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Watchdata Wins Asian Sesames Award With Its Dbs Live Fresh 3-In-1 Visa Credit Card Entry

Singapore, March 18, 2010–Watchdata, one of the leading innovative data security and smart card technology solutions providers in the world, has won the prestigious Asian Sesames Award with its DBS Live Fresh 3-in-1 Visa credit card entry. The Asian Sesames Award, in its first year launch, aims to reward the best innovative technological application developed…
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World’s First: Gemalto Integrates DESFire Transport Card into NFC Mobile Phone

Travelcard in mobile phone affords riders enriched service Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Feb 15, 2010–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced a new solution enabling commuters to use their mobile phones as e- tickets in MIFARE DESFire* infrastructures. Gemalto achieved the world’s first implementation of a transport application compliant with…
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MicroRead Powers Multi-Application Weneo NFC Convergence Device

Aix-En-Provence, France, February 12, 2010–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, and Neowave, a developer of smart objects–intelligent, portable devices that go beyond smart cards–today announced their partnership to create the Weneo NFC, the industry’s first NFC smart object. Integrating INSIDE’s third-generation MicroRead® NFC solution, the multi-application Weneo NFC smart object…
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CONNECTHINGS To Make First Public Demo of Wave-Me NFC Services Platform at Mobile World Congress

First Result of a Partnership with INSIDE Contactless to Transform How People Interact With and Use Their Mobile Devices Paris, France, Feb. 10, 2010–CONNECTHINGS, a pioneer in providing systems that deliver contextualized services and content based on location and time, today announced the first public demonstration of the Wave-Me™ NFC services platform will take place…
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HID Global’s iCLASS® Contactless Smart Card Technology Enables U.S. Bank’s Award-Winning PayID Card

Collaboration with U.S. Bank Reinforces HID Global’s Position in the Development of Converged Physical Access and Contactless Payment Solutions Irvine, Calif., Jan. 28, 2010–HID Global, the trusted source for solutions for the delivery of secure identity, today announced the recognition of its iCLASS® contactless smart card technology as a key component in U.S. Bank’s award-winning…
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INSIDE Contactless Powers 2010 Paybefore Award Winner

MicroPass-Based PayID Card from U.S. Bank Wins Most Innovative Prepaid Program Award Aix-En-Provence, France, January 28, 2010–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced its MicroPass® 4006 contactless platform is at the heart of U.S. Bank’s PayID Card, this year’s Paybefore Award winner for Most Innovative Prepaid Program. A unique…
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Major Smart Card Market Players Join Forces to Advance Open and Secure Public Transport Smart Card Applications

Smart Card Makers Giesecke & Devrient and Oberthur Technologies, and Chip Providers Infineon and INSIDE Contactless Launch Initiative to Establish Open Standard Transport Ticketing 2010 Conference & Expo, London, January 26, 2010–Smart card manufacturers Giesecke & Devrient GmbH (G&D) and Oberthur Technologies S.A., and chip suppliers Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) and…
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Setefi (Intesa Sanpaolo Group) Selects Gemalto for Italy’s First Large-Scale Rollout of EMV PayPass™ Contactless Payment Card

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Jan 20, 2010–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced it is providing Setefi (Intesa Sanpaolo), with its Optelio solution for the first large-scale rollout of EMV PayPass contactless payment cards in Italy. Intesa Sanpaolo is among the top banking groups in the Euro Zone and the leading…
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INSIDE Contactless and TazTag Partner on NFC Innovations

MicroRead NFC Solution Powers TazCard and TazKiosk Proximity Applications Aix-En-Provence and Rennes, France, January 4, 2009–INSIDE Contactless and TazTag™ today announced they have created a partnership to develop and bring to market a variety of highly secured, multi-application contactless solutions based on near field communication (NFC) technology. INSIDE’s third-generation MicroRead® NFC solution has already been…