Under the agreement, the contactless cards that employees use to enter corporate buildings and parking garages can be transferred to NFC-enabled phones storing digital access credentials. The credentials are stored on NXP’s embedded Secure Element within the handset and can then be used at access control readers and systems.
The service supports existing HID Global readers and those based on the company’s iCLASS SIO-Enabled (iCLASS SE) platform that enables deployment of mobile access with digital credentials. HID’s iCLASS SE readers are set to be powered by NXP’s new CLRC663 reader ICs and support smart cards.
The new mobile access management service is backward-compatible with newer HID Global iCLASS readers and is forward-compatible to HID Global’s Trusted Identity Platform (TIP) ecosystem. Therefore, existing HID customers can upgrade certain iCLASS implementations to support the use of NFC-enabled mobile phones without the need to physically replace the installed readers. NXP’s technology supports the management of applications such as payment, e-government, access management and ticketing via one microcontroller that provides recognition.
In recent news, HID Global has completed an NFC mobile access control pilot at the Arizona State University. The pilot was implemented using the company’s SIO technology, a feature of its iCLASS SIO-Enabled credential and reader platform that allows the use of digital credentials on NFC smartphones for physical access control on a college campus.
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