A SIM by any other name – the new battleground?

When Apple started talking about including an embedded, programmable SIM into its devices a few years ago there was the inevitable shuddering from the telecoms industry. That’s because when Apple announces new technology it has a habit of becoming the norm, despite...

RIM avoids SIM in battle for control

In April 2009, RIM’s fledgling BlackBerry App World virtual storefront offered PayPal as its sole billing mechanism. RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis said back then, to the great relief of telcos, that it was working to introduce carrier billing options sometime in the...