Global standard for SIM cards to be unveiled
EUROPEAN authorities may soon approve a global standard for SIM cards designed to operate in harsh conditions that could open new enterprise markets for mobile carriers.
France Telecom's enterprise group Orange Business Services, said that the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) could ratify the standard as early as next year. Anne-Marie Thiollet, machine-to-machine (M2M) marketing vice president for Orange Business Services, said ETSI was close to achieving consensus between carriers, and modem and SIM card manufacturers.
"Since the beginning of this year France Telecom (has been) chairing this committee and we are very close -- at the beginning of next year we should announce that we have at the ETSI level, between different carriers and module (modem) manufacturers and SIM suppliers, a standardised M2M SIM card," Ms Thiollet said.
