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Ethiopia awards road construction projects
October 28, 2014
The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) has awarded US$1107 million of road construction projects to China Hunan Hunda Road & Bridge Construction and Spanish company UTE Elsamex. UTE Elsamex will upgrade 63.3 kilometres of gravel road to asphalt concrete; the total cost of US$60 million will be covered by a loan from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank (WB). The project will also include three bridges 10 to 30 metres high, 35 drainage systems and other structural works and is
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Rugged smart card connector from C&K Components at CARTES
October 28, 2014
Switches and smart card interconnection devices maker C&K Components has designed a rugged smart card connector with a built-in card detection switch for machine-to-machine applications.
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Digital Showcase debut helps CARTES visitors learn about tomorrow
October 28, 2014
Understanding the technology of tomorrow is the theme of another new event, the Digital Showcase, held the day before CARTES. It will highlight the products that are set to become part of our daily lives in the near future – such as Google Glass, 3D printing, Oculus Rift, Drone, Leap Motion and many others which are about to make a big impact.
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Morpho, Transport for London and Zwipe in running for SESAMES Awards
October 28, 2014
The winners of the SESAMES Awards – often called the Oscars of the smart card, digital security, identification and secure transactions sectors – will be announced on Monday 3 November. The coveted trophies will be awarded in a gala ceremony in the heart of Paris, on the eve of CARTES. The finalists in the 11 categories covering the best technological innovations are:
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Keolabs wins NFC Forum approval for new validation solution
October 28, 2014
Smart objects and NFC testing tools and services specialist Keolabs has had its NFC Forum Digital Validation solution accredited by the NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of NFC technology. The solution enables companies designing NFC-capable products to verify that their protocol implementation to NFC Forum standards is compliant and thus ensure they are interoperable with other NFC products.
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HW Sands shines light at CARTES on its new portfolio of IR and UV products
October 28, 2014
HW Sands will be demonstrating its latest card design, functionality and security products for the card manufacturing and imaging industries at CARTES. They include its Clear Card IR Blocking solutions, including both ink and film-based IR blocking. Its newest Single Pass IR Blocking inks are translucent and meet ISO standards.
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New system from Rinas points way to continuous RFID ticket encoding
October 28, 2014
Magnetic stripe encoding and verification specialist Rinas has developed a continuous ticket personalisation system for RFID ticketing. The system accepts continuous pre- printed tickets either in fan-folded form or in batch rolls containing anything up to 3,000 individual tickets.
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Smart Insights: ‘TEE will increasingly displace other security solutions’
October 28, 2014
Software- or hardware-only mobile security solutions will increasingly be displaced by TEE (Trusted Execution Environment), according to new research. TEE is essentially a secure area that resides in a mobile device baseband processor and provides security against software attacks.
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Lake Image demonstrates Discovery CardInspect system at CARTES
October 28, 2014
Imaging and scanning technology business Lake Image will be demonstrating its inline production card inspection system called Discovery CardInspect, which offers card producers the chance to detect and correct a series of defects, at CARTES.
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UAE: a good place for the secure connections industry to do business
October 28, 2014
The country of honour during CARTES 2014 will be the United Arab Emirates, which has emerged in recent years as a dynamic hub for global trade with exceptional infrastructure and enormous potential for the digital security industry. The chance to foster commercial ties with the Gulf state is one many firms will be keen to take: the UAE will be in the spotlight for many events during CARTES, reflecting its status as a place at the cutting edge of connectivity and offering great opportunities for companies in t
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Connected Commerce points to tomorrow
October 28, 2014
How are we going to shop tomorrow? The answers will be found in the CARTES Connected Commerce Area, where the bright future of retail and payment technologies will be on show. A new addition to CARTES, the dedicated exhibition is designed to help answer questions about the future direction of the sector in this vital and lucrative area of business. Retail and payment are both going through a revolution thanks to new technologies, solutions and approaches which in turn are transforming the customer experienc
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Eurosmart and Orange set the tone for CARTES Opening Summit
October 28, 2014
Industry leaders will explore the macro trends behind tomorrow’s innovations in the payment, identification and mobility ecosystems during the prestigious Opening Summit, which will launch CARTES SECURE CONNEXIONS
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Spire Payments launches five new payment solutions at CARTES 2014
October 24, 2014
Spire Payments has announced it is to launch five new payment solutions at next week’s CARTES SECURE CONNEXIONS 2014 in Paris.
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Singapore-based Unitronic Components showcases mPOS solutions
October 24, 2014
Unitronic Components will be showcasing its integrated mPOS solution at CARTES 2014. The Singapore-based company says it aims to deliver all-in-one solutions for retailers and merchants in the ordering and payment industry.
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PAX Technology highlights S920 pocket-sized payment terminal
October 24, 2014
Secure electronic payment terminal provider PAX Technology will be showing off its popular mPOS terminals and newly- launched S920 pocket-sized payment terminal during CARTES 2014. The products are already proving popular in Brazil with shipments set to reach 300,000 units. “Orders never stop,” comments Gilberto Novaes, sales director at PAX. “Our success brings us around two new big clients per month.” Customers are responding to the embedded technology (contactless, EMV, PCI, SRED) of the D180 and D200 to
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