It’s Christmas! This quarters sponsor of the Intelligence is Samsung Semiconductors – the prime supporter of the OSPT Alliance. And take a look at the picture on the left to see what you can win each month from October to December this year! Pretty cool (if we say so ourselves!). Now let’s look at the […]

Identive Group  announced a revolutionary way to enable the use of mobile phones to open doors and log on to computer networks. For the first time, users can enjoy the freedom of an open standards-based solution with government level security to gain access to buildings and IT networks using NFC-enabled smartphones. In the industry’s first […]

Two news stories from Identive today that have a Japanese flavour in common. First up is the news that Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. and Identive Group, Inc. are to jointly develop a new ID card reader that allows Japanese merchants, banks and others to read any of the diverse types of electronic identity credentials in […]

OpenWays, a leading provider of mobile key solutions, recognized the convenience of NFC and selected NXP for its superior end-to-end solutions expertise to help create the Mobile Key DUAL with Pure NFC™ service hotel key system. Thesmart phones will securely transmit hotel key credentials to the room doorlock via NFC. The OpenWays doorlock utilizes the […]

Infineon Technologies  is the world’s leading supplier of security microcontrollers for NFC (Near Field Communication) applications. The current IMS Research study* (January 2012) shows that Infineon holds a 51.5 percent share in the NFC security microcontroller market.  NFC contactless communication technology transforms smart phones and other mobile devices into wallets, tickets and keys. As a […]

Verizon Wireless is collaborating with two ASSA ABLOY companies – HID Global and Yale Locks & Hardware – to demonstrate the benefits of smartphones carrying mobile keys. The demonstration shows how Verizon Wireless smartphones, carrying ASSA ABLOY/HID Global Mobile Keys, can be used to open doors fitted with Yale Real Living™ locks featuring Near-Field Communications […]