Card Technology articles from September 2004

Card Technology archives from September 2004

Contactless Arrives.
September 1, 2004... The first time it occurred to me that contactless smart cards might be more than just a niche product for transit agencies was on a trip to Japan four years ago. There I found a growing smart card industry that seemed more interested in...

Inside TechWatch.
September 1, 2004... Strong Q2 For Chip Card Vendors 12 Card Technology Calendar 16 Regional News 18 Copyright 2004 Thomson Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.thomsonmedia.com http://www.cardtechnology.com...

Sun Plans To Transform Java Card.
September 1, 2004... In the biggest change to Java Card since the popular smart card platform was launched eight years ago, Sun Microsystems and the Java Card Forum plan a complete overhaul of the software, Card Technology has learned. This "next" generation...

Revenue On The Rise.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
September 1, 2004... (part 1 of 2) Q2 2004 sales (millions of euros) Vendor Total % increase SIM % increase from Q2 03 Gemplus 210.5 22.1 135 ...

Card Technology Calendar.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
September 1, 2004... October 3-5: CTST Public ID-Mclean, Virginia, USA Organized by CTST For more information, contact CTST at: Telephone: (800) 803-3424 or +1 212 803-6093 Fax: +1 212 803-8515 E-mail: infoctst.com Web site:...

Regional News.(Smart card industry)
September 1, 2004... Europe MasterCard International Launches Multi- application 'Club': MasterCard International in July launched a "OneSMART Club" aimed at helping banks in six Eastern European countries offer additional features beyond the basic EMV payment...

DoCoMo's Bold Move Into Mobile Commerce.(Contactless smart card )
September 1, 2004... Ten years ago, NTT DoCoMo started offering big subsidies on handsets to entice consumers to sign up for voice service. Subscription sales soared. Five years later, DoCoMo launched the world's premier mobile Internet service, i-mode, and...

SIM Briefs: Asian Vendor To Offer Big SIM With New Chip.(I'M Technologies )(Identity module card)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Singapore-based card vendor I'M Technologies says it plans to offer a subscriber identity module card with up to 256 kilobytes of user memory, the largest such SIM announced by an Asia-based vendor. The card will not carry conventional...

Securing Access-LA Style.(Los Angeles)(Contactless ID cards)
September 1, 2004... The Los Angeles city government is as sprawling as the city itself, with 900 buildings and 40,000 employees. That's why it wasn't a particularly good idea for the city's security division within its General Services Department to set about...

Will Contactless Catch On?(Contactless payments)
September 1, 2004... A mom with kids in the back seat at a McDonald's drive-through lane. A football fan eager to buy a beer and get back to the action. A commuter stopping for coffee on the way to the office. These are all deemed prime candidates for...

Security Adds Hidden Costs To Contactless What does it cost to implement contactless payments?(Contactless cards)
September 1, 2004... Adding a chip and antenna inlay increases the cost of a payment card by about $1.50, says Sue Gordon-Lathrop, vice president of emerging consumer environments at Visa International. As for enabling payment terminals to communicate with...

Transit Moves Contactless Payment.(Contactless transit cards)
September 1, 2004... Transit agencies strive to move the masses to their destinations with a minimum of fuss. Contactless smart card advocates hope those same agencies likewise will help transport pay-with-a-wave smart card technology into the mainstream. ...

A Global Look at Contactless Transit Ticketing.(Illustration)
September 1, 2004... (part 1 of 3) Location PROJECT STATUS ASIA-PACIFIC Brisbane, Australia Launch planned 2005 Beijing Rolling out Chang Sha, China Rolling out ...

Groving Up Fast: Tap-and-go chips could turn up in many passports, payment cards and IDs. But the technology must mature quickly.(Contactless smart card chips)
September 1, 2004... After meeting with more than 100 vendors in London in July 2003 about adding contactless smart card chips to travel documents, representatives of passport-issuing agencies came away with "the clear sense it was a slam dunk, that we were going...

Is Contactless Secure?(Contactless technology)
September 1, 2004... The main security concern regarding contactless technology is the air gap between a contactless card and reader. Could someone with a contactless reader get close enough to you to activate your card and read the data on it? That's not a...

Battle Lines Form Over Contactless Systems.(Contactless chips)
September 1, 2004... Contactless chips could take another huge step with their introduction to such consumer devices as mobile phones, PCs, handheld computers and television set-top boxes. The aim is to allow those devices to communicate with each other, and with...