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 smart card infrastructure. 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 2008, 90 known GlobalPlatform-based implementations had been reported worldwide and an estimated 305.7 million GlobalPlatform-based smart cards had been deployed. Additionally, two 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. These figures are predicted to rise significantly by the end of 2009.

The following diagram illustrates the organizational structure of GlobalPlatform: