EINDHOVEN, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 27, 2008--NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, will launch its state-of-the art microcontroller smart card IC ...

U.S. Department of Interior selects Philips' advanced contactless smart card chip technology to heighten secure access to national facilities U.S. Department of Interior selects Philips' advanced ...

GENEVA – STMicroelectronics has teamed up with Fujitsu Limited to develop a contactless smart card IC with FRAM and ROM, but no standard RAM. According to the companies, the ST19ZR01 is aimed at ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NFC Forum has today announced the publication of its bi-annual Near Field Communication (NFC) Usage and Adoption Study. The study, conducted by ABI Research highlights the ...

Amalgamated Banks of South Africa Ltd. is partnering with card-technology provider Oberthur Technologies to issue a prepaid card supported by MasterCard’s PayPass contactless service. The card is the ...

IRVINE, Calif. -- HID Corporation, the premier manufacturer of contactless access control cards and readers for the security industry, today announced the expansion of its iCLASS® 13.56 MHz ...

Chatsworth, Calif.-based Secura Key announces an addition to its line of e*Tag contactless smart card readers. The ET4-AUS-D is a desktop reader/writer unit with a standard USB cable, which works with ...

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., February 6, 2009 " Recent headlines have confused U.S. electronic passports—the passport books with the blue cover and the small gold e-passport icon—with the new U.S.

At the Smart Card Alliance Annual Conference, government identity management programs took center stage as the Alliance kicked off its conference, which took place last week at the Boston Marriott ...

The Smart Card Alliance's Contactless Payments Council will expand its focus to include Near Field Communications and mobile payments due to consumers' growing excitement around using mobile phones to ...

In the late 1800s a German physicist named Heinrich Hertz created radio waves in the laboratory. A century later, we are still expanding upon Hertz’s discovery. Radio waves make possible all wireless ...

Phuket Smart Bus rolls out Mastercard contactless card payments on two major routes, including airport and Old Town services.