Towards a democratization of welded chart SIM…

According to the French leader in the SIM chip soldered democratization is inevitable ...

Our colleagues at Business-Mobile, who were DigiWorld Summit of the Idate, were able to attend the lecture given by Gemalto, the French leader of the SIM card. Gemalto announced that under pressure from manufacturers, welded to the SIM card phone is poised to become more democratic. The first discussions on the subject had appeared while we lent to Apple's desire to weld the iPhone's SIM card (in conjunction with the arrival of the iPhone CDMA). A rumor that has been debate, and Apple has finally opted for the micro-SIM ... for now.

For Gemalto is formal, "embedded SIM card, welded to the terminal will become a reality in the short term." Why? "Simply because it is a strong demand from manufacturers that provide terminals for ever. They need more space to incorporate larger batteries. Eventually, even the microSIM be too large because the connectors. The SIM welded around this problem with its finesse and size 5 out of 6 mm. "

Main consequence of this change, remote management of the subscription as operators must rely on information provided to them by manufacturers. Each phone with a unique identifier to be added to the customer base will enable the operator to access the information in this SIM welded. Because the SIM is a small chip that contains both the operator profile, the profile of the subscriber, and can even pick a few "applications" such as NFC. Therefore, once welded to the terminal operators could lose some of their flexibility.

These will need to send the information by the network client and subscription to the terminal. This is not without changing the habits of mobile users, for example when reselling a telephone. It is not enough to remove the SIM card from the terminal to keep its line ... Same abroad, impossible to buy a SIM card "local" and enjoy on their mobile. And when the phone goes down, its impossible to chip in another. A priori, the answer lies in the remote management of its line and its terminals, via online interfaces specifically developed. One possibility as Gemalto, concedes that it will necessarily educate consumers. Also, how soon will he for the change of allocation to a terminal line is taken into account by the operator? With the SIM is instantaneous.