Smart Card Talk

January 2006 • Volume 11 Number 1

Member News

$17 billion dollar parking industry on verge of payment revolution
New Smart Card Alliance White Paper Addresses Parking System Applications

Americans have been looking for the right change to park their vehicles ever since 1935, and the parking industry has been seeking the most cost-effective and convenient collection method just as long. Both the $17 billion parking industry and the American public are about to experience a sea change of payment using smart card technology. [ read the full release ]

ASK launches new contactless USB reader RDR 400 series
High speed, low cost, universal readers respond to demand in emerging markets

ASK launches the RDR 400 series of contactless USB readers, designed for performance, security and ergonomics. RDR 400 readers are ideal for contactless logical/physical access control, identity, banking and PC-based applications. [ read the full release ]

Supercom announces the award of a tender for a biometric passport issuing and control system for a western European country
Project implementation expected to start in the first quarter of 2006

SuperCom (OTCBB: SPCBF.OB; Euronext: SUP), a leading provider of smart card and electronic identification (e-ID) solutions, today announced an award of a tender to provide the technology for a biometric passport issuing and control system for a country in western Europe. The implementation of the project is expected to start during first quarter of 2006. [ read the full release ]

World's Most Stringent Security Tests Confirm Infineon's Security Competence in Smart Card ICs

Infineon Technologies AG (FSE/NYSE: IFX) today announced that its 66PE family of advanced microcontroller ICs (integrated circuits) for security applications have successfully passed the world‚s most stringent security tests for chip card applications. This includes all eight contact-based 16-bit security microcontrollers in the 66PE family, used for secure payment transaction and identification applications, as well as the contactless interface security controller Infineon developed specifically for use in electronic passports. [ read the full release ]

HID announces availability of new iCLASS® OEM 13.56 MHz contactless smart card read/write module
New OEM Module Offers iCLASS Developers the Ability to Embed and Integrate Contactless Smart Card Technology into Small Form Factor Devices with Multiple Serial Interface Options

HID Corporation, the premier manufacturer of contactless access control cards and readers for the security industry, today announced the expansion of its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) product family with the iCLASS OEM150 module. The OEM150 is a fully-functional Wiegand/serial, low-power, 13.56 MHz contactless smart card read/write module with a remote antenna designed for embedding into small-format products to enable iCLASS contactless smart card technology. [ read the full release ]