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Inside Secure NFC chip sales fall

Mike Clark — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:29:30 +0000

Inside Secure has reported a fall in revenues of 68% year-on-year for its Mobile NFC division. Revenues were just US$4.5m in the first quarter of 2013, down 61% on the fourth quarter of 2012. "BlackBerry...

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Inside Secure NFC controller gets Linux kernel support

Karl Dyer — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:46:51 +0000

Inside Secure has announced its MicroRead NFC controller chip is supported in the new 3.9 branch of the Linux kernel, speeding up integration of the chip into a range of Linux based TVs, set-top boxes,...

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Inside Secure introduces dual interface NFC tag

Karl Dyer — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:05:29 +0000

The new tag acts as a wireless bridge between two devices, creating "virtually limitless possibilities for interactions between NFC mobile devices like smartphones and a broad range of medical, communications, entertainment and other electronic devices.”

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Inside Secure to cut jobs after “a disappointing performance in 2012”

Sarah Clark — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:52:49 +0000

Up to 20% of the workforce could lose their jobs at the publicly listed NFC, contactless and security chip specialist following the announcement that revenues fell by 19% in 2012 and losses were "impacted by the disappointing performance from the NFC business".

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Inside Secure launches all-in-one NFC hardware package for consumer electronics devices

Sarah Clark — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:29:26 +0000

ComboPulse "is a drop-in, zero-tuning solution that makes it easy and inexpensive to add NFC functionality into a broad range of mainstream consumer electronic products, including tablets, entry-level mobile phones, personal media players and other smart mobile devices," says the NFC chip specialist.

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Z10 packs Inside NFC chip

Mike Clark — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:56:27 +0000

A teardown of the new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone conducted by TechInsights shows that the device's NFC functionality is provided by an Inside Secure SecuRead NFC controller and secure element module. Earlier BlackBerry NFC phones also...

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ARM, Gemalto and G&D introduce alternative to NFC secure elements

Sarah Clark — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:35:09 +0000

Trustonic, a joint venture set up by the three companies, will provide TSMs and service providers with the key to their own secure area within a trusted execution environment on an ARM processor, in exchange for a one-off fee, providing an alternative to secure element chips for applications requiring low- to mid-range security.

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Inside Secure adds sales agents

Mike Clark — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:48:34 +0000

NFC and secure chip specialist Inside Secure has appointed four sales agents in Latin America and the Middle East. BP Electronica, a division of US-based BP Sales, will represent Inside in Mexico, while Electrocomponentes will...

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Authentec sells Embedded Security Solutions division to Inside Secure

Sarah Clark — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:03:31 +0000

The sale suggests that Apple's interest in acquiring Authentec lies with the company's innovative combined fingerprint and NFC solution, which is not part of the division being acquired by Inside Secure, and will lead to renewed speculation that Apple will include NFC in future iPhones and other devices.

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MasterCard certifies Inside Secure payments applet

Mike Clark — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:15:03 +0000

Inside Secure's Mobile MasterCard PayPass M/Chip 4 payment applet has received MasterCard's Cast and Functional certification when credentials are stored on the chip specialist's SecuRead embedded NFC module or VaultSecure secure element. Functional certification confirms...

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