Samsung and FeliCa Networks partner on mobile NFC
The Samsung/FeliCa Networks NFC-SAM (Secure Application Module) chips will offer consumers an enhanced secure mobile wallet through a variety of applications including prepaid money, credit cards and transportation tickets among others.
Hirotaka Sugiyama, President of FeliCa Networks. “Integration of both mobile contactless technology and platform operation technologies will contribute to further development of mobile NFC business across the globe in the near future.
Samsung’s contribution to the partnership will include both the NFC controller complying with international standard ISO/IEC 14443/18092 (Type A/B and FeliCa™) and the FeliCa™ SAM chip with advanced security capabilities. FeliCa Networks will contribute by providing the key technologies to Samsung that enable interoperability in the world’s largest mobile contactless infrastructure established in Japan, which consists of FeliCa™ (NFC-F) readers and Osaifu-Keitai® (mobile wallet) phones. By combining both contributions, the NFC-SAM chips will not only have higher capabilities but also full interoperability with existing infrastructures and services delivered on Osaifu-Keitai®. The NFC controller can also be applied to NFC readers and services around the world.
The commercial deployment of the NFC-SAM chips is targeted for 2013.
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