{"id":445653,"date":"2011-06-22T11:56:45","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T11:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/22\/sim-card-manufacturing-company-goes-green-manufactures-paper-sim\/"},"modified":"2011-06-22T11:56:45","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T11:56:45","slug":"sim-card-manufacturing-company-goes-green-manufactures-paper-sim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/sim-card-manufacturing-company-goes-green-manufactures-paper-sim\/","title":{"rendered":"SIM card manufacturing company goes green, manufactures paper SIM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"59.679144385\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/ict\/\" title=\"View all posts in ICT\" rel=\"category tag\">ICT<\/a> \u00bb SIM card manufacturing company goes green, manufactures paper SIM<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Page last updated at Wednesday, June 22, 2011 11:11 AM \/\/ <\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Paper-SIM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-62013\" title=\"Paper SIM\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Paper-SIM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a>The global telecommunications industry is gathering momentum and innovation is taking centre-stage.<\/p>\n<p>Not only are manufacturers and service providers in the mobile telecommunications industry thinking of value added products and services, but one company is also thinking of the environment.<\/p>\n<p>French company, Oberthur Technologies has begun the manufacturing of SIM cards out of paper.<\/p>\n<p>The Head of Product Marketing, Mobile Product Line \u2013 Cards &#038; Services, Stephane Girodon, told ghanabusinessnews.com during the 8th West &#038; Central Africa Com telecoms conference in Dakar that the company is already distributing the product in Europe and it is yet to introduce it in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Plastic SIM cards do not degrade and remain in the environment, but paper SIM cards are biodegradable and therefore, can be said to be environment friendly.<\/p>\n<p>On the pouch housing the card, the company has written, \u201cNatural product to protect the planet\u201d. On the card itself it is written \u201cAn eco-friendly high-tech solution to meet our 21st century environmental challenges\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>By Emmanuel K. Dogbevi<\/p>\n<h4>Comments<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/06\/22\/sim-card-manufacturing-company-goes-green-manufactures-paper-sim\/\" title=\"SIM card manufacturing company goes green, manufactures paper SIM\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SIM card manufacturing company goes green, manufactures paper SIM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> You Are Here: Home \u00bb ICT \u00bb SIM card manufacturing company goes green, manufactures paper SIM Page last updated at Wednesday, June 22, 2011 11:11 AM \/\/ The global telecommunications industry is gathering momentum and innovation is taking centre-stage. 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