14 Million MULTOS Cards Confirms Multi-Application Market.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 1999-- The following MULTOS MULTOS Multimedia Office Server announcements will be made today at the CardTech / SecurTech conference and exhibition. Full details on each announcement can be found in the newsroom at www.multos.com or from the MAOSCO Team on exhibition stand number 1735. Issuer News "With the first cards already issued, an order bank in excess of 1.5 million cards and commitments to date for 14 million cards, MULTOS is confirming its place as the mass market open smart card platform." "With 30 implementations of MULTOS going on around the world the developer community is really rising to the challenge to supply the widest range of MULTOS applications, products and services." Nick Habgood, Chief Executive of MAOSCO. Mycal Card Company Issues First of 5 Million MULTOS Cards in Japan Japan can now lay claim to be leading the world in the implementation of smart card technology, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Judith Konicki, Vice President of Advanced Payments Systems, MasterCard International, Japan. The MYCAL Card Company is on track to convert its entire portfolio of over five million cards to MULTOS. First cards have been issued and during the next phase of the roll-out in 3Q 1999, MYCAL plans to issue a further 500,000 MULTOS cards. By the end of 1999 confident predictions are being made that the Japanese market alone for MULTOS based Smart Cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. will exceed 10 million. Multos Selected for Japan's Ministry of Post and Telecommunications Program MULTOS has been selected by MasterCard, 10 Japanese financial institutions and the Japanese government for the next phase of Japan's Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPT MPT Maryland Public Television MPT Modern Portfolio Theory (investing) MPT Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications MPT Message-Passing Toolkit MPT Master of Physical Therapy MPT Mitochondrial Permeability Transition ) chip card program. Following the successful test of a stand-alone chip card earlier this year, the MPT recently announced plans to expand the program next year to a multi-function card that combines credit, debit and electronic cash functions. MULTOS multi-application cards will be distributed to consumers in a pilot program slated to commence in Omiya City, Saitama Prefecture Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県 Saitama-ken , located 30 kilometres north of Tokyo, in the third quarter of 1999. Hitachi Rolls Out MULTOS Cards to Workforce Hitachi Ltd. intends to equip its 67,000 workforce with multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective smart cards for identification by the end of fiscal 2000, according to company sources who spoke to Japanese news agency Nihon Keizai Shimbun Nihon Keizai Shimbun (日本経済新聞 recently. The company expects to both cut the costs involved in issuing several types of ID cards and to enhance system security. The MULTOS based smart-card system will enable Hitachi employees to use a single card for all authentication processes, from office entry to Internet access See how to access the Internet. . At present, employees use different cards for such purposes. Hitachi has already adopted the system for 550 employees who work at one of its offices in Tokyo, and plans to issue the cards to employees at group companies in the future. Mastercard Unveils World First - Five Unique Applications On a Single MULTOS Smart Card Announcement by MasterCard International together with Identicator Technology, Logicon Inc and ORGA Card Systems - Governments and Corporations are now able to maximise the power of the chip in respect to overall security and purchasing, either traditionally or over the Internet. Logicon has developed three MULTOS applications for the card, allowing asset tracking and strengthened computer, network and web site security. Identicator Technology has also placed its popular BioLogon 2.0 and BioCard 2.0 onto the MULTOS smart card; a biometric profile (fingerprints) is stored and used to confirm identity when matched with a biometric reader. Finally ORGA Card systems have completed the five MULTOS applications by including an enhanced P.r.a.c.t.i.c.e access product which manages the physical access of the card holder. British Universities Migrate to MULTOS Three of Britain's leading universities are set to become `smart campuses' by issuing MULTOS smart cards to all of their students and staff. With 23,000 cards already ordered and more set to follow, the early adopting educational institutions include Nottingham, Exeter and York. MULTOS will allow the universities to offer innovative education services and develop greater efficiency in administration, whilst making the campuses more secure for their residents. MAOSCO Joins ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Sophia Antipolis technical park, Nice, France, www.etsi.org) A non-profit membership organization founded in 1988, dedicated to standardizing information and communication technologies (ICT) throughout Europe. MAOSCO, the open industry consortium behind the MULTOS smart card operating