The battle between Nokia and Apple over the design of future miniature Sim cards for mobile phones has escalated, with Nokia threatening to withhold essential technology for Apple’s template, impeding the rival proposal.
The two technology companies are each vying to have rival Sim-card designs recognised by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) as the industry standard for the so-called nano-Sim, a smaller Sim card that is expected to come into use as phones become smaller.
Nokia has complained that Apple has abused the ETSI selection process, and claimed that Apple’s proposed standard does not meet ETSI’s requirements.