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certgate and Reiner SCT will cooperate in future on creating products for smartcard security for all mobile devices with Bluetooth capability. The cooperation partners are currently already developing their first joint product, the “cgToken”. A prototype will be given to selected users this summer as it moves to the pilot phase. cgToken is the size…
The Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”) recently changed its classification for Gemalto from the “Industrials - Electronic equipment” sector to the “Technology - Software” sector. This change took effect on March 18, 2013. The Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) is a global reference system categorizing over 70,000 companies and 75,000 securities worldwide, enabling the comparison of…
Leading Internet companies, system integrators and security providers have formed the FIDO Alliance (Fast IDentity Online) to revolutionize online authentication with an industry supported standards-based open protocol. FIDO Alliance founding member organizations Agnitio, Infineon Technologies, Lenovo, Nok Nok Labs, PayPal, and Validity are developing the specification and FIDO-compliant products. The Internet requires users to confirm…
Identive Group, Inc., a provider of products and services for the identification, security and RFID industries, have announced at CARTES 2012 the addition of new tags to its near field communication (NFC) online marketplace, http://www.IdentiveNFC.com. NFC Social Media & Other Logo Tags – For businesses, organizations and individuals, Identive now offers fully programmable NFC social…
Infineon Technologies AG has been awarded the chip card industry’s prestigious Sesames Award 2012 for the most innovative product in the category Transportation. The SOLID FLASH™-based SLS 32TLC security controller from Infineon is the industry’s first solution that supports conventional public transportation implementations as well as CIPURSE™, the newly defined open standard for the transport…
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…
Gemalto and Sony Corporation have established an agreement to provide FeliCa / Near Field Communication (NFC) solutions globally. Under the agreement, Gemalto will incorporate FeliCa software technology into its UpTeq NFC SIM product lineup starting in 2012, offering mobile operators and service providers a more comprehensive range of mobile NFC services globally. The addition of…
The international technology provider Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has been selected as the winner of Frost & Sullivan’s ‘2011 ICT Europe Smart Cards Service Company of the Year’ award. The annual award is conferred on a European company that has shown excellence in the development of hardware and software for smartcards over the previous year.…