Thursday 25 February 2010 at 11:19
The SIM card has been in existence for over 20 years now (cf. Smart Insights Weekly #09-08). This means that the industry has had to permanently reinvent its role. At the beginning, the SIM was just a convenient media to store subscriber details.
Thursday 18 February 2010 at 11:03
Our smart card industry is still in need of recognition. Even in a focused high tech environment like the Mobile World Congress (MWC), this week in Barcelona, not everyone has the same focus as the smart card industry. For instance, everyone in the Congress has his mind turned to Windows 7 announcement, and tries to anticipate the future split between various operating systems.
Thursday 11 February 2010 at 11:30
For years the mobile communication industry has kept trying to enter the payment business, with limited success. Now, after technology and business model evolutions, we witness a new era of mobile payment development.
Thursday 4 February 2010 at 13:12
Inside Contactless just announced its was offering its NFC Stack under an Open Source license. This announcement just comes shortly after Nokia’s announcement that the company was now offering under an Open Source license the Navteq navigation system it acquired at the end of 2007 for US$ 8 million (EUR 5.2 billion) (cf. Smart Insights Weekly #10-04).
