Enable development of SIM card not restricted by specific carrier network

BySimon Yeo

The regulators in the Netherlands allowed Apple and other electronics manufacturers to develop SIM cards that can be connected to any network without being bound by a specific carrier. Even if it is commercialized, this type of SIM card can legitimately be used only in the Netherlands at the moment, but if this type of SIM card is accepted even in other countries, the Internet and mobile networks It seems to have a big influence on the contract form.

Holland says yes to the network - agnostic SIM card - Tech News and Analysis
http://gigaom.com/2014/03/14/holland-says-yes-to-the-network-agnostic-sim-card/


The Netherlands approve use of SIM cards that are not locked to just one provider - Neowin
http://www.neowin.net/news/the-netherlands-approve-use-of-sim-cards-that-are-not-locked-to-just-one-provider


GigaomAccording to "When a SIM card not restricted to a specific carrier network" is sold, simply by providing a SIM card to the user who purchased the product by the terminal maker, the user can change the location It will be able to receive the optimal network assignment of carriers.

Furthermore, if this SIM card is adopted in multiple countries and regions, terminal manufacturers can purchase network connection rights from carriers all over the world, so that users can use the carrier network according to the country / region It will look like. If that happens, even if you forget to set up roaming etc. when you go overseas trip, you will not be in the situation that a high claim will arrive.

ByMroach

If this type of SIM card spreads, automobile manufacturers may install them in the car from the beginning, services may be coming out that control multiple carriers, economist Rudolf Van Den Belf.

ByDavid

According to Van Den Berff, this trend may be undesirable for some carriers, but it will benefit from the industry as a whole. Also, mobile terminal manufacturers are limited to carriers, but comment that the new SIM card will ease such a burden.

Behind the deregulation in the Netherlands is an industry organization consisting of mobile telecommunications carriers and related companies that employ GSM mobile phone systemGSM associationAlthough it is said that there are, there are still many problems both technically and institutionally, and it is necessary to keep in mind that it is illegal in countries other than the Netherlands.