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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…
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EquinePassport™ Smart ID Card Features Patented Loyalty Application

DynCom Licenses Smart Chip Technologies’ Loyalty Patent and Software For Multi-Application Smart ID Card IRVINE, Calif., SALT LAKE CITY, and FORT COLLINS, Colo., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–Smart Chip Technologies (OTC: SCTN) is pleased to announce that DynCom, Inc., an innovator in the animal identification market, has contracted to license the SCTN loyalty patent (US Patent #5,806,045)…
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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…
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MAXIMUS Wins $1.4 Million U.S. Treasury Security Smart Card Contract

RESTON, Va., (BUSINESS WIRE), Aug. 27, 2002–MAXIMUS (NYSE:MMS) has been awarded a $1.4 million smart card contract by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to design, develop, and implement the Department’s new Electronic Treasury Enterprise Card for employees. Under this contract, approximately 9,000 employees at the Treasury Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Bureau…
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Philips and Sony Announce Strategic Cooperation To Define Next Generation Near Field Radio-Frequency Communications

Electronics Leaders to Jointly Establish Wireless Technology to Significantly Enhance Access to Data and Services via Consumer Devices Amsterdam, the Netherlands/Tokyo, Japan, September 5, 2002–Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE:PHG) and Sony Corporation today announced that they will jointly develop a new near field radio-frequency communication technology, ‘Near Field Communication’ (NFC). The technology enables short-range…
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Next Generation MasterCard Credit/Debit Application Provides Issuers Additional Control, Flexibility

MasterCard M/Chip, Version 4, Designed to Address Range of Industry Needs Purchase, NY, and Waterloo, Belgium, October 3, 2002–Responding to feedback received from its member financial institutions around the world, MasterCard today announced the release of MasterCard M/Chip, version 4 (M/Chip 4), a highly flexible smart card application for credit and debit cards. The new…
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FreeStar Technologies Preparing to Launch New USB Port-Friendly ePayPad Card Swipe Terminal

FreeStar’s Next Generation Application to Permit Universal Use With All Desktop and Laptop Computers NEW YORK, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–FreeStar Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: FSTI), a company providing one of the world’s first live and operational debit and ATM with PIN-authenticated payment technology on the Internet, today announced its next generation ePayPad card swipe terminal…
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MasterCard and WorldPay Advance e-Commerce Security; MasterCard’s UCAF Now Being Implemented by 17,000 WorldPay Merchants

PURCHASE, N.Y. and CAMBRIDGE, UK, (BUSINESS WIRE), Aug. 7, 2002–MasterCard International and WorldPay, a world leader in multi-currency secure payment processing, today announced the global launch of a programme to advance e-commerce security and boost consumer and merchant confidence, using MasterCard’s UCAF™ authentication infrastructure. Building on its technical architecture for authenticating payments over the Internet,…