Motorola in talks with Tata Docomo and Airtel for iSIM

Motorola may bring cheers for subscribers of Tata Docomo and Airtel, as the company is discussing with the operators the launch of its parental control services, or iSIM (intelligent SIM) in India.
According to sources, Motorola is in an advanced stage of discussion with Tata Docomo and Airtel in India for launching Motorola’s iSIM platform to enable parental control services which Motorola launched some time back with Bipper Communication, a Scandinavian web based company operating in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa).
 The global price of iSIM EMEA is $9, and the rate for India has yet to be worked out, our source said.
The parental control service from Motorola  to Bipper will help parents manage their children’s approved number list on the Bipper website. Parents will then be able to monitor their children’s use of mobiles through a user friendly web portal. Who the children communicate with, how much, and when they use the phone can be tracked on the portal.
The Motorola iSIM platform enables a phone to support up to four IMSI (international mobile subscriber identity) profiles or phone numbers without changing the SIM card. These numbers could be of one or many operators. iSIM also has a smart dialer feature which allows each button on the keypad to be programmed to dial a particular phone number. It can also be used for sales force automation and for messaging within an enterprise.
Tarvinder Singh, director of marketing and product management for networks, enterprise mobility solutions and networks, Motorola India, had earlier said to Telecom Yatra, “Motorola iSIM is a flexible and powerful platform that helps mobile operators and enterprises to enable mobile lifestyle experiences effectively and efficiently. It is based on a flexible wafer that can be attached to the subscriber’s original SIM providing additional services that can be controlled via SIM tool kit (STK), allowing third party developers to build applications and services.”
Motorola’s iSIM is based on a flexible wafer that can be attached to the subscriber’s original SIM providing additional services that can be controlled via SIM took kit (STK), allowing third party developers to build applications and services. In simple terms, it consists of a slim plastic SIM that can be stuck and unstuck like a post-it to a mobile phone SIM, is suitable for most mobile phone models, and can be interchanged between them.
It works on Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, which is a data transmission system based on physical contact. A simple touch between two NFC surfaces is enough to instantaneously start the interchange of digital information between the devices.