HID Global and Sony Corporation announced a jointly developed contactless smart card reader platform that embeds secure access control capabilities and Near Field Communication (NFC) functionality into laptops and other mobile devices….
The platform holds a secure element that stores cryptographic keys which secure the authenticity and integrity of user credentials. It supports contactless technologies for applications ranging from physical access control and identity assurance at the desktop to transit-fare, point-of-sale collection and loyalty programs.
The jointly developed NFC global reader platform is the result of a strategic partnership that Sony and HID Global announced last year. Both companies will be demonstrating the platform November 15-17, 2011, at the CARTES and IDentification 2011 show in Paris, where it will be shown reading a variety of card technologies using NFC, a short-range wireless technology that is now fueling a wide range of new mobile access control applications. The HID Global demonstration can be seen in Stand F002, Hall 3 in the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center, while the Sony demonstration will be located in Stand 4L051, Hall 4.
The reader platform has been provided to the NFC Forum Certification Program as a reference sample to assist in the validation of the Digital Protocol test tools. The reader platform will also be submitted for certification.
โรรบHID Global and Sony have delivered an exciting new embedded reader platform that will be offered to all manufacturers of laptops and other mobile devices,โรรน said Debra Spitler, vice president of mobile access solutions with HID Global. โรรบHID Global continues to expand our access control system and card services businesses while bringing our partners and customers new products and deployment models that improve user security, flexibility and convenience.โรรน
โรรบWe are very pleased with this first solution from our strategic partnership with HID Global,โรรน said Yoshihiko Kawakami, general manager of sales with Sonyโรรดs FeliCa Business Division. โรรบThis is an important milestone that moves our FeliCa contactless card technology and NFC solutions into the global market. By releasing the new reader platform, we will play a role in providing a part of the NFC infrastructure in the global NFC era.โรรน
The jointly developed platform supports Sonyโรรดs FeliCaTM technology, HID Globalโรรดs iCLASS and iCLASS SETM credentials, MIFARE DESFire EV1 credentials, and other technologies supporting the ISO/IEC 14443 Type A/B contactless smart card standard using the T=CL contactless transmission protocol. It is also prepared to further support the proximity features of the next major release of the Microsoft® Windows operating system which enable communication between NFC tags and devices (mobile phones or computers) using a tap gesture, as well as the Android operating system for tablet products.
The companies will also show the platform operating with Sonyโรรดs NFC Dynamic Tag, a FeliCa wireless module with a cable interface that enables data transmission between NFC reader/writers and other electronic equipment and devices.
