Dubai, 6 October 2004 :  Ebtikar Card Systems, a business division affiliated to Emirates Telecommunication Corporation ( ETISALAT) announced  the latest in manufacturing smart cards during its participation in GITEX 2004.

Saeed Salim Al Bairaq, Business Development Manager, Ebtikar Card Systems, said : "  Ebtikar will be displaying the latest in manufacturing cards including the new packaging of GSM cards and " Wasel"  as well as the 3G cards,  the thing which reflects Etisalat concern towards offering best services for its customers".

He added that Ebtikar continues achieving milestones in the field of manufacturing different smart cards . Smart card solution provider introduces a new SIM card, which is the 3G, for third generation mobile networks. The new SIM card has an EEPROM memory capacity of 64 K bytes and it supports GSM functionality. These features make it an ideal SIM card platform to migrate from 2G to new 3G services. Third generation SIM cards are available with us from 2nd Quarter 2004.

As the new USIM card complies with both GSM and 3G requirements, all the mobile services offered today can be accessed with this new card. The card enables the operator to offer a wide range of value-added-services such as m-commerce, m-banking, as well as information, entertainment and gaming services. It also stores valuable contact information, for example phone numbers, e-mail, SMS and Internet addresses.

The 3G is a multi-application and multi-standard card supporting both ETSI and ISO standards. This makes it easy to implement different types of services on a single card. 3G cards offer an open application toolkit platform to develop new applications and services.

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Note to Editor
Etisalat's specialist Card Manufacturing Unit - EBTIKAR, is a sophisticated, state-of-the-art cards manufacturing nit set up by Etisalat in 1996 to tap the exponentially growing card/applications market.

This is the first factory of its kind in the Middle East which has its own manufacturing and personalization center for a variety of cards - memory cards, microprocessors and magnetic cards for multimedia applications within diverse industries such as telecommunications (pay phones, GSM, Internet), ID cards , health etc. Card Personalization which is increasingly becoming an integral part of cards, is built into our manufacturing process and this provides our clients with a completely seamless operation from start to finish.

ECS insure the best quality, high security printing, competitive prices and the capacity to manufacture over 250 Million cards per year.

Press release issued by Public Relations Department - Etisalat 

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