Created in 2000, SIMalliance is a non-profit industry association made up of the world's leading SIM card manufacturers whose role is to:
promote the SIM as a secure & flexible multi-application device for the deployment of pioneering mobile multimedia, transactions and communications services & educate the market about the technology
advance interoperability further between SIM, Handset and OTA Platform by working with all the participants of the mobile services ecosystem through the creation of dedicated - "Working Groups" in charge of:
- Concept workshops for evaluation
- Recommendations on target architecture
- Reference implementations and open source code
- Initial interoperability coordination amongst early implementers
- Running of demonstrations and pilots
- Speaking with one voice to relevant standardisation bodies and forums
Consolidate and communicate annually an overview of market SIM shipments structured into industry relevant analysis (e.g. region, memory size, browser technology etc.) which currently represents over 90% of all SIM shipments
Produce SIMposium, the annual & international conference and exhibition where the mobile services eco-system meets the SIM Industry and SIMposiumAsia, the first in a series of regional conferences