Orange have announced that it will deploy a new generation of SIM cards and handsets to facilitate the development of mobile contactless services. These services streamline transactions, enabling users to validate transport tickets, pay for concerts or make purchases in local shops simply by swiping their phone over an electronic reader. Coupled with mobile applications,… Read More
Alcatel-Lucent and CASSIS International partnership addresses secured mobile application warehouse through Trusted Service Management
Alcatel-Lucent have announced an agreement to integrate CASSIS International’s Trusted Service Manager (TSM) with Alcatel-Lucent’s comprehensive mobile payment and marketing offering. This solution is pre-integrated, enabling mobile network operators (MNOs) to provide a secure mobile application warehouse for payment, ticketing, loyalty and other applications by allowing consumers to use their mobile phones as a wallet at the point… Read More
COMPRION sets the standard for a new generation of SIM spy tools
The MiniMove responds to the testing needs of card and handset manufacturers, application developers and network operators for a very small, USB powered quality trace tool which helps to ensure interoperability between the individual components involved with the (U)SIM interface. MiniMove detects communication errors between handsets and Smart Cards and analyses them accordingly. With dimensions of only 82 x… Read More
Oberthur Technologies launches a Paper SIM Card
Oberthur Technologies, the world’s second largest provider of security and identification solutions and services based on smart card technologies, has launched the PaperSIM, a premium sustainable plant-based SIM card body made from 100% paper. The PaperSIM is a natural high-tech card body composed of recyclable and biodegradable wood fibres designed to respect the eco-system. With… Read More
DBS Customers with StarHub Plans are the First to Use the New NFC Mobile Payment Solution in Singapore
Some 1, 000 DBS customers with StarHub mobile plans will be the first in Singapore to use the NFC Mobile Payment Solution trial service for everyday mobile payments. The trial will commence in December 2010 and will last for eight months. The project, which was collaboratively organised by DBS Bank, EZ-Link, Gemalto, MasterCard and StarHub,… Read More