Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is a technology leader for smart cards and smart card solutions for telecommunications, e-payment, health care, transportation, and IT security (PKI). G&D is one of the leading SIM cards suppliers in the world. Since the beginning, G&D has played an important role in defining international mobile telecommunications standards. Today, we provide solutions for every card-based mobile telecommunications system, whether GSM, UMTS, or CDMA. The broad product portfolio includes the full range of cards (USIM, R-UIM) for mobile communication network operators, tools for testing and development, mobile applications for VAS (such as mobile banking, ticketing and location-based services), production-, packaging- and hosting services. www.gi-de.com.