Indian carriers place orders for nano-SIM cards

With the announcement of the iPhone 5 yesterday, many are speculating about the date when the smartphone will make its way to India. According to BGR, AirTel and Vodafone have already placed orders for new nano-SIM cards, which could point to Apple releasing the iPhone 5 in India relatively soon. Then again it could also mean that they’re merely preparing for the device’s inevitable launch in advance.According to BGR, Airtel is sourcing the nano SIM cards from Oberthur and Vodafone is sourcing them from Syscom. Aircel is also said to be placing orders for the new smaller SIM cards. Apparently, almost every carrier will be supporting the new nano-SIM cards. This could make them more widely available than micro-SIM cards, as users can’t simply cut up their existing SIM cards any further without damaging them a bit. However, one would require adapters for existing handsets that only recently (with the launch of the iPhone 4) moved from the standard edition SIM to micro-SIM.

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