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Global
News
October
27, 2003
STMicroelectronics, Kudelski Group
ally for SIM/USIM card
NEW
DELHI -- STMicroelectronics and the Kudelski Group have
recently signed a framework development and license
agreement for providing a 3G secure JavaCard system
solution. This system solution consists of an advanced
background compatible 3G SIM/USIM card with a revolutionary
design, enabling telecom operators as well as third-party
application providers to design and deploy new mobile
services with the utmost security features. The solution
represents a truly open and standard-compliant card
in the telecom market. It will be deployed in the course
of the first half of 2004.
The
framework agreement brings together two market leaders:
ST, a leading provider of secure microcontrollers for
smart cards for over 20 years; and the Kudelski Group,
through its companies NagraCard/Nagravision, a leading
developer of smart card solutions for security-demanding
applications for more than 15 years.
The
solution is likely to reduce time-to-market for card
manufacturers and network operators supplying state-of-the-art
mobile applications on 3G Java SIM/USIM solutions for
GSM, UMTS and W-CDMA markets. Java Card enables software
applications, or applets, to be developed independently
from the operating system in use and allows multiple
applications to co-exist securely on a single smart
card. The combination of the ST22L128 secure microcontroller
in ST’s 0.18µm EEPROM technology with NagraCard’s
Smart JUIC software creates a highly advanced solution
for the wireless market.
The
WIM-ready solution incorporates powerful cryptographic
functions to provide the critical mutual authentication
of subscribers with networks, as well as to support
encryption and the digital signatures essential for
non-repudiation of commercial transactions with a full
public key infrastructure (PKI). Card manufacturers
and network operators can now deploy an M-commerce 3G
JavaCard technology on a secure silicon platform at
a competitive price.
Pierre
Roy, COO of Kudelski’s Digital TV division, said:
"The Kudelski Group is pleased to bring to the
mobile markets its leading expertise of smart card technology.
Through this partnership, we are able to offer mobile
operators and third-party providers a new generation
of end-to-end management and security solutions in their
deployment of mobile services."
Carlo
Bozotti, corporate vice president, memory products group
general manager of STMicroelectronics, added, "By
coupling NagraCard’s technology with the ST22L128,
we will provide a ready-to-use M-commerce 3G JavaCard
solution, enabling the operators to roll out new services
to customers in a timely and cost effective manner."
Contact:
STMicroelectronics - India
gunjan.banerjee@st.com
www.st.com
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