NFC World » Infineon http://www.nfcworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more Wed, 23 May 2012 19:10:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 TI enters NFC phone chip market http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/13/313195/ti-enters-nfc-phone-chip-market/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/13/313195/ti-enters-nfc-phone-chip-market/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:50:26 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13195 The semiconductor giant has launched WiLink 8.0, a new family of all-in-one combo chips that include an integrated NFC controller chip and come "paired and pre-tested" with embedded secure element chips from both Infineon and NXP.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/13/313195/ti-enters-nfc-phone-chip-market/feed/ 1 Inside Secure ships 17.4m NFC chips, mostly to RIM http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/08/313048/inside-secure-ships-17m-nfc-chips-mostly-to-rim/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/08/313048/inside-secure-ships-17m-nfc-chips-mostly-to-rim/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:58:27 +0000 Sarah Clark The prospectus for Inside Secure's IPO this month shows that the company made US$47m from the sale of NFC chips in 2011, that these were mainly delivered to RIM for use in BlackBerry NFC smartphones and that Inside believes it now has a share of close to 50% of the overall market for NFC chips for mobile phones.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/08/313048/inside-secure-ships-17m-nfc-chips-mostly-to-rim/feed/ 0 NFC news in brief • 12 Sept 2011 http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/12/39877/nfc-news-in-brief-12-sept-2011/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/12/39877/nfc-news-in-brief-12-sept-2011/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:09:41 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=9877 News in brief from the NFC world and beyond: Austrian bus stops offer NFC updates • Caen gets NFC transit stops too • NFC tag store opens in Korea • Belgian museum offers NFC info • Gentag picks up patch patent • plus Clear2Pay, ITSO, TfL, FirstGroup, Google and more...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/12/39877/nfc-news-in-brief-12-sept-2011/feed/ 0 OSPT Alliance publishes open standard for contactless transit payments http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/09/39789/ospt-alliance-publishes-open-standard-for-contactless-transit-payments/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/09/39789/ospt-alliance-publishes-open-standard-for-contactless-transit-payments/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:30:12 +0000 Heather McLean http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=9789 The organisation, which aims to establish an open standard for transport ticketing to rival Mifare, has made available the first version of its Cipurse specification.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/09/39789/ospt-alliance-publishes-open-standard-for-contactless-transit-payments/feed/ 0 Infineon unveils new embedded secure element for NFC phones http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/23/37602/infineon-embedded-nfc-secure-element-sle-97144se/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/23/37602/infineon-embedded-nfc-secure-element-sle-97144se/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 16:22:33 +0000 Christopher Brown http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=7602 Chip maker Infineon has launched a secure element IC designed to be embedded in NFC-enabled mobile phones. The SLE 97144SE uses the company's Integrity Guard technology to ensure that sensitive data is handled at the very...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/05/23/37602/infineon-embedded-nfc-secure-element-sle-97144se/feed/ 0 Transport ticketing alliance debuts ‘Cipurse’ open alternative to Mifare http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/16/35479/ospt-alliance-debuts-cipurse-open-alternative-to-mifare/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/16/35479/ospt-alliance-debuts-cipurse-open-alternative-to-mifare/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:55:52 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5479 The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance is proposing a new open ticketing standard to be called Cipurse that will "enable technology suppliers to develop and deliver interoperable transit fare collection solutions for cards, stickers, fobs, NFC mobile phones and other consumer devices." Singapore's Land Transport Authority is the first to agree to adopt the new standard.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/12/16/35479/ospt-alliance-debuts-cipurse-open-alternative-to-mifare/feed/ 0 Inside Contactless announces combined NFC controller and embedded secure element package http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/29/35311/inside-contactless-announces-combined-nfc-controller-and-embedded-secure-element-package/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/29/35311/inside-contactless-announces-combined-nfc-controller-and-embedded-secure-element-package/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:57:45 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=5311 The NFC and contactless specialist has teamed up with Infineon and Giesecke & Devrient to provide handset manufacturers with a single package that includes both an NFC controller and an embedded secure element.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/29/35311/inside-contactless-announces-combined-nfc-controller-and-embedded-secure-element-package/feed/ 1 EU backs project that aims to add a secure element to a mobile device’s main processor http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/08/34919/eu-backs-sepia-project-secure-element-mobile-main-processor/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/08/34919/eu-backs-sepia-project-secure-element-mobile-main-processor/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:07:26 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=4919 ARM, Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), Infineon Technologies, Brightsight and Graz University of Technology, Austria have received funding from the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) to develop technology that will enable a new kind of secure...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/11/08/34919/eu-backs-sepia-project-secure-element-mobile-main-processor/feed/ 0 Card and chip suppliers to offer open transport ticketing standard http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/02/08/32647/card-and-chip-suppliers-to-offer-open-transport-ticketing-standard/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/02/08/32647/card-and-chip-suppliers-to-offer-open-transport-ticketing-standard/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:25:15 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=2647 Infineon, Giesecke & Devrient, Oberthur Technologies and Inside Contactless have teamed up to support the creation of an open security standard for mobile and chip-based transport tickets.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2010/02/08/32647/card-and-chip-suppliers-to-offer-open-transport-ticketing-standard/feed/ 0 ABI ranks contactless transaction and NFC chip suppliers http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/11/13/32322/abi-ranks-contactless-transaction-and-nfc-chip-suppliers/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2009/11/13/32322/abi-ranks-contactless-transaction-and-nfc-chip-suppliers/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:39:17 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com/?p=2322 NXP Semiconductor has been ranked at the top of the latest edition of ABI Research's Contactless Transaction IC Vendor Matrix. Inside Contactless and Infineon Technologies claimed the second and third spots in the matrix, which...

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