SIM Cards
Atlantic Zeiser's high-performance, cost-effective personalization solutions address the entire range of SIM cards, from simple native cards up to multi - MegaByte JavaCards. New to the market is our high-resolution drop-on-demand inkjet printing technology, maintaining exceptionally high production throughput, even for complex printing requirements such as barcodes.
SIM cards are used in mobile phones as removable security devices to authenticate and identify subscribers on the network by securely storing a unique key (IMSI) linked to the subscriber’s account. Since SIM cards have been introduced, their functionality has been significantly expanded from being just a simple authentication device with a memory capacity of several kilobytes. Next-generation IMS are now a complex multimedia platform featuring memory capacity of several hundreds of megabytes.
According to research from Eurosmart, SIM cards have shown double-digit growth rates over the past few years and this trend is predicted to continue into 2008 and beyond. SIM cards still make over 75% of the total annual smart sard shipment volume. The main drivers for growth are the expansion of GSM networks, the high churn rates in several regions, as well measures to increase the average revenue per subscriber (ARPU) by expanding the cards’ functionality.
The increasing complexity of SIM cards requires accurate production measures, particularly during the personalization process, when the SIM chip is programmed and several unique data (numbers and bar codes) are printed on the card. Atlantic Zeiser is the right technology partner for maximum security and quality results.
