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Okubizwa nge-electronic SIM card sekunesikhathi kukhulunywa ngakho. Manje sekuvela ulwazi olusha oluphakamisa ukuthi i-Apple ne-Samsung bangathanda ukuyisebenzisela amadivaysi abo esikhathi esizayo - umnyakazo ongashintsha isimo samanje lapho amakhasimende aboshelwe ngokuqinile ku-opharetha wabo weselula.

I-GSMA yinkampani emele opharetha emhlabeni wonke futhi ngokolwazi Izikhathi Zezezimali isondele kakhulu ekufinyeleleni izivumelwano zokudala i-SIM khadi entsha esezingeni. Abahlanganyeli bezivumelwano vele bangabakhiqizi bemishini ngokwabo, okuzoba ukhiye ekwandeni kohlobo olusha lwe-SIM.

Ikhadi elisha liletha ziphi izinzuzo? Ngaphezu kwakho konke, inzuzo yokuthi umsebenzisi ngeke axhumeke ku-opharetha oyedwa kuphela futhi ngeke abe nezimo ezinzima lapho eshiya (noma eshintsha) opharetha. Phakathi kwama-opharetha okuqala okungenzeka asebenzise ifomethi yekhadi elisha, isibonelo, i-AT&T, i-Deutsche Telekom, i-Etisalat, i-Hutchison Whampoa, i-Orange, i-Telefónica noma i-Vodafone.

Kodwa-ke, umuntu akanakulindela ngokuqondakalayo ukuthi amadivayisi amasha analeli khadi azovela osukwini olulodwa kuye kolunye. Okungcono kakhulu, kuzodingeka silinde okungenani kuze kube unyaka ozayo. Ngokusho kwe-GSMA, ukwethulwa kwefomethi entsha kungenzeka ngo-2016.

Ngonyaka odlule, i-Apple yethula ifomethi yekhadi le-SIM yangokwezifiso, evele kuma-iPads, futhi kuze kube muva nje ukusebenza kwalokho okubizwa nge-Apple SIM iye yanda emazweni angaphezu kuka-90. Kuze kube manje, ayikalugubhi uhlobo lwempumelelo i-SIM entsha ye-elekthronikhi engayithola ngokukhula nokusekelwa kwayo emhlabeni jikelele.

U-Ane Bouverotová, ongumqondisi wokugcina we-GSMA kulo nyaka, uveze ukuthi ukuthunyelwa kwe-e-SIM bekungenye yezinhloso zombuso wakhe nokuthi uzama ukuthola isivumelwano esibanzi mayelana nefomu ethile kanye nokucaciswa kwe-e-SIM entsha. ifomethi kubo bonke abadlali abakhulu, okuhlanganisa i-Apple ne-Samsung. I-Electronic SIM cishe akufanele ithathe indawo, isibonelo, i-Apple SIM eshiwo ngaphambilini, okungukuthi ucezu lwepulasitiki olufakwe kuma-iPad.

Okwamanje, isivumelwano sokubambisana ne-Apple, kodwa nezinye izinkampani, asiqediwe ngokusemthethweni, kodwa i-GSMA isebenza ngokuzikhandla ukuqinisekisa ukuthi konke kufika ekupheleni ngempumelelo. Uma ifomethi ye-e-SIM igcina iqalile, kuzokwenza kube lula kakhulu kumakhasimende ukuthi asuke kwesinye inkampani aye kwesinye, mhlawumbe ngokuchofoza nje okumbalwa.

Umthombo: I-Financial Times
Photo: Simon Yeo
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