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Sponsor MembersBroadcom CorporationBroadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry's broadest portfolio of stateof-the-art, system-on-a-chip and software solutions that support our core mission: Connecting everything®. Location: Irvine, CA, United States Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Semiconductors Inside ContactlessINSIDE Contactless is the global leader in open-standard contactless payment and NFC semiconductors and software for the next generation of payment, transit, identity and access control applications. The company's intelligent, microprocessor-based platforms can be embedded in smart cards, mobile phones and other consumer electronic devices to support a wide range of contactless applications. INSIDE has delivered over 300 million contactless platforms worldwide and plays a leading role in NFC. Location: Aix-en-Provence, Cedex 3, France Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Semiconductors MasterCard WorldwideMasterCard Worldwide enables global transactions and brings insight into the payments process to make commerce faster, more secure, and more valuable to everyone involved. MasterCard provides services in more than 210 countries and territories. MasterCard advances commerce worldwide by developing more secure, convenient and rewarding payment solutions, processing billions of payments seamlessly across the globe, and building economic connections that accelerate business. Location: Purchase, NY Industry Sector: None Microsoft CorporationLocation: Redmond, WA, United States Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Computing & Computer Peripherals Nokia CorporationNokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. Nokia makes a wide range of mobile devices and provides people with experiences in music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games and business mobility through these devices. Nokia also provides equipment, solutions and services for communications networks. Location: Espoo, Finland Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Mobile Handsets, Service Provider: Mobile Services NFC Products: mobile phones NTT DOCOMO, INC.NTT DOCOMO, the world's leading mobile communications company serves about 53 million customers, including 40 million people subscribing to FOMA, launched as the worlds first 3G mobile service in 2001. DOCOMO also offers a wide variety of mobile multimedia services, including i-mode, an e-mail/Internet service used by more than 47 million people. With the addition of credit-card and other e-wallet functions, DOCOMO mobile phones have become highly versatile tools for daily life. Location: Tokyo, Japan Industry Sector: Mobile Network Provider / Telecom Operator NXP SemiconductorsNXP Semiconductors provides High Performance Mixed Signal and Standard Product solutions that leverage its leading RF, Analog, Power, Digital Processing and manufacturing expertise. These innovations are used in a wide range of automotive, industrial, consumer, lighting, medical, computing and identification applications. Headquartered in Europe, the company has about 29,000 employees in more than 30 countries and posted sales of USD 5.4 billion in 2008. News from NXP is located at www.nxp.com Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Semiconductors Renesas Electronics CorporationLocation: Tokyo, Japan Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Semiconductors Sony CorporationSony Corporation is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, game, communications, key device and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. With its music, pictures, computer entertainment and on-line businesses, Sony is uniquely positioned to be the leading electronics and entertainment company in the world. Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of approximately $88 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. Sony Global Web Site: http://www.sony.net/ Location: Tokyo, Japan Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Consumer Electronics, Manufacturer: Semiconductors Visa Inc.Visa Inc. operates the world's largest retail electronic payments network providing processing services and payment product platforms. This includes consumer credit, debit, prepaid and commercial payments, which are offered under the Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink and PLUS brands. Visa enjoys unsurpassed acceptance around the world, and Visa/PLUS is one of the world's largest global ATM networks, offering cash access in local currency in more than 170 countries. Visit www.corporate.visa.com Location: San Francisco, CA, United States Industry Sector: Financial Services / Banking Principal MembersAT&TLocation: Redmond, WA, United States Industry Sector: Mobile Network Provider / Telecom Operator Marvell International Ltd.Location: Hamilton, Hm12, Bermuda Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Semiconductors Motorola, Inc.Motorola is a leader in NFC and is participating in major trials around the world of this technology. Motorola builds complete end-to-end NFC solutions including handsets and OTA card download and personalization services. Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in wireless and broadband communications. Inspired by our vision of seamless mobility, the people of Motorola are committed to helping you connect simply and seamlessly to the information that you want and need. Location: Schaumburg, IL, United States Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Mobile Handsets, Service Provider: SCMS and OTA Systems Rogers Communications Inc.Location: Toronto,, ON, Canada Industry Sector: Mobile Network Provider / Telecom Operator Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.SEL makes RFID tags that are thin, flat, and flexible. Unlike a normal inlet in which an Si chip and an antenna are bonded to each other, it is possible to form a flexible inlet which is entirely flat. This is enabled by high performance polycrystalline silicon TFTs transferred to a film together with an antenna. The RFID tags conform to ISO 15693, which is part of NFCIP-2. SEL will manufacture products which conform to NFC Forum Tag Types 1, 2, and 3. Location: Kanagawa, Japan Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Semiconductors, Manufacturer: Smart Card/RFID Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications ABManufacturer of mobile phones and mobile phone accessories. Location: Lund, Sweden Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Mobile Handsets Toppan Forms Co., LTDToppan Forms is a leading company of Information Media Technologies such as Contactless Smart Card and RFID in Japan where the technologies and services are already widely adopted. With the advent of the ubiquitous information society under way, Toppan Forms has strategically positioned NFC as the next generation core technology encompassing hardware, software, and services that will be developed and provided for cellular phones and other electronic devices for the global market. Location: Tokyo, Japan Industry Sector: Information Media Technology Associate MembersA&D Company LimitedLocation: Toshima Ku, Tokyo 170-0013, Japan Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Terminals and other devices American Banknote CorporationAs a global card manufacturer, ABnote understands the opportunity of NFC. Our subsidiary Proxama (www.proxama.com) is focusing on NFC, interactive TV and loyalty. Redwave Solutions is our global data center that includes secure hosting of key management and mobile applications. Location: Fort Lee, NJ, United States Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Smart Card/RFID Applus+ LGAIApplus+, LGAI division, provides accurate and comprehensive evaluation, testing and Certification services to smart card /RFID manufacturers as well as software developers. Applus+ LGAI boasts latest state-of-the-art laboratories operating as Visa recognized laboratory and Common Criteria evaluation center. Applus+ is a technological partner for the IT & Telecommunication sector. Location: Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain Industry Sector: Testing / Compliance Certification AT4 WirelessLocation: Campanillas, Malaga, Spain Industry Sector: Testing / Compliance Certification Beijing Tongfang Microelectronics Co., LTDLocation: Beijing, China Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Smart Card/RFID Blackboard, Inc.Blackboard Inc. is a global leader in enterprise technology and innovative solutions that improve the experience of millions of students and learners around the world every day. Blackboard's solutions allow thousands of higher education, K-12, professional, corporate, and government organizations to extend teaching and learning online, facilitate campus commerce and security, and communicate more effectively with their communities. Blackboard is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Location: Phoenix, AZ, United States Industry Sector: Higher Education NFC Products: University Campus ID Card Systems Cambridge Silicon RadioLocation: Cambridge, United Kingdom Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Semiconductors CETECOM ICT Services GmbHCETECOM, a leading provider of testing and certification solutions for Smart Card, RFID and NFC applications, offers a wide range of services to implement the approval process for electronic payment devices and terminals. CETECOM provides its customers with consulting, testing, certification and project management support. Its service package includes the testing of electrical safety, electromagnetic compatibility, environmental impact assessment and certification handling for a global market. Location: 66117 Saarbruecken, Germany Industry Sector: Testing / Compliance Certification China Mobile Communication CorporationChina Mobile has set up wholly owned subsidiaries in 31 provinces and is listed on the Hong Kong and New York Stock Exchanges. China Mobile is one of the largest overseas listed Chinese companies in market value. China Mobile has mobile telephony, data, IP telephony and multi-media services lines of business, and is now licensed to operate Internet services and international communications access services. Besides voice services, it offers value-added services such as fax, data and IP telephony. Location: Beijing, China Industry Sector: Mobile Network Provider / Telecom Operator China Telecommunication Technology LabsChina Telecommunication Technology Labs (CTTL) founded in 1981, is a leading high-tech laboratory with the mission of telecommunication technology development, telecommunication product standards and test methods research, products inspection and verification. We are authorized to provide certification test services that cover CCC, CE, RF, Protol, Safety, 3G, LTE, WLAN, A-GPS, Buletooth, etc. www.chinattl.com Location: Beijing, China Industry Sector: Testing / Compliance Certification Cinterion Wireless Modules GmbHCinterion Wireless Modules was founded in June 2008 when Siemens spun off its Wireless Modules business unit. The company specializes in wireless machine-to-machine communication (M2M). Cinterion offers a broad portfolio of innovative products designed for use in a variety of M2M applications. Cinterion also provides a full range of services and with the M2M One business unit complete M2M solutions. