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MVNO amaysim, which is now owned by Singtel Optus. has won the Canstar Blue Outstanding Value Award in the SIM-only pre-paid mobile plans section.

Thales and Veolia have joined forces to create the first eco-designed SIM card made from recycled plastic.

Australia's biggest telco, Telstra has announced eSIM activation for all its MVNOs through Telstra Wholesale after a successful trial with two MVNO partners" in what is an Australian first in this space, with MVNOs to offer the service "in the next few months".

The OPPO A53 is another one of those nicely built 4G smartphones to emerge from the belly of B.B.K. Electronics, with plenty of premium features but a price that will not break the bank.

The D-Link DWR-956 is a wireless AC1200 4G LTE router with Gigabit Ethernet ports and VoIP capability, which can be used as a back-up for a standard home connection.

Services at Boost Mobile appear to have gone on the blink, with attempts at purchasing a mobile SIM failing and the company blocking calls from an account that is paid up.

Australia’s largest telco Telstra and French defence giant Thales are working with software behemoth Microsoft and open-source hardware and software company Arduino to pave the way for scalable security for connected IoT devices, by implementing a solution designed to enable trusted and secure end-to-end communication between device and cloud.

All three Australian telcos have confirmed that Simjacker cannot hurt their customers.

Researchers at AdaptiveMobile Security recently detected a new vulnerability that uses the confirguration protocols used by a telco to provision a phone, making itessentially impossible for the user to block.

The world’s first blockchain-powered mobile network, YOVO, and secure identity product, Blockpass, have announced a partnership which they believe will transform and disrupt the mobile industry.

The LTE e-SIM in the Apple Watch 3 is up and running, and I received a demo at the Telstra Store across from Apple’s flagship Sydney store.

Just like Telstra offered with its hybrid NBN 4G modem in February, so too is Vodafone going beyond the final NBN frontier with a 4G back-up plan where the N stands for now.

Do you feel the need, the need for more speedy 4G data? Then Amaysim seeks to amaze you with its two new data-only plans, delivering 70GB or 50GB per 28 days.

With increased competition and lower manufacturing costs, embedded SIM cards "will increasingly dominate the M2M (Machine to Machine) space, accounting for more than 50% of connections by 2020".

Chatsim lets you globally ‘chat for free’ with no limits, using messaging apps and emoji for a year for €10 - and has won an award.

Optus has partnered with online accommodation service Airbnb in a deal which it says is designed to enable overseas travellers to stay connected “no matter how far from home they roam.”

Everything is moving to software. Get ready for the software defined SIM card.

The Machine-to-Machine or M2M market is set to keep growing at 18.1% CAGR from 2013 to over 30% revenue growth by 2016, with major industries the predicted bulk of demand.

ZipTel has appointed a former mobile industry senior executive as head of sales and distribution to lead the expansion of the company’s sales and distribution channels for its international pre-paid travel sim card, AussieSim.

Mobile operator amaysim has come out swinging following the demise of Kogan Mobile, now offering express delivery to Melbourne customers.