One area that was big at Cartes 2010 was the Machine 2 Machine installation. Continuing in the theme of M2M we asked attendees what would be their favorite M2M application. Feedback seemed to concentrate on the phone and car but there were a few other inputs. See what they were here.
VIDEO: What use is a diamond-encrusted credit card?
Cartes 2010 had an interesting section this year – Luxury. On display were diamond encrusted credit cards. We wondered who would really carry one of these cards. Seriously, who would carry a credit card with diamonds in? We asked a few people passing by on their take on this whole ultra (tacky?) bling credit card… Read More
COMPRION sets the standard for a new generation of SIM spy tools
The MiniMove responds to the testing needs of card and handset manufacturers, application developers and network operators for a very small, USB powered quality trace tool which helps to ensure interoperability between the individual components involved with the (U)SIM interface. MiniMove detects communication errors between handsets and Smart Cards and analyses them accordingly. With dimensions of only 82 x… Read More
Contactless prepaid card solution for South African public transit fares demonstration at Cartes
At the heart of South Africa’s new contactless, prepaid smart card system for public transit fares, Aconite Prepaid Value Manager manages complex processing specific to smart prepaid products. Integrated with Traderoot Africa (Pty) Ltd’s Universal Prepaid Issuing Platform (UPIP) software, this software solution is licensed to a large South African transit payments processor and approved… Read More
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