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A complaint by Apple has reportedly led to an investigation of two mobile carriers and the GSMA. AT&T and Verizon want to prevent users from using eSIM to easily switch carriers without replacing a SIM card:
The Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into potential coordination by AT&T, Verizon and a telecommunications standards organization to hinder consumers from easily switching wireless carriers, according to six people with knowledge of the inquiry.
In February, the Justice Department issued demands to AT&T, Verizon and the G.S.M.A., a mobile industry standards-setting group, for information on potential collusion to thwart a technology known as eSIM, said two of the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the details are confidential.
The technology lets people remotely switch wireless providers without having to insert a new SIM card into a device. AT&T and Verizon face accusations that they colluded with the G.S.M.A. to try to establish standards that would allow them to lock a device to their network even if it had eSIM technology.
The investigation was opened about five months ago after at least one device maker and one wireless carrier filed formal complaints with the Justice Department, two of the people said. The device maker was Apple, one of them said. Representatives for the Justice Department, the G.S.M.A. and Apple declined to comment.
Also at The Verge, WSJ, 9to5Mac, and AppleInsider.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 22 2018, @02:25PM (2 children)
eSIM?
sounds like a backdoor into your device you cannot turn off.
with regular SIM, if your device sports a slot, you can remove the SIM.
probably the modem is/can still send pings and "a motivated adversary"will still be able to track it, even
if no SIM is present.
anyways, for the case that the eSIM device *blocks* into the toilet bowl or down a slippery slop, the eSIM cannot
be removed and used in a spare still functional device anymore...
anyways, i am sure the devices with eSIM will totally only cost half as much as devices with plain regular SIM slots,
since SIM slots use ALOT of device space and are one of the most difficult parts to add to the device ^_^
provisioning will also become super easy, not having to put reading glasses on to read the unique identifier, as with regular SIM,
the new eSIM will be provisioned "from afar", and most simply found with just a device owner-name (submitted during DEVICE purchase)
database lookup ...
being a "new" technology, consider building a new prison also, because some people are going to "illegally" demonstrate flaws ...errr... "use it the wrong way".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 22 2018, @08:29PM (1 child)
Show some respect for your readers; punctuate and format your text properly.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday April 23 2018, @02:04PM
and capitalization investors are willing to pay to capitalize your sentences use of proper puncture-ization in sentences allows for early release
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