ContactlessNews | COMPRION debuts universal compliance testing platform

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Germany’s COMPRION has announced the launch of its new UT³ Platform, a test solution that determines the compliance of devices as specified by the GCF/PTCRB and the NFC Forum.

According to COMPRION, UT³ supports all the contact-based and contactless smart card interfaces, including ISO/IEC 7816, SWP/HCI, IC- USB or NFC. The solution can be used for testing a wide variety of devices, including mobile phones, contactless terminals, chipsets, NFC chips, NFC devices, M2M modules or laptops.

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