Category: NFC News

Contactless Readers From SCM Microsystems Among Top Performers at e-Passport Interoperability Test in Berlin

SCM Reader Achieves 99 Percent Hit Rate FREMONT, Calif., July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–SCM Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCMM), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, today announced that its radio frequency readers were among the most successful reader entries in the June international e-Passport testing in Berlin, where electronic passport samples were tested against…

Gemalto Selected for Electronic Passport Roll Out in Slovenia

10-year contract for intelligent devices to be embedded in the citizens’ e-passports Amsterdam / Ljubljana, July 6, 2006–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital security, today announces it will provide the technology to be used in electronic passports for Slovenian citizens. Under the contract, Gemalto will supply the secure polycarbonate devices embedding its…

Globe Staff and True Product ID Technologies to be Embedded in Multi-Usage Smart Card in the Philippines; The ERG Group of Australia to Design/Implement the System

PHILADELPHIA and BAYONNE, France, June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–True Product ID, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TPDI) (TPID) and Globe Staff Consulting Corporation (Pink Sheets: GSFC) today announced that they will both have their technologies embedded into SmartCards in the Philippines. GSFC is a majority owned subsidiary of Sure Trace Security Corporation (OTC: SSTY) and TPID is a…

Giesecke & Devrient and Nokia to Provide Secure Application Management Services for NFC Enabled Mobile Devices

New Global Joint Venture to Allow Mobile Operators, Transport Operators, Retailers, Banks, Credit Card Companies, and Providers of Digital Services and Media Worldwide to Offer Their Services and Applications to Consumers’ Near Field Communication (NFC) Enabled Mobile Devices MUNICH, Germany and HELSINKI, Finland, June 27, 2006 /PRNewswire/–Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), the world’s second largest producer…

Saflink Adds Proximity Card Support to Biometric Smart Card Reader

SureAccess Allows Businesses to Maintain Security While Upgrading Legacy Acces Control Sytems With Strong Authentication KIRKLAND, Wash., June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–Saflink(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: SFLK), a leading provider of solutions that verify identity and secure access, today announced that SureAccess™, an all-weather, biometric, smart card reader that reduces the threat of unauthorized access to critical facilities, now…

Smart Card Alliance Challenges DHS Stand On Deploying RFID For WHTI PASS Card

New White Paper Recommends Contactless Technology for Meeting Goals of High Throughput and Privacy Protection at Border Crossings Princeton Junction, NJ, June 8, 2006–Contactless smart card technology best meets the objectives set forth by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for high throughput and the protection of individual privacy at the nation’s border crossings for…

OTI Awarded Mass Transit Ticketing Project To Supply Cards For Israel’s Mass Transit System

Fort Lee, NJ, June 6, 2006–On Track Innovations Ltd, (OTI) (NASDAQ: OTIV), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions, for homeland security, payments, petroleum payments and other applications, today announced that OTI has been awarded a contract for supplying Calypso compliant contactless smart cards for payment in public transportation in Israel. The contract…