many large operators, among which AT&T, the owner of T-Mobile Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Telefonica and Orange, ready to support the initiative on the application of the new standard. In the GSM Association have confirmed the participation of Apple and Samsung in the project, but the degree of their involvement is not specified.