Toshiba will start delivery of commercial user identity module (UIM) cards supporting NFC to Japanese mobile operator KDDI in February. Toshiba's newly developed UIM card equipped with CDMA2000 and GSM supports NFC, which is expected to go into commercial service in the near future. The card is compatible with GSMA's Pay-Buy-Mobile programme and meets the security level required for international payment applications. KDDI initiated verification testing on contactless IC technology in May 2010. KDDI used handsets supporting NFC in order to verify the technical reliability and user-friendliness of the application systems including electronic payment, Toshiba, which rolled out development of the UIM card in 2009, participated in the testing in order to verify the reliability of the UIM card and to establish the technology. In December 2010, KDDI approved Toshiba as a UIM card supplier for KDDI, and Toshiba will start delivery of the cards this month. Toshiba is now ready to mass produce UIM cards for the global market and is starting to promote UIM cards to MNO worldwide, including operators in Europe, the United States and Asia.
