MicroRead NFC Chip, Open NFC Stack and Wave-Me Client Power New Cosyphone

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, February 15, 2010–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced the first deployment of its portfolio of NFC technologies in a commercially available NFC handset. All three of INSIDE’s core NFC offerings–the MicroRead™ NFC controller chip, the Open NFC™ protocol stack and the Wave-Me™ handset client software–are working together to enhance the user experience for the Cosyphone, a new NFC mobile phone announced today by Sagem Wireless.

Organization strengthens ties with leadership groups across the global ecosystem

Wakefield, Mass., USA, Feb. 9, 2010–The NFC Forum (http://www.nfc-forum.org), a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today announced it has formed liaisons with three industry-leading organizations key to the NFC global ecosystem: EMVCo, the GSM Association and the Smart Card Alliance. These liaisons broaden and strengthen the NFC Forum’s collaborative ties with key associations and standards bodies across the NFC ecosystem. As a first step in the liaisons, the Forum has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with each organization that outlines how they will collaborate to further the development of the NFC market and NFC-based solutions.

Aix-En-Provence, France, February 12, 2010–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, and Neowave, a developer of smart objects–intelligent, portable devices that go beyond smart cards–today announced their partnership to create the Weneo NFC, the industry’s first NFC smart object. Integrating INSIDE’s third-generation MicroRead® NFC solution, the multi-application Weneo NFC smart object creates a link to the Internet for NFC devices, tags and mobile phones for a variety of secure transactions.

EMV based World Traveler card solves challenge of incompatible magnetic stripe cards when traveling abroad

Austin, TX, Feb 11, 2010–Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today introduced the World Traveler program, which includes a globally accepted dual interface EMV payment microprocessor card and complete issuance service for U.S. banks and card issuers. With most countries around the world moving to EMV based payment for greater security, U.S. travelers are increasingly having trouble using magnetic stripe bankcards abroad, especially in offline applications like unattended ticketing/payment kiosks. Gemalto’s new World Traveler program allows any U.S. issuer to provide cards to their customers in under two months ensuring secure and hassle-free payments while traveling internationally and at home.

Aix-En-Provence and Paris, France, and Paderborn, Germany, February 11, 2010–An international consortium of payment and wireless industry leaders today announced their participation in a field trial being conducted by Banka Koper to bring SIM-based NFC mobile payments to Slovenia. CASSIS International, INSIDE Contactless, Sagem Orga and Sagem Wireless, in cooperation with Mobitel, the leading mobile service provider in Slovenia, have provided Banka Koper with the payment infrastructure and applications for this trial, which will run through June 2010.

Innovative Combination of Security Features and Identity Technologies Breaks New Ground in ID Cards

Mountain View, Calif., February 9, 2010–LaserCard Corporation (NASDAQ:LCRD; http://www.lasercard.com), a leading provider of secure ID solutions, today launched its newest generation of multi-technology ID credentials. Compliant with key North American and European identity program standards, the cards enable governments to meet the demanding requirements of both North American registered border crossing and European foreign resident card programs. LaserCard will showcase its EU-compliant credentials at Secure Document World in London, February 9-19, booth C11.

Innovation optimizes medical treatments - simplifies and modernizes procedures

Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Feb 10, 2010–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced that Bulgaria has started deploying its smart cards to secure access to personal health records for the country’s military personnel and their family.

First Result of a Partnership with INSIDE Contactless to Transform How People Interact With and Use Their Mobile Devices

Paris, France, Feb. 10, 2010–CONNECTHINGS, a pioneer in providing systems that deliver contextualized services and content based on location and time, today announced the first public demonstration of the Wave-Me™ NFC services platform will take place at the upcoming GSM Mobile World Congress being held in Barcelona, Spain February 15-18, 2010. The first result of a partnership with INSIDE Contactless, the Wave-Me NFC services platform is built upon CONNECTHINGS’ AdTag™ server and is designed to give near field communication (NFC) the intelligence it needs to enable a broad range of mobile services beyond payment and transit applications.

Princeton Junction, N.J., February 8, 2010–The Smart Card Alliance Healthcare Council will continue its focus this coming year on educating the healthcare industry on the need for a solid, secure identity management infrastructure, its newly elected officers said today.

Munich, Germany and Cambridge, UK, February 3, 2010–ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMH)], and the specialist for security technology Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) today announced a strategic partnership for the development of highly-secure mobile phone platforms. Through the combination of ARM® TrustZone® technology, which creates a protected area in advanced systems-on-chip, and the highly-secure MobiCore© operating system developed by G&D, sensitive applications such as electronic payment and online banking via mobile phone will be efficiently protected from security threats. As a first step the two companies will develop a joint prototype.