Archive for October, 2009
According to the post on NFCNews, Nokia release its first NFC handset which holds the NFC application on the SIM card, rather than the handset itself. Well, let’s go through the concepts first. We can say that the heart of an NFC system is the secure element. Secure element refers to the IC (integrated circuit) which [ READ MORE ]
According to the post at NFC News, ASK released a contactless reader device for home use. Reader is connected via USB port and is compatible with all popular contactless card types. Contactless readers attached to PC over USB port has been available in the market for a long time. Aiming the end users who has a [ READ MORE ]
Access control applications and transportation systems were the “killer applications” that caused the boom in the contactless cards. Access control systems are generally do not require anything more than a unique id, but transportation systems are more complex. Speaking generally, two products dominate the contactless transportation installations: NXP’s mifare family and the Calypso family, which are [ READ MORE ]
The most active community about the NFC world is definitely the French one. There has been a pilot ongoing since the last year and the results are (as almost all pilots) pretty positive. Now France is taking another step and setting up the standards for NFC based mobile payments for Europe. AEPM (Association Européenne Payez Mobile) [ READ MORE ]