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10 Jun, 2013Report suggests Indian health care sector will demand 34 million smart cards
In the latest report from research and advisory firm, IMARC Group, the Indian Health care Sector will likely create a demand for some 34 million smart cards during over the next five-years. The report, entitled “Smart Card Industry in India: SIM, Identity, Banking, Transport, Healthcare, Pay TV, Loyalty & PDS,” reveals that the adoption of […]
07 Jun, 2013Gemalto elected for national eID card program in South Africa
Gemalto announced it will supply Government Printing Works (GPW) with the Sealys electronic smart card-based identification solution for a national identity program in South Africa. GPW will leverage Gemalto’s secure embedded software to protect the holder’s image and biometric data within the secure identity e-document. Moreover, GPW selected the Sealys document fitted with the contactless […]
03 Jun, 2013Alliance: Smart cards should secure health records
The Smart Card Alliance Health Care Council submitted comments calling for smart card to be used to secure electronic health records. The comments were in response to a report from Republican Senators that examined health care IT adoption and some of the issues surrounding the systems. “REBOOT: Re-examining the Strategies Needed to Successfully Adopt Health […]
31 May, 2013ABI: Smart card, IC shipments surge
2012 was a great year for both smart cards and integrated circuit (IC) cards with a reported 7.95 billion and 7.99 billion units shipped respectively – a year over year jump of 9.4% and 12.0%, according to ABI Research. The addition of NFC, RF and secure elements has been a major influence in the new […]
29 May, 2013Mobile browser enables smart card login
Biometric Associates LP announced the launch of the baiBrowser app that will enable U.S. government officials to access secure Web sites with smart cards on mobile devices. The baiBrowser app enables federal employees to use their iPhones and iPads, along with their government-issued smart card, to access secure web sites and portals that require smart card […]
24 May, 2013Infineon ships security chips to support Taiwan e-passport program
Infineon Technologies is supplying its semiconductor-based security chips in effort to support Taiwan’s new electronic passport program. This is the second major project driven by the government of Taiwan that relies on security chips from Infineon. Infineon is the single supplier and has started shipping security chips of the SLE78 product family based on the […]
21 May, 2013Veterans Affairs taps Quantum Secure, Electrosoft for physical access
Virginia-based Electrosoft Services, in partnership with Quantum Secure, has been chosen to provide an Enterprise Physical Access Control System to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Quantum has deployed four of its employees to assist with the project on a part-time basis, while main contractor Electrosoft and its primary partner Deloitte are providing the majority of […]
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