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Articles tagged with: Oberthur Card Systems
Just Under 3 Billion SIM Cards Shipped in 2008
SIMalliance, the global association of SIM card manufacturers has reported that global SIM card shipments exceeded 2.9 billion units during 2008, with strong demand from the emerging markets of India, China, Asia Pacific and Latin America contributing to a 29 per cent increase on shipments over the previous year. more
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CDMA Open Handset Trials Successfully Completed
The CDMA Development Group (CDG) has announced the successful conclusion of Open Market Handset (OMH) proof of concept trials in cooperation with Reliance Communications and TATA Indicom in India. more
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Major Trial of Near-Field Payments to Start in France
Six major French banks (BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole and LCL, Credit Mutuel-CIC, Groupe Caisse d'Epargne, La Banque Postale and Societe Generale) as well as four mobile operators (Bouygues Telecom, NRJ Mobile, Orange and SFR) have announced plans to join forces in cooperation with MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Europe to launch at the end of November a large-scale field trial to test mobile contactless payment with 1,000 customers and 200 sales outlets located in the cities of Caen and Strasbourg. more
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My, what a big SIM card you have there"
Oberthur Card Systems and M-Systems have joined forces to launch the new GIGAntIC card, the first fully functional 128Mbytes USIM card empowered by M-Systems' MegaSIM technology. With the GIGAntIC, a new generation of USIM cards with unlimited device interoperability has arrived - one that can offer security and programmability, combined with a totally new level of USIM card performances. Compared to current USIM cards available today in the field, Oberthur's GIGAntIC increases the memory capacity by one thousand and the communication speed far and beyond any current industry performance. more
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Oberthur Card Systems and Italy's TIM have developed the first 1MB U-SIM card. TIM's strategic requirements were to combine several issues such as security, interface speed, user profile portability and mobile independency, while proposing the most advanced services. Based on previous experience and services on the 128KB card and thanks to the JSR 177 API's, TIM envisions a far richer environment on the 1MB USIM card. more
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The world's most advanced mobile phone SIM card was has been unveiled by three of the leading global suppliers of communications services, silicon chips and smart card technologies. The brand new 1MB SuperSIM card has been developed for Italy's TIM by Oberthur Card Systems and STMicroelectronics. more
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3G delays hurt smart card market
2002 was a difficult year for smart card vendors with fierce competition in the low-end SIM market dampening revenue growth. Forecasts for 2003 are more optimistic with the advent of 3G likely to create brisk demand for high-end 32k and 64k SIM cards. At the same time, financial and identification applications are offering opportunities for smart card market expansion. more
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Oberthur Card Systems and Bouygues Telecom join to develop SIM cards
Oberthur Card Systems has said that it is partnering with Bouygues Telecom to develop SIM technology based on the latest advancement in Oberthur's SIMphonIC cards integrating RSA architecture, currently the most developed security technology available. more
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New Chinese contract for Oberthur
Oberthur Card Systems, a manufacturer of smart cards, today announced the signing of a US$23 million contract in China to provide microprocessor chip cards for GSM cell phones. In the past year, the company has been awarded a series of new contracts that include Cable & Wireless HKT Mobile Services for mobile betting, WAYIA and Companhia de Telecomunicacoes de Macau S.A.R.L for mobile stock trading and One.Tel in Australia for mobile Internet access. Oberthur now supplies 13 out of the 20 largest telecom operators worldwide, compared to 8 in 1999." more
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Multiple 3G standard SIM card developed
Oberthur Card Systems, a smart-card manufacturer, today announced the forthcoming launch of its USIM (Universal SIM) card product, SIMphonIC 3G. SIMphonIC 3G is the first Java based multi-standard, multi-application card, which embraces all the 3G technology standards as determined by the ITU. Traditionally, SIM cards enable access to a single network; the SIMphonIC 3G will offer true global roaming and multiple network access around the World as well as enabling multi-standard inter-operability. SIMphonIC 3G also enables backwards compatibility with current GSM technologies ensuring operators a smooth migration path to 3G." more
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