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SCM Microsystems Delivers Smart Card Readers for Belgium’s National e-ID Program

FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–SCM Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCMM; Prime Standard: SMY) today announced it has delivered smart card readers to international technology group Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) for use in Belgium’s National e-ID program. Belgium is becoming the first European country to standardize the electronic identity card. By the end of 2009, every Belgian…

OATH Announces Charter to Drive Adoption of Open Strong Authentication

Cross-Industry Initiative to Drive Adoption of Strong Authentication Across Networks, Applications and Devices DENVER, Digital ID World, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/–More than 30 leading device, platform, and application companies supporting the initiative for Open AuTHentication (OATH) today entered into an agreement that forms a charter to drive the adoption of open, standards-based strong authentication technology. By…

Atmel Receives 2004 Frost & Sullivan Award for Competitive Strategy Leadership for Smart Card ICs

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, together with Frost & Sullivan, a global leader in growth consulting, announced today at the Smart Card Alliance Conference, San Francisco, that Atmel has been presented with the prestigious Frost & Sullivan award for…

ASK launches TanGO at Cartes 2004, a universal contactless platform

TanGO helps operators turn smoothly to multi-application Paris, October 26, 2004–ASK introduces TanGO a flexible Operating System for a new range of contact/contactless smart cards. TanGO addresses mass transit, access control and banking markets. It has been optimized to meet the three main requirements of contactless applications: speed, security and flexibility. TanGO is already available…

Alacris® idNexus 2.1 for Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Now Available

idNexus 2.1 Extends Lifecycle Management Capabilities for Smart Card Deployment and Management Requirements in Enterprise Windows Environments Ottawa, October 26, 2004–Alacris® Inc., a developer of certificate management and identity assurance software products, today announced that Alacris idNexus 2.1 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is now available. idNexus for Microsoft 2.1 provides extended lifecycle management support…

Cubic Awarded Contract for Smart Card System for Bus and Rail Transport in Modena, Italy

SAN DIEGO, (BUSINESS WIRE), Oct. 25, 2004–The Cubic Nordic branch of Cubic Transportation Systems Limited, a subsidiary of Cubic Corporation (AMEX:CUB), has received a 3,500,000 Euro (US$4.287 million) contract from Azienda Trasporti Collettivi e Mobilita (ATCM) S.p.A. in Modena, Italy, to build, install and maintain an advanced fare collection and revenue management system that will…

Commerce Department award to help US Smart Card firms develop Latin American market

Award Initiates Partnership with Trade Association The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) awarded $288,000 to Smart Card Alliance (SCA). Stephan Crawford, director of ITA’s San Francisco Export Assistance Center, announced the award at SCA’s fall conference at the Hyatt Fisherman’s Wharf Hotel. Based in New Jersey, SCA has about 100 corporate, government,…

J4 MediSmart and OTI announce first deployment of MediSmart™ in the U.S.

Installation to Start at HARMONEX® Outpatient Mental Health Services Planned Expansion in 2005 to Include Network of Affiliated Practitioners Fort Lee, NJ and Atlanta, GA, October 20, 2004–On Track Innovations Ltd, (OTI) (NASDAQ: OTIV; Prime Standard [Frankfurt]: OT5), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for homeland security, micropayments, petroleum payments and other…

JCB Develops Contactless Credit for MOPASS

Tokyo, Japan, Oct 19, 2004 (JCN Newswire)–JCB, a leading international payment brand, has developed contactless credit for MOPASS cards conforming to ISO/IEC14443 for Type B communications. The MOPASS card (MObile PASSport), created in cooperation with Hitachi Ltd., combines smart card microprocessor functions with the flash memory card format for use in PCs, mobile phones, PDAs…

Cryptography Research Sponsors Annual Smart Card Alliance Conference

Supports Industry Association’s Mission to Accelerate Widespread Acceptance of Smart Card Technology SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/–Continuing its support of the smart card industry, Cryptography Research, Inc. today announced its sponsorship of the 2004 Fall Annual Conference of the Smart Card Alliance being held here October 18-20. Cryptography Research, best known in the smart card…