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News Release from: M-Systems | Subject: MSIM MegaSIM cards
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 29 September 2006
SIM cards magnify handset storage
M-Systems has announced the availability of high-capacity mSIM MegaSIM cards through its Microelectronica subsidiary.
M-Systems has announced the availability of high-capacity mSIM MegaSIM cards through its Microelectronica subsidiary In addition to the currently available 128, 256 and 512Mbyte M-Systems MegaSIM SIM cards, 1Gbyte MegaSIM products, planned for commercial availability by the end of the year, will be mass produced at the company's Microelectronica facility in Spain
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Leveraging the know-how and manufacturing capabilities acquired through Microelectronica, we are able to deliver our first commercial, high-capacity SIM cards manufactured and offered by M-Systems", said Simone Cavallo, General Manager of the Mobile Network Operators division at M-Systems.
"Our 1Gbyte card represents a breakthrough in SIM card technology".
"This unique achievement further strengthens our leadership and innovative position in the high capacity SIM market".
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"With the wide range of SIM card capacity choices available from M-Systems and its Microelectronica subsidiary, mobile network operators can now begin to implement new business models and capitalise on new revenue streams".
The unique features of MegaSIM enable the creation of new revenue opportunities for mobile network operators (MNOs) and the delivery of increased value to subscribers through new services, content and applications.
For example, storing downloaded data directly onto the SIM card, MNOs can control content distribution with built-in DRM support associated with the customer's unique subscriber ID.
MegaSIM is well suited for DRM related solutions and provides a high level of flexibility to the subscriber.
The new 1Gbyte SIM card will allow users to securely store thousands of songs or hundreds of high resolution photos, as well as personal productivity data and other content of their choice.
The mSIM MegaSIM series, a family of secure, high-capacity SIM cards, combines the Flash expertise of M-Systems and its TrueFFS Flash management system, its field-proven mSafe crypto core technology, globally trusted in tens of millions of smart cards and Microelectronica's smart card expertise and top-of-the-line secure manufacturing capabilities.
With high-capacity Flash storage (64Mbyte to 1Gbyte), independent processing power, high-speed data protocols and crypto functionality, MegaSIM technology is set to transform the SIM into a unique platform which combines SIM level security, high capacity storage and the ability of the mobile network operator (MNO) to provision storage on any MegaSIM-empowered handset.
This combination accommodates the ever-growing personal mobile storage needs of subscribers.
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