The eSIM standard was introduced in 2016, slowly gaining support as a secondary option in smartphones. Rather than holding ...

India's Department of Telecommunications mandates SIM-binding for messaging apps like WhatsApp, requiring users to maintain their original SIM for registration. This move, effective February 2026, ...

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued directions to app-based communication service providers to make it impossible for their users to use services without a SIM. This comes after the ...

New service enhances visitor experience at Zayed International Airport with free data Initiative aims to enhance the arrival experience and reinforce Abu Dhabi’s position as one of the world’s leading ...

Apple’s latest release, the iPhone Air, has officially brought eSIM technology to China for the first time. Approved by regulators as part of a “commercial trial” involving China Mobile, China Unicom, ...

If your new phone no longer supports SIM cards, or you don't want to use them anymore, you can convert to eSIM instead. I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) ...

Federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations discovered an additional 200,000 SIM cards at a location in New Jersey, law enforcement sources confirmed to CBS News. Agents were first tipped off ...

The US Secret Service announced this morning that it has located and seized a cache of telecom devices large enough to “shut down the cellular network in New York City.” And it believes a nation-state ...

The physical SIM cards we've used for decades are slowly being phased out. With the Pixel 10 series, Google's phones have gone eSIM-only for the first time—at least if you buy them in the US. Apple ...

In Windows 11/10, there is a dedicated Cellular feature to connect to a cellular data network. Now, if your device has eSIM or a SIM card in it or you have an external cellular device with a SIM card ...

Google is officially ditching support for a physical SIM card slot on its core Pixel 10 series, but only in the US market. Just like Apple did starting with the iPhone 14 series, Google is no longer ...

Google follows in Apple's footsteps by nixing support for physical SIM cards from its US Pixel 10 phones. The company says most US Pixel owners already use eSIM. I’m PCMag’s managing editor for ...