The Smart Card market in Japan is expected to grow at a CAGR of 18.8 percent over the period 2011–2015. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the growth in adoption in NFC technology. The Smart Card market in Japan has also been witnessing convergence of applications onto a single form…
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UAE: Public and private sector push for mobile ID cards using NFC
Etisalat, the largest operator in the Middle East and Africa regions with a market value in excess of AED 80 billion (US$20 billion) and annual revenues of approximately AED 30 billion (US$8 billion), announced the signing of an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA) to study the possibility of using Near Field…
Identive bundles ID management, NFC and cloud solutions under EVP Jason Hart
Identive Group announced that effective April 1, 2012, Jason Hart has been appointed executive vice president for Identity Management and Cloud Solutions. “By unifying our activities and expertise in IT and physical access control along with our new NFC solutions and cloud technologies, we take advantage of our established structures and market position. This is…
SMARTRAC completes UPM RFID transaction
SMARTRAC N.V. has completed the acquisition of UPM’s RFID business following clearance by all competent authorities. SMARTRAC and UPM-Kymmene Corporation entered into an agreement on December 22, 2011, under which SMARTRAC takes over UPM RFID while UPM-Kymmene Corporation obtains an indirect economic interest in SMARTRAC of 10.6% via OEP Technologie B.V., a holding company controlled…
HID Global, Iris ID and RIM partner up to bring biometric ID recognition to Blackberry smartphones
Iris ID Systems Inc., formerly LG Electronics, Iris Technology Division, a leading provider of iris biometric technology, and HID Global, trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, announced that the IrisAccess® platform iCAM7000 can be used with select NFC (Near Field Communications)-enabled BlackBerry® 7 smartphones. The BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900/9930 smartphones activated with…
Identive – Big in Japan
Two news stories from Identive today that have a Japanese flavour in common. First up is the news that Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. and Identive Group, Inc. are to jointly develop a new ID card reader that allows Japanese merchants, banks and others to read any of the diverse types of electronic identity credentials in…
AuthenTec Acquires Proxure to Enhance Security Offerings for Consumers, Small Businesses
AuthenTec announced that it has acquired the assets of Proxure, Inc., a provider of syncing and cloud-based storage services for PCs and mobile devices. AuthenTec has acquired all of the assets of Proxure, including all software products and intellectual property. Proxure’s portfolio, which includes its popular KeepVault secure backup service and KeepSync software which synchronizes…
HID Global Establishes Initiative for Third-Party Product Developers to License Its Trusted Identity Platform™ (TIP)
HID Global, the trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, announced during the ASIS 2010 conference that it has engaged with strategic developers to license the company’s Trusted Identity Platform (TIP). The initiative extends technology licenses to qualified development partners to enable the building of trusted nodes for the TIP infrastructure. HID Global’s TIP…