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Articles tagged with: Giesecke & Devrient and Elisa
No other smart card has taken the world by storm the way the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) has. Since it was introduced on the market 15 years ago, the SIM card has seen its power and performance soar. At first, it "merely" served security and personalization functions in GSM networks. Today, it turns mobile phones into versatile, secure terminals for wireless customers. more
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Cellphones Offering Secure Digital Signatures
The Finnish Population Register Centre now offers its citizens an innovative solution for doing official business over the Internet. This allows the citizen to use a mobile telephone when secure identification is required for online services or requests. The first SIM cards equipped with the security certificate required for the mobile signature are now being offered by Elisa, Finland's second-largest mobile network operator. The basis for this is the UniverSIM product line from international technology group Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) with signature functionality and encryption mechanism. more
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