Card Technology articles from January 2004

Card Technology archives from January 2004

A Look Back At 2004.
January 1, 2004... Quite a year 2004 turned out to be. At least, that's how it looks in our crystal ball. Those who said flash memory would make it big in smart cards were proved right, as several semiconductor manufacturers introduced flash chips with more...

A New Mini-SIM Wins Approval.
January 1, 2004... The European Telecommunications Standards Institute has approved a controversial proposal for an optional miniature subscriber identity module card that one day could be used to connect handheld computers, digital cameras and other devices to...

Inside TechWatch.
January 1, 2004... UK Takes First Steps Toward A National ID 11 Industry Briefs 12 Card Technology Calendar 14 Regional News 16 Copyright 2004 Thomson Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.thomsonmedia.com...

Mini-SIM Sparks Debate.(SIM-CARDS)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Standards makers last month approved the first new option for the size of SIM cards in more than 10 years. Standard plug-in size: 25-millimeters-by-15 mm. Likely size of new optional SIM: 13mm-by-12mm Chip surface: Unchanged ...

UK Takes First Steps Toward A National ID.
January 1, 2004... For the past year, the proposal for a chip-based national ID card has been batted back and forth by government leaders in the United Kingdom. Home Secretary David Blunkett has argued vigorously for it, while British newspapers report that some...

Testing Biometrics On The Way To A National ID.
January 1, 2004... What UK Passport Service will test fingerprint, facial and iris biometrics with 10,000 volunteers. When January through June 2004 Where Volunteers will enroll at a passport office and at three other sites in the United...

Industry Briefs.
January 1, 2004... Deals Dexia Bank of Belgium has selected France-based Oberthur Card Systems to supply and personalize EMV smart cards carrying Proton Prisma software...Giesecke & Devrient of Germany will supply Java Card-based smart card IDs this winter...

Card Technology Calendar.(Calendar)
January 1, 2004... Feb. 23-26: 3GSM World Congress 2004-Cannes, France Organized by Informa For more information, contact Tamara James at: phone: +44 (0)1932 893855 e-mail: cust.servinforma.com: Web site: www.3gsmworldcongress.com March 2-4: CIT...

Regional News.
January 1, 2004... Asia/Pacific China Uses Chip Cards To Pay Utility Bills: China is increasingly turning to smart cards for payment of such utilities as gas, electricity and water. The Ministry of Construction says some 300 cities are using chip cards for...

The Big SIM To Get A Tryout.
January 1, 2004... Telecom Italia Mobile this year plans to issue the industry's first mega-memory subscriber identity module card for its third-generation network. The operator has led the way in the past with SIM technology, but skeptics believe this time...

To Super-Size Or Not.(introduction of 1-megabyte SIM card)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Telecom Italia Mobile plans to introduce a 1-megabyte SIM card. Should you follow? Pros 32-bit and Java-accelerated engine makes processing Java faster. Cons Few handsets support faster data communication speed; ISO 7816...

Chip Cards Are A Logical Choice.
January 1, 2004... Since shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the U.S. government has been working on a standard ID for transportation workers. A government-funded comparison of five card technologies has concluded that the smart card "is the most...

How Card Technologies Stacked Up.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... (part 1 of 2) Linear 2D bar code Magnetic bar code stripe Mean transaction speed (in seconds) 2.3 3.8 6.1 ...

The Rush to Contactless Payments.
January 1, 2004... Suddenly, there's a rush to add contactless payment chips to cards, keyfobs and mobile phones, especially in the United States and Asia. Do consumers really love the pay-with-a-wave convenience, or is this just the latest fad? What do...

Why Nokia Gives Contactless The Nod.
January 1, 2004... Nokia, the world's leading manufacturer of mobile phone handsets, believes the phone will ultimately replace cards as the common means of payment. That would be a good thing for Nokia, and the handset maker has conducted tests in several...

Contactless Payment Comes To The Point Of Sale.
January 1, 2004... (part 1 of 2) Program Location Consumers equipped SpeedPass North America 7 million Octopus Card Hong Kong 6 million Edy Japan 3.3...

Multos Fights On.(smard cards company)
January 1, 2004... Once a leading contender to become the standard operating system for smart cards, Multos has fallen well behind Java Card. But a new low-cost version of Multos could entice banks and other issuers to take notice. In late November, the...

MAOSCO Consortium Members.
January 1, 2004... * Axalto * Dai Nippon Printing * Discover Financial Services * Giesecke & Devrient * Hitachi (Renesas) * Infineon Technologies * Keycorp * MasterCard International * Oberthur Card Systems * SyntiQ...