For many years, mobile phones received cellular service through a physical SIM (subscriber identity module) card that connected your handset to your phone carrier. These physical SIM cards made it ...

Have you ever wondered exactly how a SIM card works? We’ll help you understand why your phone needs one and what they do to keep you connected. Image: TalkAndroid Editorial Note: Talk Android may ...

Still works with older phones. Easy to find in local markets. But requires physical handling and SIM swapping. Limited flexibility compared to eSIM. No remote activation, you need to be on-site. When ...

India’s new SIM binding rule explained in simple words — what it means for your chat apps, how it will work, and what happens ...

The world of eSIMs has taken a huge step forward over the past month, as first Google launched the eSIM-only Pixel 10 range in the US, and then Apple expanded the regions that were eSIM-only for the ...

E-SIM-only phones offer instant carrier switching and multiple profiles, but setup and international travel challenges limit ...

The Centre recently passed directions asking social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal to enforce SIM binding ...

SIM? The way smartphones connect to mobile networks is gradually changing. At the heart of this change is the e-SIM, or ...

A SIM swap attack is a fraud where scammers hijack your phone number by deceiving mobile carriers. Using your number, you may reset your passwords and receive two-factor authentication (2FA) codes.

The government’s directive, aimed at curbing cybercrime, will render chat apps defunct if not always connected to the original, active SIM card used to register an account ...

Experts at a MediaNama event on SIM binding reflect on the gap between the policy and technical reality as iOS/Android block ...