About Us

Driven by its member organizations, with cross industry representation from all world continents, GlobalPlatform is the worldwide leader in smart card infrastructure development. Its proven and interoperable technical specifications for cards, devices and systems are known as the standard for achieving interoperable, sustainable and flexible smart card deployments that support multi-application, multi-actor and multi-business model implementations. As an independent, not-for-profit organization, GlobalPlatform's strategy is defined and prioritized by a member elected Board of Directors.

The GlobalPlatform Specifications are freely available and have been adopted in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific by many public and private bodies. As of October 2009, an estimated 449 million GlobalPlatform-based smart cards had been deployed. Additionally, 2.2 billion mid range USIM/SIM cards worldwide are estimated to use GlobalPlatform card technology to enable over-the-air (OTA) application downloads for 3G and GSM mobile networks.

The following diagram illustrates the organizational structure of GlobalPlatform: