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The eSIM and EUICC

eSIMs will be the final step in the ongoing evolution of the SIM card. A quick Intro to the eSIM – the EUICC The UICC is the Universal Integrated Circuit Card – the hardware SIM chip we’ve all used in phones for a while. The EUICC is the Embedded version of the, same thing. Continue reading…

No Need for the Apple Watch 3 to Sync With the iPhone?

When Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, announced the Apple Watch in September 2014, there was a great deal of industry buzz that lived on right until the wearable was released. However, there was a problem. The gadget did not live up to the hype. The User Interface was overcrowded and confusing, and many reviews gave Continue reading…

Let’s Put Telstra Payphones Out of Their Misery

It’s probably a rarity to see someone making their way to a Telstra pay phone these days, despite the fact that 24,573 still inhabit the cities and regions of Australia. There hasn’t been any clear indication what would happen if it wasn’t for the Federal government providing a $40 million subsidy in order to Continue reading…

Find Out Why Telstra Is Having the Jitters

There have been a number of changes recently to telecommunications throughout the country, marked mainly by the coming roll-out of the national broadband network, or NBN, which is estimated to be worth $56 billion. This whole network is starting to dismantle Telstra’s infrastructure dominance for internet and phone. There has been such an increase Continue reading…

Poor Telco Support for Vodafone’s ACCC Court Action

Domestic roaming using the Telstra network has been one of those things that telcos hoped they could be involved in, rather than investing in their own infrastructure in order to provide a service to customers across Australia. However, when the decision on this matter was finally debated the result was not to force Telstra Continue reading…