Topic “Gemalto”

Vivotech Ends Operations as Sequent Buys Remaining Software Business

U.S.-based startup Sequent has acquired what appears to be the remaining operational assets of former contactless reader and NFC software vendor Vivotech, purchasing Vivotech’s software unit.

Gemalto Acquires Mobile-Payment and Messaging Platform from Ericsson

Oct 2 2012

Gemalto has acquired the mobile-payment platform of big Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson, which will deepen Gemalto’s already strong connections to mobile operators offering payment and other mobile-commerce services.

UK: Telecom Italia Tests Interoperability of Olympics Phone

Scope: 
Trial
Launch: 
Jul 2012
Main Application: 
Payment
Users: 
100

The trial tested interoperability of SIM-based NFC payment on the Samsung Galaxy S III for Italian users attending the London Olympics Games.

Gemalto CEO: Google Wallet 2.0 Won’t Hurt TSM Business

Google’s new cloud-based wallet will not hurt demand for trusted service management services, contends Gemalto CEO Olivier Piou, who also said he sees little threat to NFC rollouts from such cloud-based mobile-payment services as those planned by Square and PayPal.

Singapore: Telco M1 Launches NFC with Two Payment Services and Three Phones

Scope: 
Rollout
Status: 
In progress
Launch: 
Aug 2012
Main Application: 
Payment
Users: 
N/A

M1 subscribers can tap to pay for retail purchases with two applications in the telco’s M1 Mobile Wallet.

Singaporean Mobile Operators Launch NFC Payment on Android Phones

Two more mobile operators in Singapore have announced the commercial launch of NFC payment services, which they say will enable subscribers to tap to pay on contactless point-of-sale terminals throughout the island city-state.

Singapore: Telco StarHub to Launch First of Government-Supervised NFC Projects

Scope: 
Rollout
Status: 
Planned
Launch: 
Aug 2012
Main Application: 
Payment
Users: 
N/A

Mobile operator StarHub plans to launch its SmartWallet service in August 2012 with three pay

Consortium Misses Deadline for Singapore NFC Launch; Project Tests Government-Led Approach

Aug 3 2012

The high-profile commercial launch of NFC mobile payment planned for Singapore has fallen behind schedule, NFC Times has learned.

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Smart Card Maker Morpho Acquires TSM Cassis International

Jul 6 2012

Smart card and ID security company Morpho has signed an agreement to acquire Singapore-based trusted service manager Cassis International, putting another major TSM platform into the hands of a smart card supplier, NFC Times has learned.

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Orange to Roll Out NFC SIMs as it Tries to Seed French Market

By: 
Dan Balaban

French mobile operators have announced they will more than double the number of NFC-enabled phones rolled out to subscribers by the end of 2012, to 2.5 million, the most of any country in Europe, they predict.

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Australian Transit Agency to Launch Mobility-as-a-Service Trial as It Pursues Long-Term MaaS Strategy

Plans by Transport for New South Wales, Australia’s largest transit agency, to launch a trial enabling users to plan, book and pay for multimodal rides is the next step toward the agency’s long-ter

Updated: U.S. Transit Agency Seeks to Reduce–Though Not Eliminate–Cash Acceptance with New Fare-Collection System

Updated: The Spokane Transit Authority in Washington state confirmed that its new fare-collection system will include contactless open-loop payments–with a beta test planned for next October, a spokesman told NFC Times' sister publication Mobility Payments.

UK Government Seeks to Bring London-Style Contactless Fare Payments System to Other Regions

The UK government’s plan to equip 700 rail stations over the next three years to accept contactless open-loop payments is a major initiative, as it seeks to replicate the success of London’s contactless pay-as-you go fare payments system elsewhere in the country–a goal that has proved elusive in the past.

More Cities in Finland Expected to Move to Open-Loop Fare Payments

A fourth city in Finland is beginning to roll out contactless open-loop payments, with “more in the pipeline,” according to one supplier on the project, making the Nordic country one of the latest hotspots for the technology.

Moscow Metro Expands Test of ‘Virtual Troika’ in Pays Wallets, as It Continues to Develop Digital-Payments Services

Moscow Metro is recruiting more users to test its “Virtual Troika” card in two NFC wallets, those supporting Google Pay and Samsung Pay, as one of the world’s largest subway operators continues to seek more ways for its customers to pay for rides.

Ohio Transit Agency Expects Significant Revenue Loss as it Builds Equity with Fare Capping

The Central Ohio Transit Authority, or COTA, officially launched its new digital-payments service Monday, including a fare-capping feature that the agency estimates will cost it $1.8 million per year in lost fare revenue, the agency confirmed to Mobility Payments.

Special Report: Interest Grows in ‘White-Label EMV’ for Closed-Loop Transit Cards

As more transit agencies introduce open-loop fare payments, interest is starting to grow in use of white-label EMV cards that agencies can issue in place of proprietary closed-loop cards for riders who don’t have bank cards or don’t want to use them to pay fares.

Swedish Transit Agency Launches Express Mode Feature for Apple Pay, though Most Ticketing Still with Barcode-Based App

Skånetrafiken, the transit agency serving one of Sweden’s largest counties, announced today it has expanded its contactless open-loop payments service to include the Express Mode feature for Apple Pay.

Major Bus Operators in Hong Kong Now Accepting Open-Loop Payments–Adding More Competition for Octopus

Two more bus operators in Hong Kong on Saturday launched acceptance of open-loop contactless fare payments, with both also accepting QR code-based mobile ticketing–as the near ubiquitous closed-loop Octopus card continues to see more competition.

Moscow Metro Launches Full Rollout of ‘Face Pay;’ Largest Biometric Payments Service of Its Kind

Touting it as the largest rollout of biometric payments in the world, Moscow Metro launched its high-profile “Face Pay” service Friday, as expected, and predicted that 10% to 15% would regularly us

Indonesian Capital Seeks to Expand to Multimodal Fare Collection and MaaS

Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, whose metropolitan area is home to more than 30 million people, is notorious for its stifling traffic congestion. In response, the government metro and light-rail networks and now it is funding an expansion of the fare-collection system to enable more multimodal payments and to build a mobility-as-a-service platform.

Exclusive: NFC Wallets Grow as Share of Contactless Fare Payments and Not Only Because of Covid

Transit agencies that have rolled out open-loop contactless payments are seeing growing use of NFC wallets to pay fares, as Covid-wary passengers see convenience in tapping their phones or wearables to pay.