IC CARD AND IC CARD SOCKET

摘要

A technique for an IC capable of achieving the large expandability of the memory capacity, a memory capacity and cost burden in accordance with the requirements of users is provided. The IC card of the present invention is a flash memory card 306 mounted with a flash memory, characterized in that the flash memory card 306 can be inserted into a Plug-in SIM adaptor 305a and/or a mini UICC adaptor 305b each mounted with a secure IC, the flash memory card 306 is inserted into the Plug-in SIM adaptor 305a or the mini UICC adaptor 305b, thereby operating as a SIM attached with an expansion memory or a mini UICC attached with an expansion memory, and the flash memory card 306 can be physically removed from the Plug-in SIM adaptor 305a or the mini UICC adaptor 305b.