SlashPhone » Sagem Orga http://www.slashphone.com Worldwide mobile phone news, reviews and wireless innovations Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:45:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sagem Orga and Telefonica turn the SIM card into a Wi-Fi hotspot http://www.slashphone.com/sagem-orga-and-telefonica-turn-the-sim-card-into-a-wi-fi-hotspot-127780 http://www.slashphone.com/sagem-orga-and-telefonica-turn-the-sim-card-into-a-wi-fi-hotspot-127780#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:12:10 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=7780 Sagem Orga and Telefonica are enhancing mobile broadband services by offering “SIMFi”, the first SIM card with integrated Wi-Fi. By turning the SIM card into a Wi-Fi hotspot, Sagem Orga and Telefonica have developed a solution without all these hurdles. An embedded WLAN modem in the SIM card, driven by the SIM toolkit applets running in the SIM, will enable Telefonica to broadcast High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) Internet access through Wi-Fi to notebooks and netbooks. The new generation USIM card “SIMFi” can be inserted in any type of classic handset to act as a universal and interoperable HSPA/Wi-Fi router for any device.

“We strongly believe that SIMFi, with its unprecedented functionality for wireless access, will significantly improve the user experience,” explained Remy Cricco, Technology Innovation Manager at Sagem Orga. “If customers can connect their notebooks to the Web anytime and anywhere by simply using what they have with them most of the time and what is the most trusted secure device – the SIM card – adoption can be expected to be enormous.”

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]]> http://www.slashphone.com/sagem-orga-and-telefonica-turn-the-sim-card-into-a-wi-fi-hotspot-127780/feed 0 Sagem Orga and BlueSky Positioning first to bring A-GPS SIM to market http://www.slashphone.com/sagem-orga-and-bluesky-positioning-first-to-bring-a-gps-sim-to-market-203333 http://www.slashphone.com/sagem-orga-and-bluesky-positioning-first-to-bring-a-gps-sim-to-market-203333#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:11:35 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=3333 telco_smartcards_moreSagem Orga has announced that it will partner with BlueSky Positioning to integrate A-GPS positioning technology on SIM cards. Sagem Orga and BlueSky Positioning’s new approach incorporates a GPS receiver and a proprietary antenna into the SIM card, enabling mobile operators to deploy both legally-mandated and commercial applications quickly and cost-effectively for all mobile handsets, with no need for software or hardware changes. To make localization even more accurate and user friendly, the A-GPS SIM uses assisted GPS data.

François Blanchard, Global Account Marketing Manager at Sagem Orga, said: “The SIM is entering a new era where it can now be considered as a real service platform and a valuable device; the A-GPS enabled SIM card will reshape the way SIM card are perceived by MNOs and end-users.”

The primary purpose of A-GPS SIM is to provide accurate positioning information of the phone to emergency services in case of an emergency call as required by E112 and E911 legislation in the EU and the U.S. respectively. In addition to this, it can support generic location-based services such as navigation, ‘find a place or person’ services, location-aware games, and many more.

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