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August 11th, 2010

GlobalPlatform specification adds secure area to mobile phone baseband processors

The new Trusted Execution Environment specification will enable a trusted window to be created on a mobile phone's screen so that consumers can enter their PIN securely on their own phone, rather than on a retailer's POS terminal. More

July 14th, 2010

HID Global and Inside Contactless to add employee ID cards to NFC phones

Employee ID card leader HID Global and Inside Contactless have partnered to offer support for HID's iClass vicinity card technology to NFC phones. iClass is HID's top of the range ID card technology and includes... More

June 14th, 2010

Gemalto provides KDDI with end-to-end NFC security solution

Gemalto has provided further details of the role it is playing in Japanese mobile network operator KDDI's extensive NFC field test, which went live last month. As we reported in April, KDDI has partnered with... More

April 23rd, 2010

T-Mobile begins internal NFC payments and access control trial in Czech Republic

Mobile network operator T-Mobile Czech Republic has begun testing NFC at its offices in the Czech Republic. Participants can use their Samsung Star NFC phones to gain entry to the building and to individual offices,... More

February 3rd, 2010

G&D and ARM to develop mobile device security solutions

ARM and Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) have announced a strategic partnership aimed at the development of highly secure mobile phone platforms. The partnership will combine ARM's TrustZone technology, which creates a protected area in advanced... More

February 3rd, 2010

Gemalto acquires mobile authentication leader Valimo Wireless

Gemalto has acquired Valimo Wireless, the world leader in mobile authentication. Valimo pioneered the use of two-channel, two-factor authentication based on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). Its Mobile ID solution combines an over the air platform... More

February 3rd, 2010

Sagem Wireless to add fingerprint verification to new range of mobile phones

Sagem Wireless has formed a partnership with Upek to bring fingerprint identity capabilities to a range of new devices that it plans to launch later this year, including new Android-based mobile devices. "Mobile operators, device... More

January 14th, 2010

Banks and mobile operators to go head to head for NFC mobile payments business

Banks and mobile network operators are set to go head to head in a bid to control the market for NFC mobile payments services, according to a new research report published today. "NFC mobile phones... More

May 11th, 2009

Bundesdruckerei plans to link NFC and electronic identity cards

Bundesdruckerei plans to link NFC and electronic identity cards

The German security documents group is to work with the NFC Forum to harmonise eID and NFC standards so that mobile phones can enable electronic ID cards to be used as proof of identity for secure transactions on the internet.  More

December 4th, 2008

Reslink signs up new distributors in the UK and Southeast Asia

Reslink signs up new distributors in the UK and Southeast Asia

Two more companies have signed up to become resellers of the Finnish workforce management solutions specialist's NFC-based time and attendance and location-sensitive data capture solutions. More

October 28th, 2008

Dutch think tank reports on the impact of NFC and consumer data privacy issues

Dutch think tank reports on the impact of NFC and consumer data privacy issues

When it comes to designing NFC ecosystems, solutions that appear to be logical and beneficial for the actors involved may not prove to be in the customers' best interests, says a new report by Dutch technology think tank Rathenau Institute More

October 22nd, 2008

NTT to trial technology that stores loyalty cards on mobile phones

NTT to trial technology that stores loyalty cards on mobile phones

NTT's new patent pending Key-Shuttle platform enables loyalty points, ID photos and other membership information from over a hundred retailers to all be registered and accessed from a customers' mobile phone. More

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