Putting the SIM at the heart of the new mobile eco-system Over the past five years SIMalliance has become one of the world’s foremost commentators in the mobile business. By operating outside the singular commercial interests of any individual SIM card player, the association has been able to pinpoint the mission critical services on the horizon and help steer their development to meet the practical needs of the mobile market.
With SIMalliance members* now responsible for nine in every ten SIM cards sold worldwide, the
collective vision of the association is uniquely placed to shape SIM developments and the impact they will have on the new generation of mobile services. From their standpoint, the challenge couldn’t be clearer for the protagonists in the mobile eco-system.
* SIMalliance members are: Datang, Eastcompeace, Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient, Incard, Oberthur
Card Systems, Prism, Sagem Orga, SanDisk, Watchdata and Wuhan Tianyu
*SIMalliance strategic partners are FCI & Movenda

For more information about SIMalliance, please visit www.simalliance.org

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2008 consolidated sales of US$96 billion. Employing approximately 164,600 people in 179 offices across 61 countries, the company consists of two business units: Digital Media & Communications and Device Solutions. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. As a key player in the global smartcard market, Samsung is proud to support SIMagine.

For more information about Samsung, please visit www.samsung.com

For more information about Sun Microsystems, please visit www.sun.com

TEAM COTE D’AZUR is the Confidential Connection to the Côte d’Azur and the investors Personal Partner to ensure them that their start-up or expansion is trouble free and efficient.
The agency is experienced in helping corporations evaluate the potential of the Côte d’Azur region and Sophia Antipolis science and technology park for their business set-up and expansion.
TEAM COTE D’AZUR provides investors with assistance related to :
► A precise evaluation of what the Côte d’Azur can offer with regard to your investment project,
► Free and confidential assistance in preparing your relocation file: feasibility study, identification
and follow-up of financial subsidies that could be obtained,
► Help in the transfer or your teams to the area,
► Continuing assistance with essential local networking and communication functions,
► More detailed information on the firms that compose the Information Technologies Industry on the Côte d’Azur.
FOR R&D investments in Europe, think Sophia Antipolis :
► A world wide cluster for IT innovation
► Where business, academia and bright talent combine resources to pioneer breakthrough
solutions

For more information about Team Côte d’Azur, please visit http://investincotedazur.com/fr/index.php

For more information about Telefonica, please visit www.telefonica.com

For more information about TIM, please visit www.tim.it

TELECOM ParisTech is called in France "Grandes Ecoles", which are considered to be the pinnacle of French higher education. They represent a sector of the educational system which is unlike anything known in foreign academia. The "Grandes Ecoles" are very selective and prestigious schools of higher education. TELECOM ParisTech is the French ICT engineering school.

Since 2008, TELECOM ParisTech is also member of the Institute for sciences and technologies of Paris: ParisTech which gather the 12 most prestigious schools "Grandes Ecoles" of France together (Les Mines, Les Arts et Métiers, Chimie Paris, ENSTA, Polytechnique, HEC…).

For more information about Telecom ParisTech – Eurecom, please visit www.telecom-paristech.fr/en/m and www.eurecom.fr

For more information about Java Card Forum, please visit
www.javacardforum.org

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