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Prism Payment Technologies, a provider of secure transaction technologies, has achieved SmartTrust’s (News - Alert) Wireless Internet Browser (WIB) certification for its Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card.

 

SmartTrust, a developer of mobile device management (MDM) and SIM management software for mobile operators, claims that Prism’s WIB-enabled SIM card is the 100th SIM card to receive company’s WIB platform certification.

 

According to SmartTrust, Prism Technologies is one of 21 SIM card manufacturers to take advantage of this SmartTrust certification program. The SIM cards that have attained SmartTrust’s WIB certification can support SmartTrust’s Wireless Internet Browser (WIB) platform.

 

SmartTrust’s Wireless Internet Browser (WIB) platform is a smart card-based application environment that facilitates easy access to data services. According to SmartTrust, its WIB technology has become a de-facto standard in the industry with all major SIM card manufacturers certifying their WIB-based cards through SmartTrust WIB Certification program. Through this certification program, smart card vendors can be ensured that their implementations are SmartTrust WIB compliant and as well supported by the SmartTrust Delivery Platform. The  

 

Certified cards will be completely interoperable with the SmartTrust OTA server as well that facilitates wireless operators to develop and deploy SIM-based value added services to their subscribers, says company.

 

SIM cards that are installed with SmartTrust WIB can execute operator commands sent to the SIM over-the-air. These SIM cards also facilitate operators to build and remotely maintain a portfolio of SIM-resident services that are designed around SIM Toolkit (STK), which is also based on SmartTrust WIB specification.

 

According to SmartTrust, there are 61 certified SIM cards utilizing WIB version 1.3. The company has also introduced WIB 2.0, which facilitates mobile Internet and WIB application developers to build more advanced Dynamic SIM Toolkit (DSTK) value added services, in order to meet the requirements for revenue-generating applications.

 

This WIB 2.0 technology combines the benefits of technologies such as a Java, SMS, cell broadcast, bearer independent protocol (BIP) and unstructured supplementary service data (USSD), in order to support a platform for next-generation DSTK services.

 

“We believe the SmartTrust certification is proof of the quality of our products, which satisfy the market demand for quality-assured card solutions,” said  David Kaplen, product manager at Prism Payment Technologies, in a statement. “The success of WIB technology and SmartTrust’s certification program is testament to the value these products add to vendors and mobile service providers alike. It comes as no surprise that SmartTrust has become the world’s leading Smart Card-based interpreter execution environment.”