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The convergence between public ID and private ID was a core topic of Government ID World, a conference part of Smart Security Week, which took place earlier this week in Marseille, France, just ahead of a major European deadline: all eIDAS-compliant digital IDs are set to become interoperable on September 29, 2018. In our always-on, always online world, the need for stronger identification models is always more present. At the same time, individuals and organizations alike ha

Smart Security Week, a yearly event taking place in Marseille, France, has just had its inauguration with a speech by Jon Shamah, a European eID Subject Matter Expert. The most significant and current topic is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and how it may affect each of us as citizens as well as our businesses. By now, everyone has heard of GDPR, the EU regulation that aims at protecting personal data. GDPR is essentially based on four pillars: rights of individual

September 2018 will be remembered as the first time the expression “6G” was identified as a project in a conference. Of course, as of now, 6G is far from being defined. Let’s say it is 5G made faster and better. Having a new buzzword is essentially a means for the industry to keep on selling new equipment to operator …. The project, “6Genesis — the 6G-Enabled Wireless Smart Society & Ecosystem,” is also a means for the university of Oulu, in Finland, to raise EUR 250 million

Apple just announced its new range of smartphones, the iPhone Xs and Xs Max. While many analysts focus on communications, screen, camera characteristics or the disappearing of the home button, our industry focus is on the SIM card: Apple is now putting all its weight on the SIM card evolution path. As we anticipated, the evolution from the removable SIM to the eSIM needs an intermediate step with a dual SIM handset having an eSIM along with a drawer for a traditional removeab