Gemplus, the French smart card systems provider, is supplying North American-based Nextel Communications with subscriber identiy module (SIM) cards for the first non-GSM mass-market phone to use the ...

SIM cards, or Subscriber Identity Modules are required to identify every GSM phone, regardless of the system. They also contain account, data and payment parameters to tell the selected carrier the ...

Conflict is brewing in the mobile world over the adoption of a new, smaller standard for the SIM card — the chip in each GSM phone that dictates which network you connect to and your cellphone number.

Wireless carriers sell you “postpaid” contract phones at a considerable discount. The carrier expects to recoup its outlay — the full price of the equipment — over the life of the contract that you ...

IBM researchers released a report last Tuesday showing that some cell phones' security cards could be cloned in minutes, letting hackers make calls and route charges to the cloning victim's account.

Whether you like Arduino or not, you have to admit that the small Italian company founded my Massimo Banzi has truly revolutionized the way the DIY world does things. Today Arduino released its next ...