Mobile Application Development with SMS and the SIM Toolkit

Just what you need to get mobile messaging going on virtually any platform, in virtually any language, this guide provides a thorough tutorial in the SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) programming environment, today's most-used mobile applications technology. Smart card expert Scott Guthery teams with information management specialist Mary Cronin to show seasoned developers how to:

• Design, build, and integrate SMS messaging into your applications environment
• Create code that harnesses the power of the SIM
• Use the micro-browsers and micro-Web servers in 3G phones
• Construct leading-edge mobile commerce applications on today's networks
• Send and receive SMS messages from your server or your laptop
• Enable interfaces and other needed components
• Create secure wireless applications for corporate networks and VPNs

• You're building applications for GSM or 3G networks
• You know that today's 2 billion SMS messages per month are not enough
• You wish you had sample code for reality-based applications
• You want to add mobile extensions to your software products and corporate network
• You manufacture smart cards or create smart card applications
• You seek reliable answers on 3G programming interfaces and toolkits
• You want guidance on SIM application design, integration, or management for any platform
• You prefer to avoid others' mistakes

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introducing SMS and the SIM
Chapter 2: Basic SMS Messaging
Chapter 3: Details of SMS-SUBMIT and SMS-DELIVER
Chapter 4: SMS Integration
Chapter 5: SMS Brokers
Chapter 6: SMS in an Airport Logistics Application
Chapter 7: The SIM
Chapter 8: SIM Toolkit API: Proactive Commands and Events Download
Chapter 9: End-to-End Security for SMS Messages
Chapter 10: The SmartTrust Microbrowser and the 3GPP USAT Interpreter
Chapter 11: The USAT Interpreter at Work
Chapter 12: The USAT Virtual Machine and SIM Toolkit Programs
Chapter 13: Smart Signatures for Secure Mobile Commerce
Chapter 14: The ETSI Smart Card Platform
APPENDIX: Standards for SMS and the SIM
Index