Exploring New Applications for Mobile Phone SIM Cards

Mobile phone subscriber identification module (SIM) card annual shipments are expected to rise in 2013 by 5 percent to 5.5 billion units, according to the latest market study by ABI Research.

Growth is slowing as markets near saturation and the SIM card becomes increasingly ubiquitous across different mobile network technologies.

ABI believes that 4G mobile network rollouts, Near Field Communications (NFC) and solutions offering more advanced security for payments — such as DRM, authentication, and encryption — will all see higher end SIM cards shipping over the next few years.

via Digital Lifescapes