This book offers a broad and useful overview of smart cards technology and applications. In particular, it addresses the RFID technology (for contactless smart card), smart card reader access mechanism, smart card production, multi-application smart card platforms, smart card security and security for pay-TV systems as well as smart card applications (phone SIM card, bank EMV card, ID card and e-passport).
It is intersting to learn about SIM authentication for mobile phones and remote over-the-air managment with short messages (SMS), payment card technologies and card authentication, security features of ID cards, e-passports and pay-TV systems. With the Near-Field-Communication technology, mobile phone can interact with external contactless smart card as a token reader. By the way, it is disappointing to find many typos!