Smart Card Talk

April 2006 • Volume 11 Number 4

Member News

New SKIDATA contactless Combi Card combines the two worlds of SKIDATA and LEGIC®

Salzburg, Zurich. SKIDATA AG and LEGIC Identsystems Ltd jointly announce the market introduction of a SKIDATA Combi Card. The new contactless ‘keycard iso combi LEGIC advant’ combines the SKIDATA access solutions with the wide choice of LEGIC advant all-in-one-card applications. It will increase services and convenience for guests and partners in tourist destinations. [ read the full release ]

Giesecke & Devrient teams with Amiga to offer high quality mobile
Amiga-enabled Mega memory GalaxSIM® cards provide content portability

Munich/Prague, April 25, 2006 – Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), a leading supplier of smart cards and system solutions for mobile communications, payment and identification, and Amiga, Inc., a provider of cross-platform enabling technology for digital multimedia, demonstrate on SIM 2006 exhibition in Prague the use of Amiga’s technologies with G&D’s GalaxSIM® high memory SIM cards. [ read the full release ]

DATACARD GROUP INTRODUCES INNOVATIVE NEW HIGH-VOLUME CARD ISSUANCE SYSTEM
Highly modular platform takes card programs to new levels of security, productivity and flexibility.

Minnetonka, Minn. — April 25, 2006 — Datacard Group, the world leader in secure ID and card personalization solutions, introduced the Datacard® MX6000™ card issuance system to the world’s leading card issuers at a private event held today in Miami, Florida. The MX6000 system offers the most comprehensive range of card issuance capabilities available today. [ read the full release ]

Hypercom Takes the Lead: Introduces First Universal Contactless Handheld PIN Pad
High Security Multi-Application Device Expands Market for Hypercom

LAS VEGAS, ETA Annual Meeting & Expo, April 20, 2006 – Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today introduced the new P4100 PIN Pad, the first universal RF-enabled multi-application PIN entry device designed to meet the rigorous new PCI (Payment Card Industry) security standards established by Visa International and MasterCard International to protect consumers at the point-of-service. The sleek, compact device easily integrates with Hypercom, VeriFone and Ingenico card payment terminals as well as leading electronic cash register systems, allowing retailers to quickly take advantage of the increase in PIN-based and contactless card transactions. [ read the full release ]

Hypercom Unveils Market’s First Plug-and-Play Value-Added POS Application Platform
Telco-grade Appliance Speeds Deployment for End Users & Integrators; Adds New Revenue Stream for Hypercom

LAS VEGAS, ETA Annual Meeting & Expo, April 20, 2006 – Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today unveiled a new network server appliance enabling the market’s first plug-and-play deployment of value-added applications for point-of-sale/point-of-service systems. The new telco-grade appliance will come pre-loaded with application software along with tools permitting remote configuration by Hypercom that will eliminate the need for end users or ISOs to install, test, integrate and configure the software for the user’s network. [ read the full release ]

HID GLOBAL ADDRESSES RFID VIRUS CONCERNS FOR THE PHYSICAL ACCESS CONTROL INDUSTRY
RFID Viruses Pose No Threat for Access Control Applications

IRVINE, Calif., April 17, 2006 – “RFID is a broad term that encompasses everything from simple devices that contain a few thousand transistors and feature little or no security to contactless smart cards which are tiny computers that contain several million transistors and incorporate military grade security,” said Peter Lowe, Chief Technology Officer for HID Global, the premier manufacturer of contactless access control cards and readers for the security industry, in response to recent claims that RFID technology can spread viruses. [ read the full release ]

Intercard AG and LEGIC®: The market leaders agree on a licence partnership

Zurich. LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, the leading manufacturer of contactless smart card technology for personal identification applications, and Intercard AG, the market leader in the personalisation of plastic cards in Switzerland, agree on a licence partnership and strengthen their joint position. [ read the full release ]

Imprimerie Nationale Issues France's First Electronic Passports With Axalto Technology

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS and PARIS -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/13/2006 -- Axalto, the world's leader in microprocessor cards, today announced it has supplied the electronic covers for the new passports being issued as of today by the Hauts de Seine prefecture (issuing authority in France). Axalto, in coordination with a group of French industrial players, has worked alongside Imprimerie Nationale to meet the extremely tight deployment schedule recently set by the French Ministry of the Interior for the electronic passports designed for French citizens. Axalto will provide Imprimerie Nationale with around two million units in 2006. [ read the full release ]

DATACARD GROUP FIRST TO DELIVER TURNKEY EMV SMART CARD SOLUTION FOR CHINA
Comprehensive solution integrates hardware, software, supplies, services and in-country support

