BULL ANNOUNCES THE SIM ROCK 64 CARD FOR GSM TELEPHONY.At the Cartes 2000 exhibition, Bull (Paris Bourse: 52 60 BUL BUL, n.pr See backward upward laterally. ) announced the SIM ROCK card which, with 64 kilobytes of memory, has the biggest storage capacity on today's market. The card is based on the Java platform and complies with WIM WIM Windows Image (Microsoft) WIM Wireless Identification Module WIM Weight-In-Motion WIM Woe Is Me WIM Wireless Instant Messaging WIM Window Invalid Mask (SPARC architecture) standard, increasing secure Internet access from mobile phones. In a highly competitive market, the sheer memory capacity of the new card will enable mobile telephone operators to offer new services to their subscribers, such as a sophisticated e-mail facility, access to images and secure payment applications. The SIM ROCK 64 card complies with all the latest standards published by ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Sophia Antipolis technical park, Nice, France, www.etsi.org) A non-profit membership organization founded in 1988, dedicated to standardizing information and communication technologies (ICT) throughout Europe. , Java Card Forum (Java Card 2.1), and the "Open Platform" specifications. To secure all a user's sensitive operations on a WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. telephone, including stock exchange transactions or payment orders, Bull has opted to implement the WIM module, defined by the WAP forum, in its SIM ROCK 64 card. All sensitive operations are encoded and signed using a PKI public key architecture and RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. technology. "With the ROCK 64 card, Bull offers the most extensive range of SIM cards, already chosen by mobile telephony leaders worldwide. The qualities of the SIM ROCK 64 card demonstrate our leadership in the field of secure software and Java technology", concludes Julien Zuccarelli, marketing and sales director for the mobile telephony sector. |
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