Chip maker Infineon has launched a secure element IC designed to be embedded in NFC-enabled mobile phones... More
Infineon unveils new embedded secure element for NFC phones
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Transport ticketing alliance debuts ‘Cipurse’ open alternative to Mifare
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. More
Inside Contactless announces combined NFC controller and embedded secure element package
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. More
EU backs project that aims to add a secure element to a mobile device’s main processor
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 element to be built into a mobile device’s main processor... More
Card and chip suppliers to offer open transport ticketing standard
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. More
ABI ranks contactless transaction and NFC chip suppliers
NXP Semiconductor has been ranked at the top of the latest edition of ABI Research’s Contactless Transaction IC Vendor Matrix... More
NXP transfers its mobile services business to Gemalto
NXP and Gemalto have signed a deal that will see Gemalto taking over NXP’s mobile services business unit in Sophia Antipolis. More
Gemalto and Oberthur developing Mifare on a SIM
Both suppliers have announced they are close to adding Mifare functionality to their SIM cards. More
Cartes 2008: NFC pops up all over the show
Anyone who expected to visit Cartes 2008 and find just the odd NFC application hidden somewhere round the back of a small stand lost in the outer reaches of the exhibition hall was in for quite a surprise — Near Field Communications World spotted forty companies talking NFC at this year’s event… More