Category: NFC News

China Unicom Orders Over Ten Million SIM Cards From Gemplus

Gemplus reinforces its market share in the important Chinese market Luxembourg, June 23, 2003–Gemplus International S.A. (Paris Euronext: Euroclear 5768 and NASDAQ: GEMP), the world’s leading provider of smart card solutions, announces its selection by China Unicom as a supplier of more than 10 million SIM cards for the second half of 2003. With a…

Gemplus selected to deliver smart identity cards for EC funded air travelers security program

Gemplus participates in S-Travel initiative to create smart card-based industry standard for enhanced air travelers security and convenience Luxembourg, 04 June 2003–Gemplus (Euronext Paris SA: GEPL.PA; Sicovam: 005768; NASDAQ: GEMP), the world’s leading provider of smart card solutions, today announced that it has been selected to supply smart card technology and expertise to the “S-Travel”…

Loyalty Vendors to Share Patents and Establish Interoperability under Visa Program

DETROIT & AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, (BUSINESS WIRE), May 22, 2003–Catuity, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTTY; ASX: CAT), Visa USA, Visa International and Welcome Real-time today announced they have entered into a patent cross license agreement that will increase the availability of interoperable systems for smart-card based loyalty rewards at the point of sale. By creating the conditions for…

Cubic Receives Additional Order From BART, Adding Parking Function to Bay Area Commuters’ Transit Tickets

SAN DIEGO, (BUSINESS WIRE), May 21, 2003–Cubic Transportation Systems Inc., a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corp. (AMEX:CUB), has received an order from the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) to allow commuters to park with the same ticket they use for BART trains and buses. The $2.2 million parking application is the…

Nokia Introduces Dallas to a New Wallet; Nokia and MasterCard Team Up to Test A Future of Retail Payments Using Mobile Phones

DALLAS, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–Today, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced it is working with MasterCard International to utilize payment and messaging technologies in a new and innovative way to take mobile commerce to a new level. Now in the second phase of its mobile commerce trial, Nokia is demonstrating how mobile phones can be utilized as more…

JCB Prepares for Expansion

New Advanced Technology Team Propels Emerging Technology Business Forward LOS ANGELES, May 5 /PRNewswire/–JCB, one of the five international payment brands, announced a management realignment reinforcing the importance of advanced payment technologies. Masahiro Omoto was appointed executive vice president and general manager of the Advanced Technologies Department. His responsibilities include smart card migration, secure e-commerce…