Via Ajit Jaokar’s Open Gardens blog, a very recommendable one, we have known about one of the ongoing developments in OMA, that seems to be quite interesting.
It’s none other than a ‘Smart card web server’.
According to OMA documentation, as OpenGardens says, “SCWS is a Web server running in the SIM card ((U)SIM, R-UIM, CSIM) that implements a network operator’s services and is portable across handsets. It provides static and dynamic web pages and allows transactions between the card and an HTTP based application running in the handset – for example a Web browser. (…) It also enables the deployment of secure services with standard Web technology by leveraging inherent smart card security features.”
For sure, carriers are very interested in this kind of stuff, as they have a lot of control over SIM cards. So, this could be used as a new way for homogenize the branding and the user experience regardless of device manufacturers.
Via OpenGardens
