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INSIDE Contactless Presents Next Generation NFC Services At 3gsm World Congress, Barcelona |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Tuesday, 13 February 2007 |
PRESS RELEASE From 3GSM World Congress Barcelona, Spain, February 12th, 2007 - INSIDE Contactless, a world leader for contactless semiconductor chips and hardware platforms, today announced that the company will present its next generation NFC (Near Field Communications) technologies and services on 3GSM booth number F33.
With over 10 years experience pioneering the emerging contactless
payment market as a fabless semiconductor company, INSIDE Contactless
currently holds more than 55 international patents, and manages a
portfolio of 250 clients around the world. INSIDE Contactless is
currently working on pilot projects in Europe and China, partnering
with the largest digital security, banking, telecom and media
businesses like, SFR, Credit Mutuel, NRJ Mobile, Sagem Monetel,
Gemalto, Sagem Communication, MasterCard, and AIRTAG.
Further to
access control and payment, NFC makes everyday life easier and 3GSM
will be a major opportunity for the company to showcase latest NFC
developments with applications in the telecom industry. INSIDE
Contactless has managed to bring NFC to an unparallel level of
maturity, enabling chipset foundry, telecom operators, handset
manufacturers and services companies to join efforts and offer secured,
easy-to-use, mass market solutions.
At 3GSM, and together with
AIRTAG, INSIDE Contactless will be demonstrating the direct integration
of applications in the telephone's SIM card. Combining standardized
solutions with a high degree of security (NFC Forum specifications and
Single Wire Protocol), INSIDE's NFC enabled chipsets with AIRTAG SIM
card embedded application and platform will enable mobile carrier to
propose effective, flexible and secure relationship marketing
application to main retailers (Loyalty, Couponing, Smart posters) and
service companies (Ticketing).
"As in every emerging electronic
market, IP is key for the success of company" says Philippe Martineau,
Executive Vice President, NFC Business Line. "We have been working hard
to offer best of breed, highly secured and very flexible technologies,
and the current industry reactions leave us no doubt that the market
will confirm a very quick take off. We anticipate that Telecom
applications of NFC technology will be very large scale and diverse".
Remy
de Tonnac, CEO of INSIDE Contactless goes on to say: "INSIDE has always
been a visionary company. We started working with Gemalto on a link
between the NFC chip and the SIM card more than 2 years ago : it was
called the Single Wire Protocol. Recently the industry has been taking
the direction to adopt SWP as the preferred choice for a standard..
This is a great recognition of our expertise in the field."
3GSM
will also be the time to showcase the "Contactless Travel Agency
Showcase". Developed in partnership with AIRTAG for SFR, the project
features a smart poster application enabling end-users to download
promotional offers on a private, mobile loyalty card. The voucher will
then need to be redeemed on a NFC kiosk, enabling users to choose a
destination, confirm the purchase and upload airline ticket directly on
NFC mobile.
About INSIDE Contactless:
Founded
in 1995, INSIDE is headquartered in France and with global presence in
China, Singapore, Poland and the USA. INSIDE is uniquely positioned as
the only fabless semiconductor company solely dedicated to the
advancement of contactless technology, leveraging one of the industry's
largest intellectual property portfolios. Through strategic emphasis in
Contactless Payments and Near Field Communications (NFC), INSIDE has
been on a rapid growth track over the past two years with more than 12M
chips delivered for contactless payment cards in the US market and a
dominant position in driving NFC standardization and pilot deployments.
For more information, visit www.insidecontactless.com.
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