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oti WAVE NFC Payment Solution Adopted by Taiwanese Banking Consortium

oti Channel Partner, Tradelink Electronic Commerce, to Deliver WAVE as Part of Major Mobile Payment Deployment in Taiwan Rosh Pina, Israel, January 20, 2015 — On Track Innovations Ltd. (oti) (NASDAQ: OTIV), a global leader in cashless payment solutions based on contactless transactions and near-field communication (NFC) technology, has deployed its industry-leading NFC payment system…
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Smart Card Alliance Wraps Up 2014 Accomplishments in Payments, Transportation, and Mobile and NFC Councils, Announces New Council Leadership for 2015

Princeton Junction, N.J., January 13, 2015 –The Smart Card Alliance Payments, Mobile and NFC, and Transportation Councils made significant headway in 2014, educating the industry on the security benefits of smart card technology for a wide variety of payment applications and use cases. The councils today announced the newly-elected 2015-2016 chairs to lead projects in…
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Gemalto enables KDDI to offer secure high-definition audio services over LTE network

UpTeq multi-tenant LTE SIM card powers Voice over LTE services ​Amsterdam, December 16, 2014 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces it will provide KDDI with its UpTeq multi-tenant LTE SIM to secure their Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services. KDDI is a leading operator in Japan with 40 million subscribers. The VoLTE service…
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Gemalto teams up with Chunghwa Telecom for its commercial launch of NFC services in Taiwan

Amsterdam, December 2, 2014 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has teamed up with Chunghwa Telecom, the largest operator in Taiwan with 10 million subscribers, to secure their mobile NFC services​. This commercial launch, supported by MasterCard and four leading Taiwanese banks, uses Gemalto’sUpTeq Multi-tenant NFC SIM and embedded software to host mobile payment…
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Norway goes with Gemalto Trusted Service for mobile NFC payment commercial rollout

​​Amsterdam, December 1, 2014 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that its Allynis Trusted Service Hub​ is enabling the commercial rollout of Valyou, Norway’s first mobile NFC payment service, by Telenor, DNB and SpareBank 1. Telenor is Norway’s leading mobile operator with three million subscribers in the country and some 180 million…
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Westpac selects Gemalto’s Mobile Contactless Payment Solution in New Zealand

Optelio contactless sticker seen as an ideal, cost-effective solution to quickly enable mobile contactless payment Amsterdam, November 13, 2014 — Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has been selected by Westpac, a leading financial institution in New Zealand, to offer its Optelio Contactless Sticker for mobile payment. Westpac customers attach…
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Smart Card Alliance Member Meeting to Explore Increasing Smart Card Adoption in Payments, Mobile, Transit, Data Security and More

Meeting offers cross-industry collaboration through in-depth breakout sessions, keynote speakers, panels and networking opportunities Princeton Junction, N.J., November 13, 2014 – The Smart Card Alliance invites its members to attend an exclusive industry conference on Dec. 7-9 at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Fla. At the 2014 Member Meeting, participating Alliance members from every market…