The document discusses developing an Islamic SIM card application that would provide features useful for Muslims, such as notifying users of prayer times and banning incoming calls during prayers. It proposes a business model where the SIM application would be preinstalled at factories and generate revenue from royalties on SIM sales and small user fees shared with mobile operators and SIM vendors. The creator is seeking investment to conduct a pilot with a mobile operator and further develop the application, management team, support, and market reach. He provides contact information for interested parties to learn more.

1. Yiannis Hatzopoulos
Electrical Engineer
islamicsim.zapto.org

2. Global Muslim population 1.5 billion – 53 mil in Europe
Our potential pool
1bil+ feature GSM
80% prepaid connections

3. Muslim prayer times
5 times/day
Facing Mecca

4. Mosque
Prayer calls
Mecca compass
watch

5. Location based SIM application
* Mecca Compass
* Autonomous prayer time alert
* Prayer time incoming call ban
* Islamic Calendar
* Auxilliary services
* Mini advertising gadget
GSM global landscape still
dominated by feature phones!
Location based SIM application
* Mecca Compass
* Autonomous prayer time alert
* Prayer time incoming call ban
* Islamic Calendar
* Auxilliary services
* Mini advertising gadget
GSM global landscape still
dominated by feature phones!
3 bil. SIMs are sold every year!
New Product
32K Islamic SIM
New Product
32K Islamic SIM

6. SIMagine 2010 Best Mobile App Award
MWC 2010 Barcelona
MWC 2010 French pavilion

8. Africa Com – Cape Town S. Africa
Nov 2011
Part of the Danish
Fundamenture
Group
Sells 100 mil SIM /
smartcards
annually.
Good market
access in Asia
and Africa

10. Islamic 'Sticker SIM' business case

11. Competition in the GSM
Arena for Islamic SIM?
Pros and cons?
Competitor prices?
Competition in the GSM
Arena for Islamic SIM?
Pros and cons?
Competitor prices?
Shariah compatible SIM
Islamic GSM phone
Islamic Apps

12. * Business model?
Multilingual SIM embedded app – preinstalled at the factory
Revenue source:
-Royalties from SIM sales to MNOs and VMNOs
-Small operation charges paid by end user - shared with
MNO, SIM vendor, Islamic SIM designer. (small ARPU %)
Marketing: SIM vendor and MNO
* Mobile Advertising revenue support?
Possible – to subsidize end user prices (eg. Islamic Banking
sponsorships).
* Investment possibility?
R&D completed. Pending first pilot run with MNO.
Business Angel or 1nd
stage VC – around 1mil.
Need help for setting management team /
further dev / 24/7 support / extend market reach
islamicsim.zapto.org

13. Questions?
islamicsim.zapto.org
c/p Yiannis Hatzopoulos
yhat@mycosmos.gr