November, 19th, Paris. Cellnetrix announced today that its
CellSIM operating system has reached a new market adoption milestone: the
number of commercially supplied SIM-cards with embedded CellSIM OS for 2
consecutive quarters of 2013 has exceeded 10 mln. pieces quarterly.
CellSIM is a family of smart card operating systems based on Java Card
and fully compliant with most international and industry standards such as ISO,
Global platform, 3GPP and ETSI.
CellSIM Operating System is commercially available on 3 different
semiconductor platforms: Samsung ARM SC100, STMicroelectronics ARM Cortex M3,
Starchip Cortus APS3s and their derivatives. Customers are able to select among
several chip suppliers and source directly from silicon manufacturers and their
distributors.
The main business model of Cellnetrix is based on technology licensing
approach which provides a high level of flexibility for different industry
players. Smart card technology license includes a full set of product
configurations, software tools and documentation. At the moment commercialized configurations
vary from conventional 3G USIM 64K to advanced 256K USIM LTE products.
In addition, Cellnetrix offers a full technology escrow via an
internationally acknowledged partner.
Technology licensing agreements are combined with support and
maintenance contracts ensuring high level of technical support and evolution of
the operating system based on an agreed road-map.
Customers looking for volumes, from small to moderate, up to a few
hundred thousand pieces, may order them from the company directly. Higher
volumes are available from Cellnetrix channel partners or chip manufacturers
CellSIM OS samples are available in several form factors such as wafer, 6
contact COB module, QFN8 chip module or standard (2FF), mini-UICC (3FF) or
nano-UICC (4FF) test card.
For more information, please, consult our website http://www.cellnetrix.com/products/embedded-security.html