Q: In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.
Sentence 1:Altogether these carriers provide coverage in 100 + countries . Sentence 2:However , activating mobile services on AT&T will permanently lock the Apple SIM to AT&T , requiring the purchase of a new Apple SIM in order to use a different carrier .
A:
however