From: Bettina Martelli (martellitrustcenter.de)
Date: Thu Mar 11 2004 - 03:21:00 CST

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Hello, list!

Anders Rundgren schrieb:

>>>>I say it one more time: The smart ID card is dead and gone.
>>>>It is beyond repair.
....
>
> Mobile phones have already reached critical mass since at
> least 5 years back and are replaced at a high frequency
> soon making such devices prime candidates for housing
> "virtual cards" allowing both governments and banks to
> co-exist.

I really don't understand this contraposition between
smart cards and mobile phones as "virtual" cards.
In each mobile phone there is a "real" smart card inside,
the SIM. Insofar a mobile phone ist just equivalent to
card + reader + some logic + modem.
The smard cards manufacturers also produce the SIMs.
The chips are the same. The market is the same.
Where is the difference?

Cheers Bettina Martelli

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