Bell ID and PPC to offer hosted NFC management services

Bell ID and Dutch EMV card personalisation bureau PPC Card Systems have announced they are teaming up to provide hosted NFC application provisioning and management services.

“The proposition enables mobile network operators, banks and service providers to deliver mobile application provisioning and/or Trusted Service Manager (TSM) services to their client base through the use of hosted over-the-air services,” Bell ID explains.

“The collaboration between Bell ID and PPC means we can provide a broader set of solution delivery options, further encouraging mass market adoption of NFC based mobile contactless applications”, says David Orme, CEO of Bell ID.

“We can now offer an additional service to our customers,” adds Jos van der Linden, managing director at PPC Card Systems. “With the expertise of Bell ID we can offer the best of both worlds to our clients that need secure personalisation services and token life-cycle management.”

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