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June 2008 • Volume 13 Number 6 |
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Member News
Fort Wayne, IN June 18, 2008–TrustBearer Labs, an Internet security and authentication solutions company, has been selected by Microsoft Corp. as an OpenID provider for the Microsoft® HealthVault™ online consumer health platform. [ read the full release ]
PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ, June 16, 2008–Transit agencies implementing smart card-based automatic fare collection (AFC) systems face challenges serving those who do not have credit or debit cards, nor checking or savings accounts, as these riders are limited to cash when obtaining, loading and reloading transit smart cards. A new white paper from the Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council examines how transit agencies can serve these “unbanked” or “underbanked” individuals, including both the traditional approach of establishing retail sales outlets for fare media and a potential new approach of using network-branded prepaid cards. [ read the full release ]
European Campus Card Association Conference, Lodz, Poland, June 16, 2008–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announces it has delivered one million electronic student cards that act as an identity credential in Polish universities. The company provided the cards to OPTeam, a local Gemalto Value Added Reseller (VAR), who supplied the personalization solution for universities to issue cards directly to students. Large-scale deployment started in the fall of 2007 and to date, 100 universities and high schools are issuing the e-student card. Another 300 universities are expected to join in the program. [ read the full release ]
Seoul, South Korea, June 12, 2008–Datacard Group today announced the company sold its twenty-second Datacard® Maxsys® card issuance system in the Republic of Korea. This represents an unprecedented level of success in the region, and includes several multiple orders and repeat buyers, including BC Card, Shinhan Card, IC Korea, Hyundai Card, KB Card, Lotte Card and KBC. [ read the full release ]
Sophia-Antipolis, June 10, 2008–ASK a pioneer of contactless cards for the mass transit market since 1997, today announced that the company joined the UK-based Integrated Transport Smartcard Organization (ITSO) and successfully passed the ITSO certification. This certificate strengthens ASK market presence in the United Kingdom and confirms the company’s strategy to offer clients and partners a large portfolio of products compliant with international and regional standards. [ read the full release ]
Beijing, June 11, 2008–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announces the successful completion of over 53 million over-the-air (OTA) updates¹ of GSM and CDMA mobile customers representing 6.3 billion short messages across 8 provinces in China. This demonstrates how useful and also how efficient OTA campaigns have become as a fundamental tool for SIM card data administrative management and even complete application download and activation. [ read the full release ]
TECH.ED NORTH AMERICA 2008, Orlando, Fla, June 10, 2008–Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced Instant Badge Issuance (IBI)–a smart card identity badge creation system that complements Microsoft’s Identity and Access solutions and enables enterprises to produce employee IDs locally in minutes. In addition to printing graphics and personalizing applications on a magnetic stripe or ISO 14443 compatible contactless chip, IBI works directly with Microsoft Active Directory and Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) to load digital certificates directly onto the smart card. The result is a single, converged badge that gives employees secure access to facilities, networks and applications throughout the enterprise. [ read the full release ]
MVNOs Industry Summit, Barcelona, June 9, 2008–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announces it has provided PosteMobile, the first Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) in Italy, with a software solution that allows BancoPosta customers to securely carry out payment transactions with their mobile phone. Both PosteMobile and BancoPosta are part of the Poste Italiane Group. They take advantage of their unique position in the convergent mobile and banking worlds. Gemalto’s MVNO portal management solution makes everyday life easier for PosteMobile suscribers, as users simply send a command from their mobile phone to pay their bills, send a telegram or a fax, top up their account and wire money from their BancoPosta account and from PostePay, BancoPosta prepaid credit card. [ read the full release ]
June 5, 2008–GlobalPlatform has announced that its Card Specification v2.1.1 has been used by smart card and application solution provider Bell ID in its ANDiS4FIPS201 Card and Application Management technology. The solution has recently been placed on the United States (US) Government’s General Services Administration (GSA) Approved Products List in recognition of its compliance with the FIPS 201: Electronic Personalization standard. [ read the full release ]
São Paulo, June 5, 2008–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces its selection by Brasil Telecom to provide USIM cards for the launch of its 3G network this month. The USIM technology, advanced software adapted for 3G networks and loaded in SIM cards, will allow Brasil Telecom’s users to access unique value added services and benefit from higher levels of security on electronic transactions performed with their mobiles. [ read the full release ]
Philadelphia, PA, Wednesday, June 04, 2008–The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a federal agency under the Department of Commerce, has awarded a contract to Probaris in support of the agency’s efforts to comply with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12). Probaris is a leader in the identity management software and solutions market. HSPD-12 is a presidential directive, published in August 2004, mandating a common identification standard for all federal government employees and contractors. [ read the full release ]
HSPD-12 Team Wins Outstanding Smart Card Award Washington, D.C., June 2, 2008–GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) HSPD-12 Managed Service Office was recently recognized by the Smart Card Alliance for its leading role in personalizing and issuing Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards for 67 federal agencies. [ read the full release ]
Taiwan, June 4, 2008–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announces that Gemalto is the supplier of electronic Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) cards to the National Immigration Agency (NIA) in Taiwan. Compared to the existing paper cards, the Gemalto Sealys microprocessor version bolsters security by drastically improving resistance to forgery and counterfeiting. Uniquely, these contactless cards are the first electronic identification documents built on the strengths of electronic passport technology. These cards are also the first electronic foreigner identification cards in Asia. Gemalto has already delivered three hundred thousand of these identification cards. The National Immigration Agency plans to achieve replacement of all remaining paper cards by 2009. [ read the full release ]
DALLAS, May 5, 2008–Taking its cue from customers and a page out of the fashion magazines where “thin is always in,” Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced the availability of its ultra-thin module for contactless payment applications which removes another technology barrier for broader proliferation of contactless payment. Now 26 percent thinner than conventional packaged contactless chip offerings, the new ultra-thin module enables card manufacturers to produce an increasing array of colorful and distinctive products with higher yields as a result of causing fewer visual imperfections than thicker chip modules. (See http://www.ti.com/ultra-thin) [ read the full release ]
SAN JOSE, CA, June 2, 2008–VeriFone Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PAY) announced today a significant new market initiative in its European, Middle East and African business by reorganizing management and sales and marketing efforts into two market-focused teams, one focused on continental Europe and the other focused on Northern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. [ read the full release ]
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