Product category:
Memory Devices and Modules
News Release from: M-Systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 February 2006
SIM card roadmap points to 1Gbyte this
year
M-Systems and its subsidiary smart card company Microelectronica have outlined their expanded 2006 M-SIM product roadmap.
M-Systems and its subsidiary smart card company Microelectronica have outlined their expanded 2006 M-SIM product roadmap including the M.MAR series of 2G and 3G SIM cards and the MegaSIM series of high-density SIM cards As the first part of the new offering, the companies aim to release 512Mbyte M-SIM MegaSIM series SIM cards for trials during Q2 2006 and planned commercial availability in Q3 2006
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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This new product roadmap, the first issued since M-Systems' acquisition of Microelectronica in November 2005, includes products which integrate Microelectronica's M.MAR SIM software and operating system with M-Systems' Flash management technology as part of the MegaSIM platform.
M-Systems has been at the forefront of promoting high-density SIM cards in the mobile market.
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The new M-SIM MegaSIM series will enable MNOs to offer subscribers a secured product with advanced capabilities, enabling smarter mobile services, such as multimedia content, games, messaging and enterprise applications.
"The deployment of our M-SIM MegaSIM series SIM cards in 2006 represents a major step forward for the SIM card market and reinforces our commitment to making mobile services smarter".
"In addition, this roadmap demonstrates the value of bringing Microelectronica's secured manufacturing capabilities into the M-Systems family", said Simone Cavallo, General Manager of M-Systems' MNO Division.
"Our ongoing collaboration with major market players as represented by our announcement earlier today with Orange, Oberthur Card Systems and LG Electronics, demonstrates that key players in the mobile network ecosystem see the value and promise of secure, high-density SIM cards".
"We believe that the additional functionality of our M-SIM MegaSIM series may provide our partners with new, smarter ways to drive revenue".
Leveraging M-Systems' Flash expertise with its field-proven M-Safe crypto core technology, globally trusted in millions of smart cards, the MegaSIM platform, incorporating M-Systems' TrueFFS Flash file management, combines high-density Flash storage (64Mbyte to 1Gbyte), processing power, high-speed data protocols and crypto functionality.
M-Systems' MegaSIM platform far enhances typical SIM architecture while maintaining full compatibility with legacy industry standards.
SIM cards powered by M-Systems' MegaSIM platform, such as M-Systems' M-SIM MegaSIM series, will provide MNOs with an intuitive, ubiquitous interface and a high-density, high-speed platform.
By deploying these SIM cards, MNOs can increase revenue streams, while at the same time offer a new sales channel for software developers and, last but not least, a smarter mobile usage experience for subscribers.
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