Deutsche Telekom has commissioned a research partner (G&D) to develop a SIM card for phones featuring contactless NFC technology. This new type of SIM card will eventually be used by DT networks in the future, and will be the first time that contactless NFC technology will be implemented with a universal SIM.

The solution will be used by DT to help meet their global integration demands, and will also lay the foundation for future contactless service and payment options. Giesecke & Devrient (G&D ) won the contract after an international bidding process, and the NFC SIM card solution will be designed to function globally. NFC SIM cards are considered to be an important element in enabling mobile phone payments in the future, and G&D's existing SIM card OS called SkySIM was seen as offering a buildable platform for many contactless NFC features.

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