How can applications be installed on SIM and how do I view and disable them? I've got a new sim card. After it found the network, soon I've got an sms (supposedly from my operator) saying:


  Dear client! We are installing applications on your sim card for free. Please enable automatic sms sending if necessary.


After about 30 minutes, I've got another sms saying:


  Highway fees, mobile lottery, parking, infoSMS/MMS. Use the 'operator-name-here' menu on your phone if it supports it.


To be clear, I want to opt out. Need none of these and don't like the idea that any applications are auto-installing, not even 'for free'. But I don't even understand what's going on.


Can applications even be installed on the sim card? 
What kind of applications, what's the technical name for them? 
How do they work basically in technical terms? 

I see no &lt;operator-name-here&gt; menu in all applications nor in settings. 
What standard should my phone support to have this menu?

The sms said that please enable automatic sms . Since I want to opt-out, I've searched all my settings to disable it, but in vain.
What is automatic sms sending?
How can I disable automatic sms on Android in general, and in 2.1 eclair, specifically?
How do I list and view what applications are installed on my SIM?
No, apps cannot be installed on SIM. What you describe are rather SIM services. AFAIK you can use those with the "SIM Toolkit" app only (which is where you also should find your &lt;operator-name-here&gt;, and where you should be able to see what's installed there).



As long as you did not actively subscribe to any of those services, they should simply stay dormant and never bother you. Last time I've checked for those must be 10 years ago, on my old Nokia. I never encountered them afterwards, though not (un)installing anything on/from SIM.

Neither I ever heard about "automatic SMS". Even service SMS must be approved by the user before being executed. But as many of those services are rather a kind of "SMS mailing lists", could it be that should mean "please subscribe to one of them"?