LEGIC Identsystems Ltd. will present some extensions to its technology at the CeBit Conference, March 3-8 in Hanover, Germany. LEGIC is also demonstrating the gains in efficiency that may be achieved through the use of a contactless multi-application card LEGIC will present a selection of the latest solutions for various applications in the business and […]

Toshiba Corp. has announced a new universal subscriber identity module designed to support NFC in cell phones. The company plans to release samples of the new USIM card in the third quarter of 2009 in anticipation of the worldwide rollout of mobile contactless services forecast for 2010 and 2011. The card will be on display […]

INSIDE Contactless’ MicroRead NFC chip and software will power Sagem Wireless’ new handset platforms as part of the two French companies’ participation in GSMA’s Pay-Buy-Mobile initiative. Expected to be available to major wireless operators and customers in the fourth quarter of this year, the Sagem Wireless NFC platforms will also incorporate the associated MicroRead Software […]

Ticketing, physical access and information sharing are just a few examples of other applications By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Mention near field communication and most think mobile payments. That’s probably because the next generation technology is being touted as a replacement for contactless cards or potentially even the next wallet. NFC will enable a phone […]

French retail chain Carrefour has scheduled a series of large scale Near Field Communication trials that will enable consumers to use their mobile phones to make payments via the contactless MasterCard version of its own brand credit/loyalty card, known as Pass. At the same time it has also signed a deal to install between 1,000 […]

A new plastic card printer from Evolis allows small- to medium-sized companies, associations and schools to affordably design and print security and ID cards. The company’s Badgy printer can create, update or replace IDs, security cards, access control badges, as well as membership cards, gift cards, business cards, announcements, greetings, invitations, promotions, memo cards and […]

India-based mChek has partnered with Netherlands digital security company Gemalto to provide a secured SIM-card-based mobile application for markets in South Asia. Since last September the two companies have deployed a range of mobile banking services with telecom operators in India and Sri Lanka on millions of SIM cards. This includes a mobile top-up service […]

Onity, a global provider of electronic locking solutions, has taken self serve to the next level. Returning college students don’t have to go to the school’s office to get their new room assignments. If they have a current student ID card, they simply stop by a kiosk and self-register. “Check-in historically has involved a lot […]

Protecting identity is critical and is only going to become more important as time goes on, says former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Sec. Michael Chertoff. In a speech at the University of Southern California National Center for Risk & Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events in August, Chertoff talked about how important identity can be. […]

The UK’s Department for Transport recently announced completion of its first small mobile phone ticketing trial in northwest England involving 36 passengers, two bus operators and NFC-compliant phones. The trial’s aim was to demonstrate that NFC phones could be used to hold the transport tickets and that they could be remotely loaded and validated. It […]