Category: NFC News

INSIDE Contactless and HID Global Expand Strategic Partnership

Extension of agreement enables HID Global to offer iCLASS Virtual Credentials Aix en Provence, France, November 8th 2007–INSIDE Contactless, a world leader of advanced, open standard contactless chip technologies, today announced an extension of its strategic partnership agreement with HID Global, the trusted leader in providing solutions for the delivery of secure identity, to enable…

FIME’s contactless testing laboratory receives worldwide accreditation by Discover® Network

FIME’s ISO 17025 testing environment fully accredited to conduct contactless debugging and type approval testing in conformity with Discover Network requirements for contactless cards and terminals FIME, a leading provider of testing solutions for the contactless market, today announced that Discover Network, a business unit of Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS), a leading payments company in…

INSIDE Contactless empowers new generation NFC payment project with carrier Far EasTone in Taiwan

Innovative Beep ‘N Go project by FET involves panel of 200 and expands the features of mobile phones to those of a credit card, an e-coupon or even a door key Aix en Provence, France, November 7th, 2007–INSIDE Contactless, a world leader of contactless semiconductor chips, today announced that its MicroRead® platform has been selected…

Bell ID and Collis forge strategic technology partnership

Bell ID, worldwide market leader of smart card management solutions, and Collis, EMV consultants and market leader for state-of-the-art testing tools today signed a global strategic partnership agreement. Rotterdam, 6th November 2007–The partnership will integrate Bell ID’s ANDiS smart Card and Application Management System (CAMS) with the Collis Card Image Editor (Collis CIE) and the…

2008 Beijing Olympic games secure with ASK TongFang RFID tickets

ASK Joint Venture selected for 12.2 million contactless paper tickets Paris, Cartes show, November 13, 2007–ASK is proud to announce that ASK TongFang, its joint venture created in 2005, has been selected to manufacture the contactless inlays for the 12.2 million RFID tickets of the XXIX Olympiad. Tickets include anti-counterfeiting printed security features will be…

Brussels now enjoys contactless with ASK cards and tickets

Paris, Cartes show, November 13, 2007–STIB, the Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles, the largest Belgian urban public transport company launches MoBIB teleticketing system based on ASK dual interface cards and C.ticket®, ASK contactless paper ticket for multimodal traveling in the city. Innovative in its customer-oriented features, MoBIB is an open-standard Calypso contactless smart card…

‘Defensiepas’ project wins Computable Award 2007

Dutch Ministry of Defence ID card wins IT project of the year Rotterdam, 30th October 2007–Bell ID is pleased to announce that the ‘Defensiepas’ ID card for the Dutch Ministry of Defence has been awarded IT project of the year at the Computable Awards. In cooperation with prime contractors Siemens Nederland N.V. and Getronics PinkRoccade,…

Kyocera WIRELESS and Inside Contactless join forces on NFC integration

Near Field Communication Technology Enables Wide Range of M-Commerce and Wireless Wallet Applications San Diego and Aix en Provence, France, October 30th, 2007–Kyocera Wireless Corp. (KWC), a leading global manufacturer of CDMA wireless phones and devices, and INSIDE Contactless, a world leader for Near Field Communication (NFC) technologies and other contactless payments solutions, today announced…

CTST and Smart Card Alliance 2008

Read the article CTST gets a makeover with help from Smart Card Alliance at ContactlessNews.

HID Global Awarded “2007 Connecticut Gold Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing”

Connecticut Manufacturing Facility Increases Customer Value Through Efficient Execution in Production and Delivery IRVINE, Calif., October 26, 2007–HID Global Corporation, the trusted leader in providing solutions for the delivery of secure identity, today announced that its North Haven, CT manufacturing facility has been awarded the Connecticut Gold Shingo Prize. The award serves as recognition of…