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Ban on 'security risk' pay-as-you-go phones
ANONYMOUS pay-as-you-go mobile telephones are to be banned in Malaysia as security ministers around Europe consider enforcing the same clampdown...more


ONE IN SEVEN MOBILES FAULTY WITHIN A YEAR
Hi-tech phones more likely to go wrong, survey shows ...more


Dual GSM Sim Card Gizmo
I did not know that such a gizmo exists. Until I received an email from a Chinese company called Betterpart.
It looks like there are more companies offering a Dual SIM card adapter. The device allows to manage two GSM Sim cards in one mobile phone. This means users can switch between to numbers or networks. More and more people have two mobiles. One for work and one for private. If the Dual SIM cards work those people can make things easier by just needing to use one phone...more


Thais go on SIM card offensive
Thailand has asked telecommunication agencies and mobile phone operators to register all users of prepaid services to prevent militants from using phones to trigger bombs ...more


Gemplus wins SIM contracts from six US carriersThe six carriers chose Gemplus's remote provisioning and subscription management services, which enables them to introduce new SIM services and remotely manage the SIM cards in a rapid and cost-effective manner ...more


Avoid Roaming Charges; Know Your Cell Phone Calling Plan
Anyone who has a basic cell phone plan is assigned a "home area." But once you travel outside that home area, you incur roaming charges. Ben Summitt said he never knew he'd crossed the line until it was too late. He's not the type who hangs on his cell phone. He talks to friends occasionally ...more


Novel SIM brings smart card and Flash together
Oberthur Card Systems and M-Systems have joined forces to develop the first ever USIM (Universal Subscriber Identification Module) card with high capacity external Flash memory ...more


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