Sweden’s four major telecos, Telia, Tele2, Telenor and 3 have officially launched their WyWallet mobile wallet service. The first service of its kind in Sweden, WyWallet covers 97% of the country’s mobile users, enabling them to perform person-to-person money transfers and make payments for SMS-services like public transport, ticketing and voting, as well as shop […]

SecureKey Technologies has contracted with Q9 Networks to provide a high-availibility solutions for its cloud-based authentication platform. The cloud-based authentication is part of SecureKey’s Credential Broker Service, a Canadian operation that enables Canadians to use their online banking credentials to access Web-based federal government services. Under the terms of the deal, Q9 will be responsible […]

Visualant Inc., a security and quality control solution provider, has announced that its subsidiary TransTech Systems, a card issuance system and component distributor, will provide products and support for Medic-Vault, a lock-safe unit designed for paramedic use. Medic-Vault, developed by Secured LLC, is a device for the Emergency Medical Services market to help prevent narcotics […]

New Jersey’s Bamboozle music festival became the latest to adopt RFID technology, offering more than 90,000 guests a contactless entry experience. The three-day festival, which featured seven stages of music, did away with traditional paper tickets, instead issuing fans with encrypted RFID wristbands, that, when activated, accessed ticket-holders’ information from a secure database. The RFID […]

Mojix announced that REWE Group, the third largest retail group in Europe, has expanded its Mojix STAR implementation to more than 15 REWE Distribution Centers in Germany. Mojix provides REWE with its wide-area passive RFID reader infrastructure, enabling real-time visibility on the company’s returnable transport items (RTIs) into its supply chain. It also system helps […]

GlobalPlatform and the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) have formed a joint work group that will collaborate on mobile device industry standards. According to GlobalPlatform, the work group will focus primarily on security topics, including the TCG Trusted Platform Module Mobile (TPM Mobile), a security component for mobile devices that secures root secrets and immutable data, […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $21.4 million contract to Invincea Inc., a provider of threat detection and breach prevention, to develop secure smart phone and tablet mobile platforms for military use. The project, called “Mobile Armour,” focuses on developing security innovation for the Android OS for a government environment. Invincea […]

Orange, France’s largest mobile operator, has partnered with Gemalto to roll out NFC-enabled SIM cards nationwide. Acccording to Orange, the wide-scale deployment of Gemalto’s UpTeq NFC SIMs will enable service providers, such as banks, transport operators and retailers, to deploy mobile contactless services on a massive, nationwide scale. Orange will offer service providers a secure […]

U.K. firm mPowa is bringing its mobile credit card payment service to the U.S. in hopes of encroaching on Square’s turf when it comes to payments on the go. mPowa’s service includes a free mobile phone app and a reader that either directly plugs into the device or is run through Bluetooth. It’s able to […]

Biometric security provider ImageWare Systems Inc. has acquired four U.S. patents relating to wireless technology and is also rolling out biometric security services at Ecuador’s main seaport. The patents, purchased from a private company, will help ImageWare develop interactive mobile applications that can be secured through biometric technology. They will enable ImageWare to enter the […]