Windows Powered Smart Cards are tamper-proof, making them impervious to viruses, physical modification, or any other type of unauthorized access. Access control lists, along with security libraries and mathematical algorithms, collaborate to protect Windows Powered Smart Cards from unauthorized users and any tampering ruses. Increasing Communication Possibilities Cellular customers typically use their mobile phones to make a call or perhaps store a small address book. However, the potential uses of a mobile phone are almost boundless. With Windows for Smart Cards, carriers can distinguish their service offerings from those of their competition by personalizing the Windows Powered Smart Card with their own applications and data.
Carriers can even add functions to cards they have already issued.
As she prepares for an international sales trip to Japan, Sabine opens her Microsoft Outlook application on her PC and assigns her fifty most frequently called contacts to a category called Mobile. She creates a new view called Mobile View that includes the name, job title, and business number fields for the Mobile contacts. Next, she inserts her SIM card running Windows for Smart Cards into the smart card reader of her PC and downloads the Mobile View onto her Windows Powered Smart Card. Between customer visits in Tokyo, Sabine inserts her Windows Powered Smart Card into the smart card slot of her GSM phone and quickly locates the office number of a subject expert who can update her with information she ll need for her next meeting. Sabine is enlisting the support of her coworkers across international borders.