By Neville Pattinson, Senior Vice President of Government Programs at Gemalto The Internet, technology and innovation move quickly and can change directions just as fast. The forecast is showing more – more devices, more connectivity, more data – and with that, the need for better, trusted security. Everyone wants the ability to use and benefit […]

Proxama announced a partnership with London-based marketing agency Experience Worldwide that will provide the NFC platform used in a UK-wide marketing campaign for BlackBerry’s new Z10 phone. BlackBerry’s field marketing campaign will span 14 shopping centers throughout the UK and will begin in London and Cardiff. The campaign boasts an NFC-powered element that invites existing […]

Brazil is launching Gemalto’s TSM solution for mobile NFC payment program with UpTeq NFC SIM and AllynisTrusted Services Management (TSM). Gemalto is partnering with TIM Brasil, a mobile operator with 70 million subscribers and Banco Itaú, one of the world’s largest banks to bring secure NFC mobile payments. Gemalto’s TSM platform will be at the […]

Stollmann and COMPRION have partnered to automate the NFC Forum’s device test application. Automation of the test application will help to reduce overall test time and error-prone activities associated with the Forum’s digital test cases. Testing specific protocol or application behavior is often necessary to trigger certain communication patterns. When testing NFC, the Device Test […]

Oberthur Technologies announced MasterCard Certification for its PEARL Secure Element (SE) 800k Classic. PEARL — an NFC embedded SE — is capable of supporting secure NFC payment applications at the highest level. The PEARL 800k Classic is a multi-application embedded secure element that aligns with both Global Platform 2.2 and JavaCard 3.0 specifications. Boasting a […]

The Smart Card Alliance Mobile and NFC Council is partnering with GlobalPlatform and the NFC Forum to host a four-part webinar series on mobile and NFC security. Entitled “Mobile and NFC Security Fundamentals,” the series is geared toward mobile app developers and the mobile community to help them understand the various types of security for […]

By Christoph Wiesinger, principal business architect for Border and Immigration Solutions Center of Excellence, CSC “We are Federales … you know, the mounted police.” “If you’re the police, where are your badges?” “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges!” The next number […]