Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

ISO/IEC: The organization that develops the standards for contactless technology

Thursday, May 1, 2003

The development of standards is an important step in the development of any new technology. Without standards, users of a technology cannot be certain that products from one vendor will work alongside those from other vendors, nor can they even be certain that products from a single vendor will be interoperable with future shipments from that same vendor.

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StarChip and CEA-Leti have inked a partnership agreement to develop a contactless front end for smart card applications.

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More than three-quarters POS terminals enabled

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