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Smart Card News

Published: 9th May

First Commercial Usage Of Globalplatform Device Technology On Mobile Handsets And For DRM: GlobalPlatform has announced that its device specification Ā– the GPD/STIP Specification has been used by application pro..... . .Read more
Entrust, Hewlett Packard Partner To Deploy Taiwanese e-Passports: An innovator in e-Passport technology, Entrust, Inc. will provide a public key infrastructure to the Taiwanese governmen..... . .Read more
Prepaid 08 Conference & Expo: Prepaid, mobile payments, contactless, virtual paymentsĀ… the way consumers transact is changing fast. Whether itĀ’s for g..... . .Read more
Carphone Warehouse to Introduce Mobile Money Management & Prepay Card: Monitise plc and Metavante today announced that they are working with Carphone Warehouse to launch a Ā“mobile moneyĀ” sche..... . .Read more
Cogent Systems Completes Acquisition Of Security Solutions Division Of MAXIMUS: Cogent Systems and MAXIMUS announced yesterday that Cogent Systems has completed the acquisition of MAXIMUS Security Sol..... . .Read more

Smart Card Group: The Smart Card Group are a Smart Card and security company who provide in-depth consultancy, tailored Smart Card solutions and up-to-the minute industry analysis on a global scale. The Smart Card Group is made up of three companies - Smart Card News Ltd, Microexpert Ltd and Glenburn Technologies.
: Microexpert is a specialist Smart Card Consultancy which was originally founded in 1986 when Smart Card technology first started to be developed. During this time Microexpert has been involved in many national and international Smart Card projects. The company’s specialists were the architects of the Mondex electronic purse scheme and the inventors of the Multos multi-application Smart Card operating system.

As part of the Multos development we were the first to propose to Sun Microsystems the use of the Java virtual machine on a Smart Card. Microexpert has also been actively involved in the development of Smart Card management systems, one of which was developed by DataCard for American Express. Currently the Smart Card Group has developed a new security system for citizen cards using JCOP duel interface cards, which is currently being used by local authorities in the UK.
: Smart Card News is an independent International subscription newsletter launched in 1992. The newsletter is considered, by the industry, to be the definitive source for information on all aspects of the Smart Card industry. The highly successful daily on-line news service was launched in 1999 and is free to subscribers to the newsletter. Smart Card News covers all the latest industry news on the new technological advances, security, new products, product launches, contracts won and lost, personnel changes, with opinion pieces and technical tutorials from the industry's leading experts.
: Glenburn is a pioneering organisation working in the field of Smart Card technology and security solutions. Glenburn was one of the first companies in India to realise the global growth potential of Smart Card usage and non-traditional computer platforms.

Glenburns expertise lay within the fields of: Cryptography/ PKI, Smart Card Administration, Networked Access Control, Loyalty Schemes, Electronic Purses (EMV)