Japan's largest telecom operator has announced the world's first device authentication based on SIM-card or, in other words, the wireless technology that can replace the SIM-card on your phone and be your identifier for a variety of services. To date, NTT Docomo Portable SIM-enabled Bluetooth and NFC exists as a prototype the size of a credit card. In the future, the company plans to reduce telecommunications device to the size of wearable electronics by type bracelets .
Demonstration of "portable Sims" was held during the exhibition Mobile Technology Mobile Asia Expo in Shanghai. Representatives of NTT Docomo showed reporters The Verge, as their development helps smartphones without SIM-card to make telephone calls and change user profiles with just one touch. To transfer the caller ID phone, enough to touch him device Portable SIM. Gadget can be used to unlock their personal data on mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones.
The device can also store in its memory the user credentials and open access to various internet services. NTT Docomo plans to extend this technology for automobiles and electronic door locks. For safety reasons, at break Bluetooth-connection authentication process stops.
NTT Docomo patented Portable SIM, fearing that competitors will want to adopt its technology for use as an alternative to the aging standard SIM. Given past war for the right to change the format of SIM-card will be interesting to see further developments around this technology.