GSM Association wants to integrate SIM cards in cameras
A removable cell phone SIM card - its successor to be installed firmly in mobile devices of any kind when it comes to the GSMA.
The GSM Association (GSMA) A working group set up to create a standard for "Embedded SIM" cards. The cards that identify current mobile phones are definitely coming soon in many mobile electronic devices used by the MP3 player to the camera. The devices could be equipped with Internet access via mobile phone.
The working group includes representatives of the world's largest carriers, including AT & T, China Mobile, German Telekom, Verizon and Vodafone. Already launched in 2012, the introduction of the market.
Until then, make some of the problems outlined by the GSM Association. It is not clear how the access should be prioritized. It is not possible to allow each camera to send pictures at all available immediately via the network. To this end, these networks are already overloaded with. Here, the carriers want to find a meaningful process. It is also unclear which device can take the services used and how it is regulated.
Another problem is the battery life, one for mobile devices of all kinds good point. Mobile chips require a relatively high current. In addition, an MP3 player with Internet access will be simply more expensive than its counterpart without SIM and chip. It is also necessary to determine whether such devices should be linked to networks of certain providers.
Special opportunities, see the GSM Association in combination with Near-Field Communication (NFC), The radio transmission over short distances (approximately 10-centimeter-range). Upcoming Android phones NFC will be supported as well as alleged the next-generation iPhone. And the - in the GSMA also active - U.S. mobile providers have already joined forces to create a Standard for payments via NFC allow. Such a procedure Set as competition from the credit card, could also be a camera with mobile access to the digital wallet.
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