TE Connectivity Smart Card & SIM Product Family

Mega SIM Card Connectors | TE Connectivity
TE Connectivity offers 8 Position Interconnect that conforms to the Industry Specification of GSM 11.11 for SIM Cards (Subscriber Identity Modules) but incorporating the additional two contacts to access the enhanced memory capacity of the cards. The products currently offered are referred to as Mega-Sim, Multimedia SIM or Multi-megabyte SIM – all referring to increasing the capacity from the standard 64-Kilobyte or 128K SIM cars to 1,000 times this amount. The Interconnect changes from three rows to a four rows. The added contacts are necessary for accessing the evolving trend of adding memory to the SIM Card itself.
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