Near Field Communications Handsets and Tags, NFC Pilots and Projects

Eastcompeace joins GlobalPlatform

Friday, December 4, 2009

Eastcompeace Smart Card Co. has joined GlobalPlatform as an Observer Member, granting the company access to the activities of all GlobalPlatform Technical Committees.

The company will also participate in GlobalPlatform’s Advisory Council and the Mobile Task Force, where GlobalPlatform’s specifications for the mobile telecoms sector are developed.


GlobalPlatform is an international member driven association aimed at creating an interoperable infrastructure for smart cards, devices and systems. As of October 2009, an estimated 449 million GlobalPlatform-based smart cards had been deployed worldwide. [end] 

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As a member, Riscure will help GlobalPlatform develop a secure and standardized infrastructure to supports the progressive requirements of the mobile payments landscape.

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GlobalPlatform, an international body for smart card infrastructure development, has entered into a Contribution Agreement with Association Française pour le ‘Sans Contact’ Mobile (AFSCM), an organization aimed at promoting the technical development of NFC and contactless mobile services.

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GlobalPlatform, the international specification body for smart card infrastructure, has released a report analyzing the implications of managing multiple secure chips in a single mobile handset to deliver NFC services.

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