Minnetonka, Minn. — April 12, 2006 — Datacard Group, the world leader in secure ID and card personalization solutions, today announced that it has successfully implemented a fully-integrated EMV™ smart card solution for the Industrial Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). This solution is driven by the new, high performing and cost effective Datacard® Affina® data preparation software. [ read the full release ]

Giesecke & Devrient and MasterCard International Launch World's First Over-the-Air Personalization Solution for Mobile Phone-Based Payments
New process eliminates time consuming need to “manually” personalize mobile

Munich/Las Vegas, April 06, 2006 – Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) and MasterCard International today announced, at the CTIA Wireless Conference in Las Vegas, the launch of the world's first full-scale over-the-air (OTA) secure personalization payment solution for mobile phone-based payments, developed and managed by G&D. The solution will make the management of contactless payments with mobile phones secure, economical and flexible for participating financial institutions as the new process eliminates the time consuming need to “manually” personalize mobile handsets individually, which has been the method used for mobile payment trials until now. [ read the full release ]

Axalto R-UIM Cards Open Up Opportunities for CDMA Operators to Enhance Subscriber Experience in North America
Axalto demonstrates R-UIM cards with R-UIM enabled phones at CTIA Wireless 2006, booth 1844

CTIA WIRELESS 2006, LAS VEGAS, April 5, 2006 – R-UIM cards and compatible phones are now available in North America, giving CDMA subscribers all of the benefits that were once exclusive to users of GSM networks, Axalto announced today. Axalto R-UIM cards ease handset upgrades, provide international roaming and add to overall convenience for subscribers of CDMA networks like Sprint, Verizon, Alltel and Bell Mobility. Axalto will demonstrate its R-UIM smart cards on R-UIM compatible phones from Nokia today and this week at CTIA Wireless 2006, booth 1844. [ read the full release ]

POLAROID COMMERCIAL ID SELECTS DATACARD AS OEM SUPPLIER OF NEW, FULLY INTEGRATED PRODUCT SUITE

WALTHAM, Mass., -- April 5, 2006 Polaroid Commercial ID Systems (Polaroid Commercial ID), a division of Polaroid Corporation, has launched a fully integrated ID Card system with the software, camera interface, printer, and supplies all manufactured by Datacard Group. The new Polaroid system represents a significant advancement in product quality, flexibility, and functionality. [ read the full release ]

Hospitals – a place where it’s better to be a visitor than a patient

The administrative district of Reutlingen, Germany, runs the Kreiskliniken Reutlingen GmbH with hospitals in Reutlingen, Bad Urach and Muensingen. At the beginning of 2005, the newly built Albklinik Muensingen was formally opened. The clinic, geographically located at the Middle Alb, has 105 beds with main wards for surgery, internal medicine, anaesthesia and gynaecology. [ read the full release ]

Shenzhen TsingHua Experiment School installed multi-functional LEGIC® smart card system

Shenzhen TsingHua Experiment School, which combined with primary, secondary schools and pre-university, located at BaoAn District of Shenzhen, PR China, has lately installed a LEGIC technology based multi-functional contactless smart card System through TsingHua Mao Wu Co.The system services over 5000 teachers and students, has one card issuing center, and manages five major buildings in the campus, which are, Lecture Building, Office Building, Multifunctional Building, Dormitory and the Gymnasium. The system was completed in early 2005 and controls over 200 access points in the school. [ read the full release ]

MasterCard PayPass to be Deployed at Major League Baseball Stadiums
Major League Baseball fans to enjoy the speed and convenience of "Tap N Go(R)" payment technology as nine team stadiums deploy PayPass

PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2006--In time for the start of the 2006 Major League Baseball (MLB) season, MasterCard International today announced that nine MLB teams will accept MasterCard(R) PayPass(TM), a new contactless payment option, at in-stadium concession stands. [ read the full release ]

OTI Receives Vital Class A Approval for Saturn 5000 Contactless Reader

FORT LEE, N.J., April 3 -- On Track Innovations Ltd, (OTI), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions, for homeland security, payments, petroleum payments and other applications, today announced that its Saturn 5000 contactless reader has received Class A approval from Vital Processing Services® (Vital®), a leader in merchant and acquirer processing solutions. Vital delivers comprehensive, end-to-end payment solutions to reliably process millions of credit, debit and other electronic transactions every day. [ read the full release ]

FIPS 201, PHYSICAL/LOGICAL ACCESS CONVERGENCE COVERED BY SMART CARD ALLIANCE AT ISC WEST 2006
Convergence panelists from DoD, Sun, SCM, Integrated Engineering

Las Vegas, NV, March 28, 2006 – U.S. government agencies and federal contractors working toward compliance with FIPS 201, the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) standard for a converged, government-wide physical and logical access credential, are finding that implementation can include many technical, project and process challenges. [ read the full release ]