Category: NFC News

Nokia and Gemplus Demonstrate R-UIM for North American Wireless Customers

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Gemplus (Nasdaq: GEMP), the world’s leading provider of smart card-enabled solutions, today announced the first successful test of Removable User Identity Module (R-UIM) technology in a CDMA handset for the North American wireless market. R-UIM technology offers benefits such as having one phone number for easy international roaming, a new range…

2002 Round-Up of Gemplus Telecom Activity Shows Smart Card Solutions Driving Industry Developments

PARIS, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/, Cartes 2002–Gemplus (Nasdaq: GEMP; Paris Euronext: Euroclear 5768), the world’s leading provider of smart card-enabled solutions, today reviews its telecommunications business showing a marked increase within the telecom industry to adopt smart card-based solutions. Since announcing a strategic move from being a smart card provider to being a SIM-based solutions provider…

Atmel Releases a Complete Family of Serial, USB and PCMCIA Smart Card Reader ICs

NANTES, France, (BUSINESS WIRE), Nov. 7, 2002–Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML) announced today the expansion of its C51 microcontroller family dedicated to advanced smart card readers. Designed in partnership with key-players in the smart card reader market, Atmel’s new reader ICs address any application using a serial, USB or PCMCIA smart card reader. The new AT8xC5122 and…

SchlumbergerSema Introduces .NET Card Technology to Bring Smart Card-Enabled Security to the Multimedia World

PARIS, (BUSINESS WIRE), Nov. 12, 2002–SchlumbergerSema, a business segment of Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB), demonstrated .NET Card, an innovative smart card platform technology that brings smart card security to new market segments for multimedia, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), digital rights management solutions, next-generation mobile messaging and home entertainment applications. The SchlumbergerSema .NET Card technology enables easy…

Ztango and Gemplus Announce Wireless Media Services’ Distribution Agreement

Companies to Leverage SIM-Based Solution for the Delivery of Wireless Media LAS VEGAS, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/–Ztango, Inc., a leading wireless media and entertainment downloadables’ provider, today announced a sales distribution agreement with Gemplus (Nasdaq: GEMP), the world’s leading provider of smart card solutions, to provide innovative media download services that are empowered by SIM technology….

Hutchison 3G Selects SchlumbergerSema USIM Smart Card Solution

LONDON, (BUSINESS WIRE), Aug. 20, 2002–SchlumbergerSema, a business unit of Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB), today announced that it has signed a contract with Hutchison 3G UK Limited (Hutchison 3G) to supply USIM (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) smart cards and provide training and support. The contract calls for SchlumbergerSema to deliver its Usimera(a) cards to Hutchison 3G…

MasterCard Records 65 Percent Growth in Smart Card Issuance in Asia/Pacific

Now More Than 6 Million MasterCard Branded Smart Cards in the Region Singapore, August 26, 2002–MasterCard International today announced that it has issued more than 6 million MasterCard branded smart cards in Asia/Pacific to date. This is a 65 percent increase in smart card issuance within a span of six months. At the end of…

Stephen Riegel Joins Inside Contactless as Vice President Business Development for the North America Region

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/–Inside Contactless, formerly known as Inside Technologies, announced today the appointment of Stephen Riegel, former Texas Instruments Business Development Manager for the East Coast US as Vice President of Business development for the North American region. Inside Contactless has hired Mr. Riegel to drive business development activities in this region. Stephen…