HID Global Launches A Complete Family of Secure Contactless Payment and Identification Stickers

HID Global, trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, have  announced the addition of a convenient yet sturdy mobile sticker format to its family of contactless payment and identification cards. The stickers make it easier to add closed-loop payment and loyalty systems to existing automatic fare collection or retail systems, or to… Read More

NXP and Gemalto Sign Licensing Agreement for Adding MIFARE to UICC Cards

NXP Semiconductors N.V. and Gemalto, have announced a global strategic licensing agreement for NXP’s MIFARE™ technology, enabling Gemalto to integrate MIFARE into its UICC cards. This cooperation aims at spurring the usage of NFC mobile devices in the MIFARE infrastructure, therefore accelerating worldwide deployments of mobile contactless services. The agreement enables Gemalto to complement its… Read More

NXP’s MIFARE Plus Chosen for Ground Transportation Ticketing Systems in Sochi, Russia for 2014 Winter Olympics

NXP Semiconductors N.V. this week announced that its contactless microcontroller, MIFARE Plus™, has been chosen by the Russian city of Sochi – host of the 2014 Winter Olympics – to power the Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) system of its ground transportation network. This will be the first rollout of MIFARE Plus in Russia and the Commonwealth… Read More