Interview

OKI: “We help realize the e-society”
OKI developed the first telephone in Japan more than 125 years ago. Today synonymous with printing solution, OKI has never stopped innovating in the telecoms field. In particular, its face and iris recognition technologies open up biometrics for mobile devices. Yutaka Asai, Chief Technology Officer at OKI, reviews for the Webzine the latest developments of OKI’s research related to security & mobility, and how they fit in the global strategy of the group... [more]

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News

GlobalPlatform’s mobile DRM specification goes live
GlobalPlatform announced the first commercial usage of its Small Terminal Interoperability Platform Specification to provide Digital Rights Management. [more]

GSMA and EPC define the “Trusted Service Manager”
The GSMA and the European Payments Council have agreed to accelerate the deployment of mobile payment services. [more]

OMTP has published its “Advanced Trusted Environment”
The Open Mobile Team Platform published several recommendation papers recently. The “OMTP TR1” marks an important step in handset security requirements. [more]

The Symbian consortium gives way to a foundation
Nokia takes full control of Symbian Limited; previous partners establish the non-profit Symbian Foundation. [more]

MaXSSIMM program granted €35.2 million
The European Commission has authorized the financial aid of France to the R&D programme led by a consortium of 10 partners and headed by Gemalto. [more]

Samsung announces a new high capacity SIM Card
Samsung Electronics introduced a 90nm smart card IC with high data storage capacity for subscriber identity module (SIM) cards and mobile TV. [more]

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Innovators' Profile

AppGate Secure Mobile Office combines security and mobility
Studies show that security issues are the main factors in holding companies back from rolling out full access for mobile phones users. So far the risks have been considered greater than the revenue. Meanwhile, mobile users tend to use not only mobile phones for access, but they move between networks and client types. [more]

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Trends 1.7 billion mobile Internet users by 2013 According to Juniper, the number of subscribers using mobile Internet services will rise from today’s 577 million to 1.7 billion by 2013. [more] Is the digital revolution over ? A research paper from Cass Business School claims convergence of media, telecoms, IT and consumer electronics industries is mostly hype and now over. [more] View more articles by clicking the following link: >>> http://www.strategiestm.com/-Trends-.html


Agenda • SECURWARE 2008 - August 25-31, 2008 - Cap Esterel, France • Information Security Solutions Europe Conference (ISSE 2008) - 07-09 Oct 2008 - Madrid, Spain • Wireless World Research Forum Meeting 21 - 13-15 October 2008 - Hilton Stockholm Slussen, Sweden View all the events of the agenda: >>> www.strategiestm.com/-Agenda-Events-.html