Traditional SIM cards do not allow for this. SoftBank is developing an ‘embedded SIM’ (eSIM) platform, which means that a SIM card can be remotely reprogrammed, never needing to be reinstalled.

Japanese telecom giant SoftBank has revealed that it’s building a platform for non-removable SIM cards to help power the burgeoning Internet of Things (IoT) industry.

Softbank Corp., Japan’s only provider of Apple Inc.’s iPhone, is losing part of that exclusivity as Japan Communications Inc. starts offering chips that let the smartphone access another network.

KDDI and SoftBank are teaming up to launch a new service that allows subscribers to connect their smartphones to each other's mobile networks by using a back-up SIM card in case one of them faces ...

Following today's iPhone-centric event, Apple has quietly announced that Japanese carrier SoftBank is the latest Apple SIM partner. Apple SIM has also expanded to three additional countries and ...

The long-term SIM card plan offers unlimited data, free incoming voice calls and texting with a Japanese phone number, provided by Softbank. Unlike Japanese data plans, which require a domestic ...

It is possible to cut down a full-size SIM card to turn it into a micro-SIM. In the U.S., iPad data plans are available through AT&T , at $15 per month for 250MB of data, and $30 per month for ...