Another key differentiator for DocuSign is device independence.

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The device independence afforded by the SIM has been one of the chief advantages of GSM networks around the world over the past twenty years, and we'd hate to see Apple succeed in killing that off in favor of some sort of locked-up iTunes nonsense, but let's be honest: if anyone could pull off that kind of coup, it'd be Cupertino.

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"Such efforts, which would have the effect of enhancing Soviet energy leverage over the Baltics, make a mockery of Western claims to support those whose independence movements are being crushed by precisely this device, " Gaffney added.

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