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Tencent and China Unicom release the first TUSI SIM card in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province on May 23. [Photo/tech.chinadaily.com.cn] |
Chinese internet conglomerate Tencent and China Unicom, one of China's three major telecoms operators, joined hands to release the first TUSI SIM card in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province on May 23.
Tencent established a research and development laboratory in Wuxi last September, aiming to fuse Intel Core technology with the Tencent User Security Infrastructure (TUSI) standard to develop a secure blockchain system for the internet of things (IoT).
It has also cooperated with Intel, which has been pursuing blockchain technology for some time, with a particular emphasis on its own hardware-based security. The effort aims to develop accounts secured by "hardware keys and blockchain," so that IoT devices can "enjoy unified security capabilities," a local news source states.
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The Tencent User Security Infrastructure (TUSI) standard is introduced during the news ceremony in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province on May 23. [Photo/tech.chinadaily.com.cn] |
Wuxi beat off bids from other cities to be the location of the national sensor network innovation demonstration and won the honor to first implement the new technology in various scenarios, including car entertainment, smart medical care, smart home technology, game competitions, financial insurance, the sharing economy and virtual reality.
The card is expected to help create the secure connector of smart cities, guarantee personal privacy security and guard smart city development.
Ding Ke, a senior manager of Tencent, said: "Tencent is committed to developing the security technology of IoT. The cooperation of the government and other companies is needed to jointly promote the implementation of the unified identity authentication standard for IoT industry users and to explore more application scenarios of the blockchain technology."
