VirtuoSimo™ cares about SIM-Handset Interoperability
November 22, 2004
Sophia Antipolis, ETSI, France

Taking the most of the ETSI Plugtests Service focusing this year on the SIM / Handset interoperability, Bantry Technologies is delighted to announce that it will now extend the scope the VirtuoSimo™ towards the testing of SIM / Handset interoperability. In the very near future, VirtuoSimo™ Handset will respond to the challenge of test and qualification of mobile phones. Aiming at offering confidence to the handset manufacturers and mobile network operators, it will provide information on the handset compliance to the GSM 11.10-4 as well as on the possible incorrect behavior of SIM applets against given mobile equipments. A clear report will enable non-technical staff to understand where the issues lie and provide a label of compliancy as specified by the SIMalliance: SIMalliance Silver: required features present, SIMalliance Gold: recommended features present, SIMalliance Platinum: advanced features present.

VirtuoSimo™ goes S@T
November 2, 2004
Villepinte, Parc des Expositions, France

Bantry Technologies today unveiled the new strategic direction of VirtuoSimo™ at Cartes 2004. After having delivered an unrivalled quality within the SIM Toolkit arena, VirtuoSimo™ now takes a giant step forward by offering the possibility to easily create and load S@T scenarios into a S@T-enabled SIM card. The S@T micro-browser is an alternative to a WAP browser residing within the SIM card. Being defined by the SIMalliance VirtuoSimo™ S@T Edition provides the user with a user-friendly interface to write S@TML files. The tool then converts the files into S@T byte code and loads the resident decks onto the S@T SIM card. This functionality can be used for native as well as for Java SIM S@T cards. VirtuoSimo™ S@T Edition will be publicly available after the Cartes 2004 trade show.

Release of VirtuoSimo™ USIM Applet Loader and File Manager
September 13, 2004
Paris, France

Bantry Technologies today announced the general availability of its VirtuoSimo™ USIM Applet Manager and VirtuoSimo™ USIM File Manager products. These new functionalities complement the former version of the VirtuoSimo™ products range and can be purchased as part of every version of VirtuoSimo™ or as stand-alone products.

• The VirtuoSimo™ USIM Applet Loader enables to load, install or delete Java Card™ USIM Toolkit applets. It enables these operations whatever the security level of the SIM card (DES-CBC, DES-ECB, 3-DES 2 and 3 keys). It also offers an automatic scanning of the USIM card and will provide the list of AIDs of the applet(s) present on the SIM card.
• The VirtuoSimo™ USIM File Manager enables to scan USIM cards file system. This functionality is available for both Java and non-Java SIM cards. A dedicated plug-in option allows the user to manage proprietary administrative commands if not already provided by Bantry Technologies. Thanks for the file manager, it is possible to read, rename or update the content of a card, define access conditions with the use of keys, load specific personalisation automatically.

Release of VirtuoSimo™ 3G
May 31, 2004
Paris, France

Bantry Technologies today announced the general availability of its VirtuoSimo™ product dedicated to GSM cards (SIM) as well as to UMTS cards (USIM). As part of the advent of 3G networks, Bantry Technologies wants to keep at the forefront of the technology. The release of the interoperable development and test platform for the third generation is not a surprise and confirms the involvement of the company into the provisioning of wireless tools supporting both the master application located on the server as well as the client applet located on the USIM cards. Similarly to the GSM versions of the product, VirtuoSimo™ 3G will be offered to the market in its Standard, Expert and Expert Professional editions.

Release of the Sun™ ONE Studio Integration Completion
January 9, 2004
Paris, France

Bantry Technologies today announced the general availability of its VirtuoSimo™ product, which extends the Sun Microsystems' Sun ONE Studio and NetBeans IDE to provide customers with a unique environment for developing, debugging and testing Java Card™ (U)SIM Toolkit applets. This means that Sun Microsystems' Sun One Studio and NetBeans IDE are customised with additional menus and dedicated wizards and the full VirtuoSimo™ simulation and emulation environment to enable Java SIM Toolkit based applet development.

Read the full Press Release about the Integration Completion (PDF)