A major new initiative to define specifications for world-wide access to Wi-Fi networks with smart card security and related capabilities is to be launched with the creation of the Wi-Fi Smart Card Consortium. The major motivation and benefit from Wi-Fi networks is increased mobility. Unlike conventional network connections, network users can move about almost without […]

Based on Smart Card Technology, ResIDent Enables Governments to Deliver Secure, Versatile and Convenient Identification Services to Their Populations PARIS, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Cartes 2002 – Gemplus (Nasdaq: GEMP; Paris Euronext: Euroclear 5768), the world’s leading provider of smart card-enabled solutions, today launched ResIDent, a smart card-based ID system designed for advanced e-Government programs. […]

Irvine, CA (October 17, 2002) – HID Corporation and AcSys Biometrics are developing a practical and affordable new solution for access control that combines the high security of biometrics with iCLASS, a new generation of 13.56 MHz read/write contactless smart card technology from HID. AcSys Biometrics will integrate iCLASS contactless smart card technology into its […]

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ – Contactless smart cards can add higher security to everyday ID credentials that employees use to access buildings, airports and other secure facilities, according to a new Smart Card Alliance white paper released today. At the same time, the technology paves the way to add new applications like network […]

In a poll of frequent business fliers, the overwhelming majority said they would welcome more intrusive personal identification technology if it streamlined airport security check-in. The poll was commissioned by Johnson Controls, provider of security systems and services to 30 U.S. airports. (9/20/2002) About three-fourths of the frequent air travelers polled said they would be […]

DynCom Licenses Smart Chip Technologies’ Loyalty Patent and Software For Multi-Application Smart ID Card IRVINE, Calif., SALT LAKE CITY, and FORT COLLINS, Colo., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Smart Chip Technologies (OTC: SCTN) is pleased to announce that DynCom, Inc., an innovator in the animal identification market, has contracted to license the SCTN loyalty patent (US […]

Sponsored by the U.S. General Services Administration NEW YORK, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Thomson Media, publishers of Card Technology and ID Newswire, announce CardTech/SecurTech ID Conference & Exhibition to be held November 18-20, 2002 at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel in Washington, D.C. Since 1990, over 75,000 people have attended CardTech/SecurTech conferences to learn how […]