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Wearables Could Help Expand SIM Card Market, IHS Says

Wearables are a growth opportunity for the flat SIM (subscriber identity module) card market, an IHS report said Wednesday. The number of SIM cards shipped globally is forecast to increase from 5.4 billion in 2015 to 5.6 billion in 2020,…

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IHS said. That's "an opportunity for operators and card suppliers to increase SIM penetration for both pluggable and embedded form factors,” IHS analyst Don Tait said.