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Gemalto, a player in the digital security space, and LG Electronics have announced the availability of the first commercial mobile phone supporting the Smart Card Web Server (SCWS), the LG Renoir (LG-KC910). Now ready for worldwide deployment, the LG Renoir opens up new opportunities for SIM-based application development.
Leveraging the handset browser as the user interface, the Smart Card Web Server technology makes it possible to run offline web applications directly from the SIM card, as the SIM embeds a real Web server. The Smart Card Web Server gives applications access to a set of handset APIs to act as a real local Application Execution Environment.
For operators, the LG Renoir will tremendously simplify applications development and distribution to the mass-market, making the most of the unique advantages of the SIM card: ubiquitous presence in GSM networks, convenience and portability, and the invisible remote management of applications. This will greatly improve the time to market for deploying new services on the field.
By bringing Web technologies to the SIM, the Smart Card Web Server technology will open up the card to a large community of developers, who can take advantage of this well-known environment to bring operators and end-users a large range of existing and innovative applications.
The combination of the Smart card Web Server and other features of the LG Renoir, such as the touch screen interface and the advanced browser, offer end users a large set of convenient applications provided by their operators with state-of-the-art user interface.
“Gemalto has been our key partner in making this solution available. Including widgets and operator bookmarks, the Smart Card Web Server functionality provides mobile operators with a flexible tool to develop and offer services and applications to their end users,” said Frédéric Christophe, director, Engineering and Standards, LG Electronics Mobilecom France.
Gemalto and LG plan to jointly market the solution worldwide.
The LG Renoir (LG-KC910) will be available starting in December 2008.
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