Near Field Communications Handsets and Tags, NFC Pilots and Projects

Gemalto's SIM enables NFC on Nokia handsets

Monday, November 16, 2009

Gemalto announced that its Near Field Communication SIM card product range successfully operates with Nokia’s contactless mobile phones.

Gemalto is demonstrating interoperability of its SIM cards with NFC-enabled Nokia 6216 classic handsets at Cartes & IDentification. The company is also presenting its Trusted Services Management (TSM) offer for the secure deployment and management of NFC services. As part of the demonstration, Gemalto is presenting payment and transport services with the Nokia 6216 classic. [end] 

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