{"id":11815,"date":"2023-10-10T11:37:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T09:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/10\/can-big-tech-grab-a-chunk-of-the-billions-earned-by-mobile-operators\/"},"modified":"2023-10-10T11:37:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T09:37:31","slug":"can-big-tech-grab-a-chunk-of-the-billions-earned-by-mobile-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/10\/can-big-tech-grab-a-chunk-of-the-billions-earned-by-mobile-operators\/","title":{"rendered":"Can big tech grab a chunk of the billions earned by mobile operators?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The e-sim is gaining traction as smartphone connectivity shoots for the stars, but it\u2019s not without risk \u2013 as I found when I fired up my new iPhone 15<\/p>\n

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A shocking thing happened when I upgraded to an iPhone 15 Pro<\/a>: my sim card figuratively dissolved into a tiny pile of ash, or rather, was transformed into a wholly digital e-sim. I blame myself, but I blame Apple even more: while transferring my data from my old iPhone, I was asked whether I would also like to move my phone number. I frowned \u2013 of course I would \u2013 and tapped yes. A minute later, my new iPhone had a mobile signal, my old phone did not, and my sim card was utterly redundant.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t feign total ignorance. I\u2019d heard tales of woe from friends forced to move to e-sims when they bought a US version of the iPhone 14, which lacked a sim slot. New iPhones sold outside the US still take sim cards however \u2013 and I\u2019d been planning to keep my old one, if only for convenience.<\/p>\n

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\nThe e-sim is gaining traction as smartphone connectivity shoots for the stars, but it\u2019s not without risk \u2013 as I found when I fired up my new iPhone 15
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\nA shocking thing happened when I upgraded to an iPhone 15 Pro: my sim card figuratively dissolved into a tiny pile of ash, or rather, was transformed into a wholly digital e-sim. I blame myself, but I blame Apple even more: while transferring my data from my old iPhone, I was asked whether I would also like to move my phone number. I frowned \u2013 of course I would \u2013 and tapped yes. A minute later, my new iPhone had a mobile signal, my old phone did not, and my sim card was utterly redundant.
\nI can\u2019t feign total ignorance. I\u2019d heard tales of woe from friends forced to move to e-sims when they bought a US version of the iPhone 14, which lacked a sim slot. New iPhones sold outside the US still take sim cards however \u2013 and I\u2019d been planning to keep my old one, if only for convenience. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The e-sim is gaining traction as smartphone connectivity shoots for the stars, but it\u2019s not without risk \u2013 as I found when I fired up my new iPhone 15 \u2022 Don\u2019t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here A shocking thing happened when I upgraded to an iPhone 15 Pro: my sim card …<\/p>\n

Can big tech grab a chunk of the billions earned by mobile operators?<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11815"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}