system, has been accepted as a full member of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (body) European Telecommunications Standards Institute - (ETSI) A European version of the ITU-T(?). (ETSI). MAOSCO is working with the ETSI to contribute to the on-going development of the GSM standards applicable to smart cards which will enable mobile phones to be used in a number of new ways such as mobile ATMs for downloading electronic cash or downloading electronic tickets for airlines or entertainment. New MULTOS Products and Services "In addition to numerous payment applications MULTOS is really finding a position as the platform for PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) A framework for creating a secure method for exchanging information based on public key cryptography. The foundation of a PKI is the certificate authority (CA), which issues digital certificates that authenticate the identity of (Public Key Infrastructure) applications including remote authentication, identification, network access, secure e-mail and digital signature. At CardTech / SecurTech we will see the first biometric application on MULTOS." "MAOSCO has recently counted more than 25 finished and available MULTOS applications. There are at least as many again coming to market." "CardTech / SecurTech sees the announcement of a new, super-efficient `C' language application development tools for MULTOS - opening up the market to the millions of `C' programmers" Nick Habgood - Chief Executive MAOSCO Smart Card Technologies Inc. Launches New MULTOS Application Development Tools SMART CARD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (SCT Sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) A tumor occurring at the base of the fetus's tailbone. Mentioned in: Prenatal Surgery ) has announced that new users of its SwiftCard line of software development tools will support MULTOS. These include a highly efficient optimising C compiler and a GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. (Graphic User Interface See GUI. ) application development environment. The C programming language is globally the most wisely used programming language with millions of application developers. In a bench marking exercise SCT's C compiler generated a program 17% smaller than the hand-coded MEL (Maya Embedded Language) See Maya. Mel - The story of Mel versions. In short "SwiftCard means more applications for your money." Gemplus `GemClub-Micro' Loyalty Application On MULTOS Gemplus announce the availability of a MULTOS application module that will allow the development of custom loyalty applications for the fast growing market for smart cards. Available immediately, the new MULTOS application has already been adopted by financial institutions in Latin America and will be implemented soon in European and North American countries. This new application demonstrates Gemplus' commitment to MULTOS not only as a smart card supplier but also as an application developer and personalization services provider. Jasmin Announces Smart Way to Add Contactless Capability to MULTOS UK based Jasmin Electronics announced today the launch of it's Universal Contactless Interface (UCI UCI University of California, Irvine UCI Union Cycliste Internationale (International Cycling Union) UCI Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos UCI United Cinemas International (UK) ) system that enables existing MULTOS smart cards to be cost-effectively converted to Contactless operation. The system uses a low cost adapter sleeve that simply slides over the existing smart card. The Jasmin UCI will allow MULTOS to be used in traditionally contactless environments such as mass transit ticketing and physical access control. Schlumberger to Manufacture MULTOS Cards Schlumberger, the world's leading card manufacturer is now able to manufacture and supply MULTOS cards. Schlumberger's track record in producing related applications such as credit/debit, ticketing and e-commerce, as well as compatible POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale and car parking terminals, means that Schlumberger can now deliver advanced multi-application financial card solutions to customers such as banks, retailers and urban authorities using MULTOS. Schlumberger announced its support for the MULTOS platform in early 1998. Smartcards International Launches First Internet Solution for MULTOS Card Management London based Smartcards International today announced the launch of Nautilus nautilus, in zoology nautilus, cephalopod mollusk belonging to the sole surviving genus (Nautilus) of a subclass that flourished 200 million years ago, known as the nautiloids. , its multi-application management software for MULTOS. The software is considered to be the world's first Internet solution for smart card management and allows card issuers to load, delete or update applications dynamically on individual cards, monitor usage, and make a financial charge for use of an application. New Members Of The MULTOS Global Supplier Network AudeSi Technologies and Aastra Telecom Announce Smart Card Enabled Home Banking Device Running On MULTOS AudeSi Technologies and Aastra Telecom today announced the launch of their jointly developed Mini ATM product. The