Card Technology articles from October 2007

Card Technology archives from October 2007

Of Rollouts And 'Milking The Cow': Until the parties work out the fees and more phones hit the market, there won't be much milk to go around.
October 1, 2007... There have been a number of announcements of rollouts of NFC lately, I've noticed. That's despite the fact only one handset model is available and banks and transit operators are still haggling with telcos over rental fees for putting their...

Taiwanese Telcos Gear Up For NFC.
October 1, 2007... Taiwanese mobile network operators Chunghwa Telecom and Far EasTone last month announced plans for mobile-payment projects using phones that support Near Field Communication, as interest in the technology continues to heat up. Chunghwa,...

Newswatch: Europe.
October 1, 2007... BRITISH BANKS BEGIN FIRST LAP OF CONTACTLESS LAUNCH With their launch in late August of what they called the "first public contactless payment" in the United Kingdom, the Royal Bank of Scotland and MasterCard Worldwide hoped to take the...

Newswatch: Americas.
October 1, 2007... CITIBANK BULLISH ON NFC; LUKEWARM ON CONTACTLESS CARDS AND FOBS A six-month trial by U.S.-based Citigroup of contactless-mobile credit in New York City showed transaction numbers more than doubled compared with conventional credit cards,...

Gemalto Reports Fall In First-Half Profits.(Financial report)
October 1, 2007... France-based Gemalto, the largest supplier of smart cards worldwide, reported last month profits fell for the first half of 2007, which the vendor blamed on losses in its banking card unit and lower SIM sales. Net profit dropped by 15.2%...

Newswatch: Asia.(Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. joins with Network For Electronic Banking)
October 1, 2007... TELCOS IN SINGAPORE ANNOUNCE NFC TRIALS Announcements by Singapore's two largest mobile network operators last month that they will pair up with the country's two electronic-purse schemes to launch trials of Near Field Communication could...

Vendors Target NFC Transit Market With SIMs.
October 1, 2007... Gemalto, the largest supplier of SIM cards worldwide, and NXP Semiconductors, the biggest vendor of contactless chips for transit cards, are hoping to capitalize on early trends in the budding market for Near Field Communication-based services....

FACT BOX.
October 1, 2007... Players: World's largest SIM cards suppler, Gemalto, and biggest contactless chip vendor, NXP Semiconductors. The Deal: Nonexclusive agreement gives Gemalto permission to use NXP's popular Mifare transit application on its SIM...

Pay-Buy Mobile Trials Using SIMs On Tap.
October 1, 2007... O2 Ireland is one of at least 11 mobile network operators that will launch NFC mobile-payment trials over the next several months as part of a global initiative organized by the GSM Association trade group, Card Technology has learned. The...

Bureaucratic Bumbling Jeopardizes Mexico's Health Smart Card.
October 1, 2007... Agovernment inquiry into Mexico's smart card-based electronic health care program threatens to kill the project, and with it, a chance for the country to integrate millions of families into the system. Whether the cause of the problems are...

Spreading North? Contactless In Canada.
October 1, 2007... The history of contactless cards in Canada follows a familiar theme. Retailers hesitate to invest in the technology when so few contactless cards are in circulation, and consumer demand is low because there are too few acceptance points. ...

Headed to Market.
October 1, 2007... After more then two years of trials, the first rollouts of NFC are happening. Though the projects remain small, they could lead to the first big use of the contactless technology - for mobile transit ticketing. But a lack of NFC phones...

Advertising Index.
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Contact Our Advertising Sales Representatives.
October 1, 2007... United States and Canada Theresa Cryns phone 312-983-6137 fax 312-913-1334 Europe & Asia Bernard Pingree Jean-Charles Abeille phone + 33 (01) 46 43 00 66 fax + 33 (01) 46 43 01 34 bernard.pingreeinfopac.fr icabeilleinfopac.fr...

Holding The INE On Prices.
October 1, 2007... Policing Sales Managers World No. 1 smart card vendor Gemalto said the new "pricing discipline" it put in place in the fall of 2006 has paid off in a more profitable SIM business. But the vendor is also surrendering some of its share of...