Morpho (Safran group) and Telenor announce that their wireless Local Area Network (LAN) enabled SIM card "ConnectSIM" has won the coveted SESAMES award in the "Hardware" category.
On the eve of the CARTES & IDentification congress, the expert jury chose ConnectSIM as the best and most innovative card, one that represents a genuine breakthrough in the card industry and delivers significant benefits to potential users.
ConnectSIM is the world’s first wireless LAN enabled SIM. It provides new freedom and security for mobile phone users. Featuring WLAN 802.11 capability, the ConnectSIM card becomes a seamlessly integrated node in any wireless IP network, creating trust for its ecosystem: TV, laptop, games, mobile phones, etc. Such a SIM creates new business opportunities, giving mobile network operators a key position in trusted services: mobile transactions, identity, web security and more.
"We are very pleased to win this prestigious SESAMES award together with our partner Morpho. Telenor started to explore the opportunities of the WLAN enabled SIM card at an early stage and it is great to receive such recognition for our achievements. We believe that this innovative technology will create exciting business opportunities for mobile network operators, including our own operations in the Telenor Group," said EVP Morten Karlsen Sørby, Telenor Corporate Development.
Philippe d’Andréa, Executive Vice President at Morpho’s e-Documents Division, stated: "We are delighted to win the prestigious SESAMES award again this year. It is testimony to the innovative spirit at Morpho and its technology partner Telenor."
