ICC

Integrated Circuit Cards

ICC, formerly the Card Expert Group (CEG) of PAC and later of SMG, was established end 1996.

ICC developed common hardware and software core (platform) standards to support future (or later phases of current) applications and multi-application/inter-industry cards (e.g. bank/telecom).

ICC identified whether ETSI cards specifications can be aligned, whilst maintaining backward compatibility. Influenced ETSI cards groups to introduce phased changes in order to align cards specifications towards an enlarged common platform.

ICC managed and co-ordinated activities related to the assignment of parameters, (e.g. element names, application identifiers, commands, responses), in particular where these are shared or could cause conflict between applications, and ensured liaison with the ETSI Secretariat.

ICC was ETSI's official external liaison body concerning cards standards (e.g. ISO/CEN).

It was closed on 1998-06-10 and its remaining work was transferred to SMG 9.