Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

Contactless card standards: Making sense of 10536, 14443, and 15693

Thursday, May 1, 2003

In any review of contactless technology, it quickly becomes apparent that there are multiple technology choices–some considered industry standard and others that are proprietary to a specific vendor. To date, three contactless technologies have received standards classification from the International Organization for Standards (ISO), an umbrella organization made up of 130 national standards bodies from around the world, and the International Electro Technical Committee (IEC), an organization representing more than 50 national standards bodies focused on electronics.

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SMARTRAC has expanded its product portfolio of white contactless ISO cards with the announcement of the new CISO FRAM card.

The CISO FRAM card operates at 13.56 MHz and offers a variety of features, including a memory capacity of 2 Kbytes, 64-bit UID, high-speed data transmission and reception, anti-collision function, anti-theft (EAS) command, FRAM memory data protection and data retention of 10 years.

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Cubic Transportation Systems has introduced Nextaccount, an account-based open payment platform that offers travelers the convenience to use contactless bank cards, student IDs and mobile phones as their smart ticket, in addition to transit issued smart cards.

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Arcontia Technology AB, a Swedish producer of contactless smart card readers and terminals, has won a contract for devices to be used by Norwegian public transport authority Ruter AS.

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Many types but do they play together?

By Jill Jaracz, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications

In soft drink business, Coke and Pepsi might look the same, but consumers know that these two colas have different flavors. The market for contactless smart cards isn’t much different.

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VingCard Elsafe announced a technology interface has been completed between its line of contactless RFID hotel locking solutions and SKIDATA, an Austrian provider of access management and ticketing solutions for ski resorts, airports, sports venues and tourist attractions.

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Swedish contactless smart card reader and terminal producer Arcontia Technology AB has released its CAS2340 dual interface smart card reader, designed for use with both contact and contactless applications.

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