Appleが、端末の小型化に向けて、より小さいSIMカードを提案しています。

Reuters Summit-UPDATE 2-Apple plans smaller SIM card | Reuters

PARIS, May 17 (Reuters) - Apple (AAPL.O) has proposed a standardised SIM card smaller than those it currently uses in the iPhone and iPad to be able to produce thinner devices, an Orange (FTE.PA) executive told Reuters on Tuesday.

これは、以前から噂されている「小型iPhone」への布石なのも知れません。

Orange said it, and other operators, welcomed the move.

"We were quite happy to see last week that Apple has submitted a new requirement to ETSI for a smaller SIM form factor -- smaller than the one that goes in iPhone 4 and iPad," said Anne Bouverot, Orange's head of mobile services.

フランスのキャリア Orange も含め、大手キャリアもこの動きを賛同しているとのこと。

She said first devices using such SIM cards could come out next year. If the smaller SIMs become standardised, other phone makers are also likely to adopt them.

来年には出現するかも知れないとのことで、iPhone6 に期待ですね。