A recent study on software protection found that “half of the countries studied have a piracy rate of 62 per cent or higher”. Seeing the large opportunity, one researcher suggested that a mobile phone plus the modern Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) smart card platform could provide a secure yet convenient solution to manage license agreements. Future mobile phones could support Near Field Communication, enabling them to act as virtual license tokens or as token readers, according to the Times of Malta. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/archive-4.gif)
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The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance announced that austriamicrosystems has joined as a full member. Since joining the OSPT Alliance, austriamicrosystems will have access to the CIPURSE open standard specification, leveraging its experience into embedded systems for mobile fare collection applications. The open standard promotes vendor neutrality and cross-vendor system interoperability with reduced technology adoption risks, higher quality and improved market responsiveness. read more »Cubic Transportation Systems has introduced Nextaccount, an account-based open payment platform that offers travelers the convenience to use contactless bank cards, student IDs and mobile phones as their smart ticket, in addition to transit issued smart cards. read more »Motiv, an IT security specialist and reseller of authentication products by SecurEnvoy, has replaced its own hardware tokens with SecurEnvoy’s SecurAccess SMS and soft token two-factor authentication system. read more »New Jersey Transit’s use of NFC payments with Google Wallet has been an “overwhelming and resounding success,” according to NJ Transit spokesman John Durson. Introduced on the NJ Transit network in October 2011, Google Wallet enables riders to purchase tickets with the tap of an NFC-enabled phone at New York Penn Station, Newark Liberty Airport’s rail station and on 7 city bus lines. read more »Mobile operator 2degrees has partnered with contactless transit card provider Snapper to bring NFC payments to the city of Wellington, New Zealand. The new “Touch2Pay” service is now available on 2degrees’ LG Optimus Net phones, which can be used to make tap and go payments wherever Snapper cards are accepted, including buses, taxis, shops and cafes. read more »Calgary, Alberta is pushing forward with the anticipated summer launch of a new smart card payment system for public transit, according to the Calgary Herald. read more » |
