Giesecke & Devrient Offers New NFC SIM Cards

German-based Giesecke & Devrient announced it is offering a new SIM platform that will facilitate various NFC applications to be completed at the same time on a single SIM card. The platform, called SkySIM CX SIM-card, has been approved by American Express, MasterCard and Visa and can be used for ePayments, ticketing applications and loyalty card schemes.

The SIM card carries up to 1.3 megabytes in memory, which is enough capacity to store data for multiple applications.

“The outstanding feature of the new SIM card is not only its functionality but also its security. The card has been tested and approved by EMVCo as an integral unit, and not a single weak point has been detected,” said Axel Deininger, Group Senior Vice President at G&D. “This latest addition to our NFC portfolio enables us to offer network operators a complete secure package comprising hardware, software, and services, in the form of SIM cards, a mobile wallet, and trusted service management services.”

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