Smart Card supports standard for 3G mobile market.

Supporting New Application Programming Interface (API), High-End Solution From Incard Allows Mobile Operators to Deploy Interoperable 3g Applications and Services

GENEVA, April 11 / -- Incard, a global leader in providing smart-card-based solutions, today introduced a multi-application JavaCard(TM) platform, called Mokard R6. The new platform is the first in the third-generation (3G) mobile market to support the sixth release of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Application Programming Interface (API). By enabling powerful file administration, dynamic memory management, sharing of common memory buffers and other card resources previously unavailable via traditional APIs, Mokard R6 allows mobile operators to develop 3G value-added services in a standardized and effective way, avoiding proprietary solutions and benefiting end users with on-card applications tailored to customers' needs.

Among its new capabilities, the Incard's interoperable platform provides access to the 3G file system using multiple concurrent views; powerful file administration commands supported by a sophisticated dynamic memory management with automated garbage collection; events triggered by file update operations; the secure sharing of memorybuffers between different applications; and the remote management of Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) and Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) file system.

Featuring USIM multi-subscription capability and operation in both 2G and 3G networks, Mokard R6 supports large files suitable for storage of Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and other large data. Another significant benefit of the new platform is the full backward compatibility with the industry proven Release 5 SIM API, which grants a smooth migration from the 2G application portfolio to new 3G services.

Advanced security features of Mokard R6 include a crypto coprocessor for up to 2048-bit RSA-encrypted operation, on-board key generation, and a complete set of 2G/3G authentication algorithms protected by state-of-the-art Differential Power Analysis (DPA)/Simple Power Analysis (SPA) countermeasures. These protection schemes avoid even the most sophisticated attempts to access critical information.

Available in memory sizes up to 256 kbyte, Mokard R6 is complemented by a remote applet management protocol based on Global Platform 2.1 and by the JavaCard(TM) 2.2.1 runtime environment including Remote Method Invocation (RMI).

"The Mokard R6 family product confirms the leadership of Incard's software laboratories in providing the most interoperable, advanced, and secure smart- card platforms for mobile applications," said Ettore Toscano, Director of Incard's Software Design Center. "With Mokard R6, Incard's customers can offer a wide range of pioneering services, giving end users an evolution of their current mobile-experience."

Delivered in standard (U)SIM packaging configurations, the Mokard R6 is currently available in samples with volume production expected by May 2006.

JavaCard(TM) is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems.

About Incard
A member of the STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) group, Incard is a leading smart-card manufacturer, offering a complete range of products for Telecommunications, Payment, Transport, Healthcare, Loyalty, and Identity markets. With its know-how and proven expertise, Incard has gained the trust of a global customer base in the different sectors of smart-card solutions with a full range of flexible products, where security and portability are the key factors. Further information on Incard can be found at www.incard.it

CONTACT: Mariarosaria Risi, Incard, +39-0823630260 Publish Post , mariarosaria.risi@st.com