G&D: new SIMs with Mifare certification for contactless transport and access applications

These SIM cards enable the use of NFC mobile devices as an identification system in public transport, events or any access control.

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has been the first SIM card manufacturer to receive certification for secure contactless Mifare Classic and Mifare4Mobile Version applications 2 with the development of the SkySIM CX Hercules card for the installation, remote management and execution of contactless services and applications based on the Mifare security standard for mobile network operators, security companies and integrators or ICT service providers.

Esta SIM desarrollada por este fabricante alemán permite a los usuarios almacenar y ejecutar en sus dispositivos, con total seguridad, aplicaciones de ticket electrónico para el transporte público o para acceder a todo tipo de eventos, o identificarse, For example, en un sistema de control de acceso físico.

Como explica Andreas Morawietz, director de marketing de G&D para el sector de telecomunicaciones, “la integración del estándar tecnológico Mifare con la tecnología móvil NFC permite a los usuarios finales aprovecharse de un nuevo nivel de seguridad en sus dispositivos. On the other hand, el uso de estos estándares permite normalizar procesos e interfaces para desarrollar e implantar, en menor tiempo, una mayor variedad de servicios. Los clientes se benefician, besides, de una gran facilidad de uso para, For example, buy a ticket from your phone or NFC device or identify yourself at an access control point, and the user always retains control of all these Mifare transactions.

Matthias Poppel, general manager of secure mobility & retail of NXP Semiconductors, points out that 'Mifare is the number one product in the world for contactless transport tickets'. With SkySIM CX Hercules from G&D transportation means can now, for the first time, easily integrate a mobile solution into their current systems without having to queue.