We just got a new reason to believe the Trump phone is real(ish)

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Where’s the Trump phone? We’re going to keep talking about it every week . We’ve reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone’s whereabouts.

This time we’ve discovered a little more evidence that the phone is on its way to a release. Trump Mobile’s T1 Phone has just passed another milestone on its slow road to release. The phone has received the little-known PTCRB certification, a first step toward being certified to work on major networks and be issued with IMEI numbers.

Industry Implications

You probably haven’t heard of PTCRB certification — I hadn’t until recently. It doesn’t come up very often. It’s the North American certification process for smartphones, tablets, and IoT devices, administered by the CTIA trade association.

So far, so dull — but it’s essentially a requirement for any phone launching in the US. So the fact that the Trump phone has received the certification is another small sign that there might be a real phone at the end of all this. Or at least, I think it’s been certified.

What’s actually been certified by the PTCRB is the SGG-06, a smartphone from Smart Gadgets Global, LLC, with support for 5G, 4G, 3G, and 2G networks. It received its certification on March 9th, just over a month ago. Screenshot: PTCRB Regular readers may recognize that name.

This advance offers important signals about the future of the sector, and the tech world is watching closely.