Part 1 – First-generation SIM cards (1FF)

The telecommunications industry will never be the same again. SIM cards celebrate 20 years of the mobile revolution with the true story of the 1FF First-Generation SIM. From its very precise origins to its odds-defying characteristics, the 1FF SIM rightly warrants its designation as ‘The Mother of All SIMs’.

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Rambus Ecebs aims to make travel easier with launch of HCE TicketWallet and app

Rambus Ecebs has announced a mobile ticketing product suite leveraging Host Card Emulation (HCE) technology to securely load virtual smart cards onto smart phones for the public transport industry.

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Used smart cards are not to be considered Electrical and Electronic Waste

On the 13 of August 2012, the updated version of the European Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE Directive) entered into force1. By setting key objectives regarding environmental management of WEEE, the text aims at improving the collection, treatment and recycling of electronics at the end of their life.

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New French electronic driving licence combats fraud with Integrity Guard security chips

M2M Innovation World Congress, Nice, France & Neubiberg, Germany – Security chips for the new electronic driving (eDriver) licence issued in France from this month, are being supplied by Infineon Technologies. The new polycarbonate smart card replacing the traditional paper document contains an embedded SLE78 microprocessor with ‘Integrity Guard’.

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New over-the-air test system from COMPRION aims to curb expensive UICC services failures

Paderborn, Germany – A new over-the-air (OTA) test system from COMPRION is designed to simulate complex use cases so that communication errors in this set-up are detected before expensive service roll-outs occur.

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BPC to help smart card initiative in Russia

BPC Banking Technologies is to provide key infrastructure components to support the planned introduction of the universal electronic card (UEC) in Russia.

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