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Gemalto Boosts Rollout of SIM-Based Mobile Contactless Services

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced that its Near Field Communication (NFC) SIM card product range successfully operates with Nokia’s contactless mobile phones. Gemalto is demonstrating interoperability of its SIM cards with NFC-enabled Nokia 6216 classic handsets at Cartes & IDentification this week. The company is also [...]

Innovision Research & Technology plc and STMicroelectronics Join NFC Forum Board of Directors

Forum Welcomes New Members and Executive Director Paula Berger
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 that Innovision Research & Technology, plc, and STMicroelectronics have become Sponsor Members and have joined its Board of Directors.
In other member news, Sony Ericsson Mobile [...]

Toshiba Develops USIM Card Compatible with NFC Mobile Phones

- Development of USIM (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) to the Latest Standard Announces Toshiba’s Entry into the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) and 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) Markets –
Mobile World Congress 2009
Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced the development of a new USIM card for use in mobile phones supporting the NFC (Near Field [...]

Inside Contactless Working With Qualcomm To Accelerate NFC Mobile Handset Rollouts

NFC Technology Part of Qualcomm 3G Handset Reference Designs, Qualcomm Makes Strategic Investment in INSIDE Contactless
AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France – LONDON, United Kingdom, FEBRUARY 13th, 2009- INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced open-standard contactless chip technologies today announced that it is working with Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) to accelerate the growth of the Near Field Communication [...]

International Jury Selects Finalists for Gemalto SIMagine Contest

Hosted by Gemalto in association with Samsung and Sun Microsystems, the tenth edition of the SIMagine Contest rewards the most innovative projects for wireless applications
Mobile World Congress 2009
The SIMagine developer contest challenges JavaTM developers worldwide to present innovative Value Added Services for the cell phone. Expanding over the past nine years, the SIMagine contest has [...]

INSIDE Celebrates Banner Year For MicroRead NFC Chip

String of Achievements Reinforces Company’s Leadership Role
Just one year since introducing its award-winning MicroRead® NFC device, INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced open-standard contactless chip technologies, will celebrate this innovative product’s outstanding series of successes and the company’s achievements in the NFC industry at next week’s Mobile World Congress. From industry awards, field [...]

NFC Forum Moves Forward With Two New Specifications

Specifications Establish Rules for Essential Interactions Between NFC-Enabled Devices
The NFC Forum (www.nfc-forum.org), a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today announced the release of two specifications that stipulate the requesting of actions and the activation of alternative data transfers technologies between NFC enabled devices. The Generic Control [...]

NXP and Siemens Develop GPS/GSM-based Toll System for Private Vehicles

Breakthrough Telematics Solution Enables Cost-Effective, Simple Installation and Enforcement
NXP and Siemens Mobility have reached an agreement to technically collaborate with each other in order to develop NXP’s new ATOP (Automotive Telematics On Board Unit Platform) into the ’single chip on-board unit’ system based on GPS and GSM. Once it is ready for the market, [...]

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