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Oberthur Technologies teams up with HID Global

Monday 10 June 2013 11:17 CET | News

Oberthur Technologies, a France-based provider of security and identification solutions and services, has closed a partnership with US electronic identity services provider HID Global that provides Oberthur Technologies the ability to support the use of Seos digital keys on NFC-enabled smartphones.

The partnership enables the Seos digital keys applet to be embedded in Oberthur Technologies NFC SIM cards, making it possible to use NFC smartphones for applications that typically reside on smart cards.

Oberthur Technologies´ dragonFly product family is a new generation of NFC SIM cards that include certifications (Common Criteria EAL4+, MasterCard, Visa, MIFARE DESFire) and integrated anti-virus protection. The solution supports key applications driving NFC deployments such as transport, payment and access control.

The Seos applet is part of an ecosystem of interoperable products and services for issuing, delivering and revoking digital keys on NFC-enabled mobile devices that can be used to open doors to homes, hotels, offices, hospitals, universities and commercial buildings. Seos includes standards-based smart card technology with cryptography for interoperability and security, and the Seos Trusted Service Manager securely manages Seos digital keys on NFC mobile devices.

Oberthur Technologies was founded in 1984 as a technology provider. The company delivers systems development, smart cards services including payment cards, SIM cards, access cards, NFC and secure identity documents. The company also offers solutions such as the Smart PIN, where the customer receives his banking card PIN via SMS.

In recent news, Oberthur Technologies has received certifications from MasterCard and Visa for its dragonFly NFC SIM card.


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