A major communication provider to the oil and gas industry plans to resell wireless broadband and WiMAX services to oil companies in North America.Schlumberger, a leading oilfield services provider, has been providing the oil and gas industry communications services - including satellite, wireless, terrestrial,...
AUSTIN, Texas-Dobson Cellular Systems has chosen Axalto, formerly Schlumberger Smart Cards & Terminals, as its primary supplier of subscriber identity module (SIM) smart cards to support the carrier's conversion to GSM technology.Axalto's Simera Java SIM cards will allow Dobson GSM subscribers to access next-generation...
BEIJING-Schlumberger Smart Cards & Terminals said it will supply Zhejiang Unicom with Simgo, its Java-based over-the-air service management solution. Zhejiang Unicom will be the first China Unicom subsidiary to commercialize its OTA services on 64K subscriber identity module cards.The technology will allow the operator...
PARIS-Schlumberger Smart Cards & Terminals, a business unit of Schlumberger Ltd., launched its Visual Integrated Environment for Wireless Smart cards (VIEWS) package of products.The VIEWS solution is designed to allow easy updates and upgrades on mobile-phone smart cards.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. signed a three-year, multimillion dollar contract with SchlumbergerSema to deliver a multisite frame relay network designed to carry internal and external communications for SchlumbergerSema in the United States.SchlumbergerSema also purchased Sprint PCS wireless services and is implementing a system of...
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NEW YORK-SchlumbergerSema, Paris, has launched its SIM2SIM device, which enables automatic and secure transfer of end-user personal data from one subscriber identity module card to another.The two-slot SIM card reader, which is smaller than a disposable camera, consists of a screen, keypad and batteries....
LONDON-SchlumbergerSema introduced its new Enterprise Office Suite for Microsoft Exchange, which the company said will allow wireless carrier customers to offer wireless e-mail, calendar and directory access to their corporate customers.The SchlumbergerSema product offers secure push capabilities, allowing users to automatically receive new messages...
LOS ANGELES-Telemac Corp., which provides network-edge real-time accounting and billing technologies for the wireless industry, announced it expanded its agreement and joint marketing efforts with SchlumbergerSema.Beyond developing and marketing SchlumbergerSema Telemac-enabled SIM cards for GSM wireless devices in North America, the companies will also...
SANTIAGO, Chile-Chilean mobile operator Smartcom announced it will replace its current billing system from SchlumbergerSema with a new product from Intec Telecom Systems and Logica.Intec will provide its Inter-mediatE billing product, while Logica will provide the consulting and implementation services."The Inter-mediatE solution is replacing...
AUSTIN, Texas—SchlumbergerSema announced it will provide the security platform for Hutchison 3G's third-generation services. According to the agreement, SchlumbergerSema will offer consulting, systems integration and project management expertise to support the Entrust software-based security solutions. Deployment is scheduled to begin in the United Kingdom...
AUSTIN, Texas—SchlumbergerSema and Compaq Computer Corp. jointly launched a customer care and billing solution that integrates advanced Storage Area Networks (SAN) technology, which offers mobile operators higher storage capacity and greater scalability in managing next generation data applications. SAN technology allocates storage on an...
TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest telecom operator in Japan, announced it will launch a field trial for credit card settlement using third-generation (3G) handsets in the fourth quarter. Four leading credit card companies in Japan, including JCB Company and UC Card Company, will join the field...
NEW YORK—Compaq Computer Corp. and Schlumberger say they have agreed to develop joint IT solutions for such markets as oil and gas, finance, telecommunications, transport, energy and utilities and the public sector."Earlier this year, Schlumberger and Compaq delivered an integrated security solution based on...
LOS ANGELES—SchlumbergerSema and Telemac Corp. plan to collaborate to develop and market a SchlumbergerSema Telemac-enabled SIM card for GSM wireless devices. The card, which will be available to Telemac-licensed networks and resellers in North America, will support Telemac CostControl technology and include Telemac's newly...
AUSTIN, Texas—SchlumbergerSema announced it expects North American sales of its Simera Java-enabled subscriber identity module smart card to surpass 10 million early this year."With the recent introduction of Removable Subscriber Module (R-UIM) Java cards for the North American CDMA market in 2002, SchlumbergerSema anticipates...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The GSM Association has warned third-generation (3G) cell-phone operators that they need to reshape their organizations to provide security similar to that offered by Internet service providers (ISPs). The association claims that online hackers will target wireless Internet providers and has called...
CANNES, France—SchlumbergerSema introduced its INService solution for managing mobile carriers' prepaid and postpaid subscribers.The solution integrates a rating engine for real-time rating across a carrier's pre- and postpaid subscriber base.The company also announced the SchlumbergerSema and Mobile Economy alliance, which was selected by the...
SINGAPORE—SchlumbergerSema announced that its Hong Kong smart card manufacturing facility has been certified by the GSM Association's Security Accreditation Scheme (SAS).SchlumbergerSema is the first smart card supplier in Asia to be granted GSM SAS certification, which is given to smart card manufacturers that meet...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—SchlumbergerSema and Compaq Computer have unveiled a mobile services solution targeted at network operators that have acquired licenses in new and emerging markets.The "GSM in a box" solution is called the SchlumbergerSema SimphonyLite and is said to be a package that that...
MANILA, Philippines—Smart Communications has chosen SchlumbergerSema's Java subscriber identity module (SIM) smart cards as its platform for data services, SchlumbergerSema said.Smart handles about 45 million outgoing short message service (SMS) messages per day. The new SIM technology doubles the memory available to subscribers for...
PARIS—Telfort and Postbank in Norway have selected SchlumbergerSema's Subscriber Wireless Application Protocol Identify Module (SWIM) card to provide public key infrastructure for their m-banking service. The service, which launched earlier this year, has more than 500,000 users.The Simera e-motion SWIM card will allow customers...
AUSTIN, Texas—SchlumbergerSema announced it will offer mobile commerce services to wireless carriers through a deal with Microcell i5, a subsidiary of Microcell Telecommunications.Under the deal, SchlumbergerSema will integrate i5's Masq mobile commerce subscriber identity platform into its portfolio of products for carriers. According to...
If GSM plus TDMA equals GAIT, some software providers want to ensure that the calculus makes sense.Last week, Schlumberger Sema and Sonera SmartTrust said they had received an order to provide a GAIT Over-The-Air solution for Cingular Wireless networks.GAIT, which stands for GSM/ANSI 136...
