Sicap, leader in Device Management and over-the-air SIM management
announced today that its Device and SIM platforms now interact to
trigger automatic SIM updates, uniting device capabilities and service
profiles.
Interoperability between Device and SIM operations means for
instance that when a customer changes his device, the automatic
detection feature of the Device Management Center (DMC) checks its
capabilities and subsequently triggers a message via OTA-SIM to update
the subscriber SIM with the new service options. The whole sequence is
handled seamlessly for the customer and in real time, so that new
personalized features become immediately available. The potential for
converged services is huge. DMC is already running on affiliate
networks of virtually every major mobile operator group. Designed and
built in-house on a sustainable framework, a single database can be
shared for both Device and SIM platforms, with updates synchronized on
the same hardware.
Operators can leverage the SIM to provide user-friendly and
device-compatible service options. New self-care aids such as the
dynamic SIM toolkit menu are made available through the IMEI tracking
applet in a solution jointly developed by Sicap and Giesecke &
Devrient, (G&D), the world´s second largest SIM card manufacturer.
Markus Moser, Head of International Sales Systems and Services at G&D
said "For end-users, perhaps the most visible of benefits is the
ability to customize phone menus using options such as choice of
language or filter settings to block unsolicited information".
The enhanced backup and restore ability of the converged platforms
constitutes an additional benefit. Mobile users store address book
details for instance either on the SIM, on the device, or split
between the two. Merging Device and SIM platform capabilities enables
synchronization of SIM and device address books, thereby guaranteeing
a complete backup and restore solution in case of loss. Users can also
download configurations or applications to both their device and their
SIM from the same Web page.
For operators, gaining and maintaining control over subscriber
services via the SIM has never been so important. The recent trend of
service branding on handset vendor portals has opened up competition
for customer attention. Sicap software is totally vendor-independent
and works on any SIM card on the market.
Active membership of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA DM) ensures
that Sicap software roadmaps are able to meet and exceed technological
challenges. In the near future, the OMA release of application
management standards on devices will open up new opportunities for
Sicap´s converged offer. Application management for instance will be
carried out on both the SIM and the device. In terms of marketing
opportunities, the current trend to invest in Near Field Communication
(NFC) based applications is one that will be largely helped by
simultaneous Device and SIM application management.
According to Sicap Director of Product Marketing Achim Korber who
is heading the platform convergence drive, "Combining Device
Management with SIM Management is the way ahead. We believe that
seamless service updates will be the guarantee that customers get the
maximum that their device can offer".
About Sicap
Specialized in mobile technologies, Sicap enables operators to
achieve real time converged business, whether by dynamically charging
subscriber accounts or by directly updating their device and SIM
configurations. The product portfolio extends to include software
which facilitates business between mobile network operators and their
partners.
For further information about Sicap, please visit www.sicap.com
