Conclusion

For a cellphone user, a UICC brings freedom from being tied into one phone, portability of personal data including contacts, video clips, photos, etc., not to mention the ability to customize the phone screen and services to their heart’s delight.

For wireless carriers, the UICC protects them from the bitpipe status with added values beyond the basics of authentication. It is the only carrier-owned device in the hands of the subscriber and as such can be seriously exploited in order to improve the relationship between the two. It plays a major role in optimizing roaming traffic and offers substantial opportunities for greater personalization, new service deployment and brand reinforcement.

The development capabilities are huge: the card itself can now store up to 2GB, which represents a great deal of photos and music clips. The Smart Card Web Server makes it easy to browse for content and services while the USB-IC offers the communications speeds that each user is used to finding at home.

Gemalto is committed to help operators make the most of their trusted UICC identity infrastructure and to innovate together as we create the new generation of secure operator-branded services.