Apple prepared a proposal towards the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), because the firm looks to include a brand new kind of more compact SIM into its forthcoming apple iphone.

According to Jeremy Green, practice leader at Ovum’s telco Strategy team new SIM card would change the way we use the mobile phone.

“New SIM card will not be smaller but highly likely to be reconfigurable, which will give Apple increased control over user activity.Apple may be able to update the device’s International Mobile Subscriber Identity number, issue updates and even allow customers to change networks over the air without requiring them to replace their SIM.”

Apple is looking forward to get ride of the SIM card tray, so there won’t be any removable parts from future iPhones. However, it all depends on whether mobile phone careers like the new

software base SIM card.

“The SIM card is the only piece of hardware that carriers can claim in mobile devices. Operators deem the physical SIM cards safer than their software counterparts, which present a target for hackers.”

What you think of the Apple new idea of the software base micro SIM cards. Is it a positive move or not?
[V3 UK]