Frédéric Vasnier, Senior Vice President of the Telecoms Business Unit at Gemalto, takes up his fifth term as Chair of the organisation, after an election among fellow SIMalliance Board members representing Giesecke & Devrient, Incard, STMicroelectronics, Morpho, Oberthur Technologies and VALID.
Herve Pierre, General Secretary of SIMalliance comments: “The Board welcomed the continuity of Fred’s strong leadership at a pivotal time in the growth of the global SE market. This corresponds with the subsequent evolution of SIMalliance from an organisation historically focused on promoting an open SIM ecosystem to one which aims to promote the usage of other SEs in mobile services. The rapid increase in applications and use cases for all types of SE, resulting from huge growth in areas such as secure mobile services, digital content and connected devices, can only be sustained through global implementation of a standardized SE infrastructure. Under Fred, and the wider Board’s leadership, SIMalliance will continue to support this goal by delivering public technical specifications, recommendations and white papers which will facilitate and accelerate the delivery of secure mobile applications globally.”
In 2013, SIMalliance has advanced the industry towards its goal of an open SE ecosystem by delivering the following outputs:
Frederic Vasnier, SIMalliance Chairman, concludes: “2014 will be a very important year for SIMalliance as the organisation continues to advance interoperability and co-operation across the global SE ecosystem. The organisation’s roadmap for the year ahead is currently being finalised, however near term priorities include projects on M2M and mobile internet security. We also seek to further our industry collaboration, to ensure that SIMalliance continues to address relevant market requirements and reflect the most advanced technical evolutions.”
List of SIMalliance Board members
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