Mini ATM, a smart card enabled home banking device, gives consumers convenient access to home banking, including electronic cash withdrawals and transfers to a smart card, and in product card-to-card transfers - all without having to leave home. Brian McKinney, President of AudeSi Technologies Inc. said: "Multiple applications on smart cards has always been the AudeSi vision, MULTOS fits right into this vision since it is an open system and enables a number of different applications to reside securely on a single smart card at the same time. We support MULTOS and look forward to future smart card applications like loyalty and electronic ticketing being deployed." FNMT FNMT Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (The Spanish Mint) , Spain's Leading Smart Card Manufacturer, Announces MULTOS Support FNMT, the Spanish Mint, recently registered as a MULTOS `Personalisation Bureau' announces it has taken a license to develop MULTOS applications. "Everybody is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the killer application Killer Application Killer application or "killer app" is a buzzword that describes a software application that surpasses all of its competitors. Notes: The term is sometimes used to describe a type of software. for Smart Cards" said David Gonzalez FNMT's Card Division Manager. "An Open Platform solution such as MULTOS is the only way to build a solid business case for smart card issuance." The smart card application areas covered by FNMT include Financial Services (FNMT being VISA, MasterCard / Europay and AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange certified), GSM, Loyalty, Health and Identification as well as Information Security. FNMT has recently been set up as a Certification Authority for secure Internet document transactions using a cryptographic Smart Card also developed by the Company. FNMT Smart Card related activities range from manufacturing - printing, embedding, finalising and personalisation - to operating system and application development. UbiQ Streamlines MULTOS Card Issuance UbiQ Incorporated has announced the expansion of its patented UbiQlink software technology to support MULTOS based smart card issuance. UbiQlink's support of MULTOS is designed to simplify the processes for card issuers and service bureaux in the issuance of MULTOS cards, allowing single or multiple application MULTOS cards to be issued from a single UbiQ software platform. David R. Tushie tush·y also tush·ie n. pl. tush·ies Slang The buttocks. [From tush3.] , president of UbiQ Incorporated, said, " UbiQ is the world leader in development of software for the issuance of multi-application smart cards. As multi-application smart card operating systems such as MULTOS become the mainstream, the need for our UbiQlink products becomes even greater. We have been actively involved in MULTOS-based projects and will continue to provide card issuers and service bureau's with comprehensive support." Prism Joins the MULTOS Global Supplier Network Prism Card Technologies, a division of the Prism Group of companies, announces it has joined the MULTOS Global Supplier Network and will now offer a range of MULTOS products and services in its native South Africa and internationally. Prism will now be able to develop, test, register and implement numerous applications onto a single MULTOS chip card platform. Prism is already working on a MULTOS development project and believes that multi-application smart cards will be of vital importance to the successful rollout of smart cards locally and internationally. MULTOS Application Payment : Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) : B01 ActivCard Impar (Snoras) BT Trustwise MasterCard MCPA MCPA, MCP 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid; a weedkiller reported to be nontoxic at the levels likely to be encountered on pasture, though it has killed cattle dosed experimentally with large single doses. Hitachi Mondex Logicon ( 3 applications) Schlumberger e-purse Posten SDS 1. (company) SDS - Scientific Data Systems. 2. (tool) SDS - Schema Definition Set. UKIS UKIS United Kingdom Immigration Service UKIS Universal Knowledge-Based Imaging System for Hazardous Environments UKIS UK information Service NWDT Persona Rotek Loyalty : CAT Biometrics : Gemplus GemClub Identicator - Biolog MXI MXI - Multisystem eXtention Interface Bus Interactive Loyalty Identix Welcome Realtime Closed Environment : Health : Absec Posten SDS Gemplus Access Orga physical access - Practice MULTOS at CardTech SecurTech Number indicates CardTech / SecurTech stand reference o MAOSCO 1735 o Hitachi 674 o De la Rue 338 o Keycorp 1120 o Gemplus 305 o Mastercard 155 o Schlumberger 504 o Mondex 355 o Identicator 421 o Motorola 554 o Orga 667 o Infineon 766 o DNP DNP n. Deoxyribonucleoprotein; a complex of DNA and protein that usually yields DNA upon cell disruption and isolation. DNP 2,4-dinitrophenol. 592 o G&D America 217 o ICL (International Computers Ltd., London) The former name of Fujitsu Services, the European-centered arm of the global Fujitsu Group and one of the leading IT services companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. / SmartCity 808 |
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