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payments from �15 to �100, and full-blownPKI authentication for spending above this level.
In another move, the European Commissionhas approved the results of trials of Euro-Citi, asecure platform for such e-government initiativesas electronic forums, tele-consultation and tele-voting.
The trials took place in three European Comm-unity cities – Athens, Barcelona and the LondonBorough of Brent. The Euro-Citi initiative is now expected to be extended to other EuropeanCommunity cities.
The Euro-Citi research project was co-fundedby the European Commission under theInformation Society Technologies programme.The computing architecture for the trials wasdeveloped by Schlumberger, using key elementsof the Schlumberger DeXa.Badge solution, (an IDbadge which runs on the Cyberflex 32K Java card).
Contact: Jose de Vries at SchlumbergerSema, Tel:+33 1 46 00 44 67, email: [email protected]
Semiconductors
Atmel launchesencrypted memory-cardchipsAtmel Corp has launched its CryptoMemoryrange of chips for memory-only cards; the newdata-encryption devices are intended to providemany of the security features previously onlyfound in microprocessor-based systems.
Cards based on the new chips will not requirethe added expense of an operating system or theinput of programming resources; they should beboth lower in cost and faster to bring to marketthan cards running on microprocessors.
A range of CryptoMemory high density chipsfrom 32K to 256K bits is on offer; for high volumedeliveries, prices will range from US$0.54 for the32K bit to US$1.00 for the 256K bit version.
The first major user of the new devices is to beCardLogix, a US smart card producer that hasdeveloped platforms for loyalty, access, e-purse,health and digital identity systems.
The new range will enable Atmel to offer itschips at competitive prices in smart card markets– such as driver’s licences, health care and othergovernment applications – where the prime needis not data processing but the secure storage ofsensitive data.
As an example of how the family of circuits mightbe deployed, Atmel gives the driver’s licence in acountry with many states and different require-ments, such as the US, India or China. The aim isto produce cards with basic ID data that can be read by any terminal in any state, but which would
incorporate different applications for use whererequired. The chips would range from the 2Kdevice (the AT88SC0204C) required in the basicID card to the 64K chip (the AT88SC6416C)required in a card that carried, in addition, finger-print, photo, driving violation and health data.
Contact: Jean-Pierre Benhammou at Atmel, Tel: +1719 540 1834, email: [email protected] Cathy Clemensen at CardLogix, Tel: +1 949 3801312, email: [email protected]
Multi-application cards
Hungarian bankpioneers e-banking Oberthur Card Systems is to supply a leadingHungarian bank, Kereskedelmi és Hitelbank(K&H Bank), with more than 100,000 Visa-certified smart cards, through a mix of multi-application Java Cards and simple cash cards.
The high-end Java Cards will combine secureaccess to K&H Bank’s E-Bank service as well asproviding Visa credit/debit functionality. Theywill be based on Oberthur’s CosmopolIC Javaproduct, which incorporates PKI security.
Oberthur has been working with K&H Bankfor more than two years on e-business solutionsand Visa pilot projects. There are plans to addfurther applications such as electronic signatures,loyalty schemes and an e-purse.
Róbert Nemcsics, director of K&H Bank’s RetailProducts and Channels, said: “At present, 90% ofcard use in this region is ATM related; theintroduction of smart cards will help encourageconsumer confidence in using cards for payments,because of the high level of security they can offer.”
Hungary is among the first Central Europeancountries to adopt chip card technology. Themagnetic stripe will remain on the cardsproduced for K&H Bank until all the Hungarianbanks have completed the installation of chip-ready terminals.
Contact: Wais Wasiri at Oberthur Card Systems, +336 10 63 01 60, email: [email protected]
Mobile phones
Gemplus unveils newdevelopment kitGemplus has launched GemXplore CASE 3.1for Java Card, the latest in a range of kitsdesigned to help developers reduce ‘time-to-market’ for their STK (SIM Toolkit) applets.
The package provides developers with theability to develop and prototype real wirelessapplications at their own PCs, since it is notlinked to a network. Developers can use the kiteither to create a prototype STK service or to
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news
• Oberthur Card Systems and WelcomeReal-time have launched EMV payment cardsthat will carry a loyalty application. The twocompanies have chosen Italy as their initialmarket for a low cost EMV debit–creditapplication (developed by Oberthur) andloyalty packages developed by Welcome.Welcome products include instantly-awardedloyalty points, coupons, vouchers, tickets andcash back. The Italian market, with 33 millioncards in circulation, is one of the biggestpayment card markets in Western Europe.After the United Kingdom, Italy is set to bethe next country to migrate to EMV micro-processor cards.
• Smart card supplier Datakey has joinedforces with Pointsec Mobile Technologies,specialists in security software for laptops,desktops and PDAs. Pointsec softwarerequires the user to authenticate their identityprior to computer start-up, with a singleID/password. After log-on, it automaticallyencrypts the contents of the user’s hard diskdrive. Datakey smart cards deliver an extralayer of protection by giving users the abilityto upgrade from user ID password-onlyauthentication to two-factor security, basedon password and possession of a smart card.
• KT Corp (formerly Korea Telecom), SouthKorea’s largest telecommunication provider, isto use Bell ID’s ANDiS Management Systemsto manage its EMV smart cards. The web-based system will enables KT Corp to managethe life cycle of cards, applications andcryptographic keys. In cooperation withSouth Korean banks, KT Corp issues smartcards to subscribers; these cards can includeup to seven applications in the field ofelectronic payment, loyalty and ticketing.
• US-based payment terminal leaderVeriFone has added four new partners to its European marketing network. Thecompany says it has chosen the partnershipmodel rather than operating small local sales offices. The new partners are: EL-ME(Germany); SMARTEL (Italy): Necomplus(Spain); and VIDRA (Yugoslavia). After anunsatisfactory period as a subsidiary ofHewlett-Packard, and a short spell within theGores Technology Group, the company wasre-capitalised in mid-2002 by GTCR GolderRauner. VeriFone says it is now ‘independentand profitable’. During 2002, VeriFonelaunched the Omni 3750 counter-top ter-minal (selling 70,000 in the first eight monthsafter the launch) and the SC 5000 smart PIN-pad, which can be added to older POSterminals to equip them for EMV-basedtransactions.
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