Product category: Memory Devices and Modules
News Release from: M-Systems | Subject: GIGAntIC
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 17 February 2005
Novel SIM brings smart card and Flash
together
Oberthur Card Systems and M-Systems have joined forces to develop the first ever USIM (Universal Subscriber Identification Module) card with high capacity external Flash memory.
In a world where convergence between networks and technologies, identification and personal data sharing are key issues for mobile operators and subscribers, Oberthur Card Systems and M-Systems have joined forces to develop the first ever USIM (Universal Subscriber Identification Module) card with high capacity external Flash memory At a meeting of senior mobile industry executives held at the 3GSM Congress in Cannes, France, Oberthur Card Systems and M-Systems demonstrated GIGAntIC, the first fully functional 128Mbyte USIM card working in a standard GSM handset
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Nov 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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