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, the company currently employs 450 people worldwide. Location: Munich, Germany Industry Sector: Telecommunications Clear2Pay (Integri)Clear2Pay is a leading provider of payment solutions, mobile solutions and expertise. The company markets Integri Test Tools including products for NFC, (U)SIM-cards, Handsets, HCI/SWP, and more. Since 1992, more than 5500 Integri Test Tool licences have been sold worldwide. Clear2Pay operates from 18 offices worldwide and currently employs more than 600 staff. www.clear2pay.com/carddivision, info@clear2pay.com Location: B-1932 Zaventem, Belgium Industry Sector: Testing / Compliance Certification, Test tools and test services Collis & AspectsCollis is a market leader in the designing and testing of electronic transaction systems (contact and contactless). We have been providing high-quality Testing Tools and expert Consultancy & Training to the Payment, e-Identification & Mobile/NFC markets for over a decade. Location: Netherlands Industry Sector: Service Provider: NFC Consulting, Training, Testing / Compliance Certification COMPRION GmbHCOMPRION GmbH is the brand name manufacturer of test equipment for Smart Card and contactless interfaces. Based on our participation in the standardization and regulation organizations, we are providing our customers with powerful products equivalent to their needs throughout the complete development process until the final product launch. Location: 33100 Paderborn, Germany Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Smart Card/RFID, Testing / Compliance Certification NFC Products: Smart Card/contactless interface test equipment Consult HyperionLocation: Guildford, United Kingdom Industry Sector: Service Provider, Prototyping of concept demonstrators ERICSSON ABEricsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment and related services to mobile and fixed network operators globally. Over 1,000 networks in 140 countries utilize our network equipment and 40 percent of all mobile calls are made through our systems. We are one of the few companies worldwide that can offer end-to-end solutions for all major mobile communication standards. Location: STOCKHOLM, Sweden Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Telecommunication Equipment NFC Products: mobile platforms FIMEFIME is a worldwide supplier of test solutions in the domain of smartcards, RFID and NFC. Providing an overall and integrated service consisting of consulting, laboratory testing, test tools and innovation through outsourced R&D, FIME holds a strong position as a real business accelerator. A pioneer in testing contact cards during the 1990s, today FIME is providing its leading abilities in the contactless world with 170 employees in branches in France, Canada Taiwan and India. Location: 91120 Palaiseau, France Industry Sector: Testing / Compliance Certification Fuji Electric Holdings Co., Ltd.Fuji Electric Group is an organic business group comprising foremost specialists in the respective industries we operate. It is the basic policy of management to aspire to be a group that is valuable to society and that strikes a balance between economic, environmental and social needs by growing in a sustainable manner and improving profitability. Fuji Electric is a leading provider of, among other products, vending machines and contactless IC card systems in Japan. Location: TOKYO, Japan Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Terminals and other devices Gemalto NVIn an increasingly connected society, Gemalto makes personal digital interactions secure and easy. We provide end-to-end digital security solutions, from the development of software applications through design and production of secure personal devices such as smart cards, SIMs, e-Passports and tokens to the deployment of managed services for our customers. Location: 1083 HN Amsterdam, Netherlands Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Smart Card/RFID Infineon TechnologiesInfineon Technologies AG, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions addressing three central challenges: energy efficiency, communications, and security. In the 2007 fiscal year, the company reported sales of Euro 7.7 billion (including Qimonda sales of Euro 3.6 billion) with approximately 43,000 employees worldwide. With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the U.S. from Milpitas, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore, and in Japan from Tokyo. Location: Neubiberg/Munich, Germany Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Semiconductors NFC Products: Secure Elements,SWP-UICCs, NFC Tags Type 2,3,4B,4A LEGIC Identsystems LtdLEGIC Identsystems Ltd is a leading supplier of 13.56 MHz contactless smart card technology. The LEGIC product portfolio includes highly integrated LEGIC RF Standard, ISO 15693 / ISO 14443 compliant read/write security modules, transponder chips and advanced NFC solutions. Location: Wetzikon, Switzerland Industry Sector: None MediaTekMediaTek is a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions. The company is a market leader and pioneer in cutting-edge SOC system solutions for wireless communications, high-definition TV, optical storage, DVD and Blu-ray products. Founded in 1997 and listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange (code 2454), MediaTek is headquartered in Taiwan with sales & research subsidiaries in Mainland China, Singapore, India, U.S., Japan, Korea, Denmark and England. Location: Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Semiconductors MicroprossMicropross is a worldwide leader in the supply of test equipment for smartcards and communicating objects. Our tools cover both contact and contactless technology, with special care given to the latest technologies (SWP, NFC, ...). Our experience and our strong involvement into various standardisation comitees make our tools a premium choice for industrial looking for solutions to qualify and speed up the development of their products. Location: Lille, France Industry Sector: Testing / Compliance Certification NFC Products: RF test equipment, contactless digital test tools Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a world-wide electronic device manufacturer that has developed and commercialized a wide array of ceramic-based electronic components. Murata, as an "Innovator in Electronics", supports the electronic infrastructure of the modern society by developing creative electronic components and technologies. Location: Nagaokakyo-shi,, Kyoto 617-8555, Japan Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Terminals and other devices NFC Products: Modules, antennas, capacitors, inductors PanasonicLocation: Yokohama City 224-8539, Japan Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Consumer Electronics ParrotParrot is a pivotal global player for wireless mobile telephone accessories founded in 1994. Drawing on its tried-and-tested expertise on voice recognition and signal processing technologies, Parrot was one of the very first companies to produce Bluetooth®-based wireless hands free car kits, having identified this standards vast potential as early as 1999. Parrot has been developing a new wireless range of sound and image products. Location: 75010 Paris, France Industry Sector: None RATPLocation: Noisy Le Grand Cedex, France, France Industry Sector: Industry Association or Standardization Organization, Service Provider: Public Transportation Research In Motion LtdResearch In Motion (RIM) is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, text messaging (SMS and MMS), Internet and intranet-based applications. Location: Waterloo, ON, Canada Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Mobile Handsets Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co.Location: Muenchen, Germany Industry Sector: Testing / Compliance Certification Sagem WirelessSagem Wireless is a major player in the mobile communications marketplace. Our mission is to offer core expertise in industrial design and field-proven ability to swiftly integrate innovations and new-technology solutions (fingerprint authentication, NFC, touchscreens, Mobile TV, WiFi, A-GPS and more) to operators, equipment manufacturers and fashion and luxury-sector brands enabling them to market mobile terminals geared specifically to the needs of their customers. Location: 95806 CERGY PONTOISE CEDEX, France Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Mobile Handsets Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd.Sasken is a global R&D service and IP provider on various technology areas in the telecom sector. We conducted our first projects in the field of NFC on 2004 and have continued to grow our competence ever since. Our offering covers software, hardware integration,antenna design and testing related to these areas. Location: Domlur, Bangalore, India Industry Sector: Service Provider: R&D, System Integrator, Testing / Compliance Certification SGSSGS is the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. Recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity, we employ over 55,000 people and operate a network of more than 1,000 offices and laboratories around the world, and have 132 experiences from 1878. Location: 1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland Industry Sector: Testing / Compliance Certification SKIDATA AGSKIDATA AG is an international market leader in access management and ticketing solutions for controlled access of persons and vehicles to resorts, buildings, event venues and parking facilities. Reference clients include international airports (London Heathrow, Hong Kong International), renowned ski resorts (Zermatt, Les Trois Vallées), sports venues (key stadia of the 2006 FIFA and 2008 UEFA Championships), and leisure parks (Legoland, Ski Dubai). App. 4500 SKIDATA solutions are in operation Location: Gartenau, Austria Industry Sector: None SOLIATISSOLIATIS is an innovative company providing testing tools for smart card and NFC technologies. The testing tools apply for both sides: card and reader, and for all layers: analog, digital and application. Since 2008, SOLIATIS also provides testing services through the activity SOLIATIS LAB acting as an accredited ISO17025 testing laboratory. Location: 13300 Salon de Provence, France Industry Sector: Testing / Compliance Certification NFC Products: Testing tools & services for NFC SprintLocation: Overland Park, KS, United States Industry Sector: Mobile Network Provider / Telecom Operator Stollmann E+V GmbHStollmann develops and offers Location: Hamburg, Germany Industry Sector: Computer Hardware and Software NFC Products: Protocol Stacks, Modules TA Technology (Shanghai ) Co., LtdTA Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd is a global third-party certification and testing laboratory, founded in 2002 which focuses on Communication products certification test services. In order to remain competitive and respond to market demands for a comprehensive solution, we keep developing more services that cover EMC, SAR, OTA, RF, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, CMMB, IGRS and others to provide our clients the ONE-STOP services. Location: Shanghai, China Industry Sector: Testing / Compliance Certification Telecommunication Metrology Center (TMC)Telecommunication Metrology Center (TMC) is a leading high-tech test center of China. It provides services on instrument metrology, product testing, and compliance assessment. It is authorized to test various telecommunication products for certificates of NAL, CCC, CE, FCC, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, USB, Bluetooth, CTIA, ARTC, GCF or PTCRB. It also plays an important role among standardization contributing many standards in the fields of RF, Protocol, EMC, Safety, EMF, Reliability and Metrology, etc. Location: Beijing 100191, China Industry Sector: Testing / Compliance Certification NFC Products: Compliance / Conformance Assessment TeliaSonera ABLocation: Stockholm, Sweden Industry Sector: Mobile Network Provider / Telecom Operator Toshiba CorporationToshiba, a world leader in high technology, is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of advanced electronic and electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and materials, power systems, industrial and social infrastructure systems, and household appliances. Location: Tokyo 105-8001, Japan Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Consumer Electronics, Manufacturer: Mobile Handsets, Manufacturer: Semiconductors, Manufacturer: Smart Card/RFID, Manufacturer: Computing & Computer Peripherals, Manufacturer: Terminals and other devices TÜV SÜD AGTÜV SÜD Group is a leading technical service company active in the strategic business segments INDUSTRY, MOBILITY and PEOPLE. Its range of services embraces consultancy, inspections, tests and expert opinions as well as certification and training. Our objectives are reliability, safety and quality as well as environmental protection and cost effectiveness. BABT, an independent company within TÜV SÜD Group offers services around certification to clients in the radio and telecommunications sector. Location: D-80686 Munich, Germany Industry Sector: Testing / Compliance Certification USC CorporationUSC Corporation has two major-focused business fields, one is manufacturing and sales of various system devices, and the other is sales of semiconductors and electronic components. Our product lines cover contactless cards, reader modules, and terminals. Location: Tokyo, Japan Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Semiconductors, Manufacturer: Terminals and other devices NFC Products: Contactless IC Card Reader/Writer Module VenyonVenyon is driving seamless communication in NFC ecosystem by acting as a Trusted Service Manager, who develops and operates a secure and versatile service platform to be used for the over the air (OTA) provisioning and management of the consumer applications such as payment cards and transport tickets to consumers NFC enabled mobile devices. Location: Helsinki, Finland Industry Sector: Service Provider: Trusted Service Manager VeriFoneVeriFone (NYSE: PAY) is the global leader in secure electronic payment solutions. VeriFone provides expertise, solutions and services that add value to the point of sale with merchant-operated, consumer-facing and self-service payment systems for the financial, retail, hospitality, petroleum, government and healthcare vertical markets. VeriFone solutions are designed to meet the needs of merchants, processors and acquirers in developed and emerging economies worldwide. Location: San Jose, CA, United States Industry Sector: Payment solutions and technologies NFC Products: Contactless and NFC acceptance devices VI Service NetworkVI Service Network Co., Ltd. (VISN) provides high quality professional services in design, research and development for test and measurement applications leveraging state-of-the-art commercial products and its own expertise in digital signal processing, radio frequency, sound and vibration, and photonics. VISN is an alliance member of National Instruments Co., Ltd. Location: Shanghai, China Industry Sector: System Integrator, Testing / Compliance Certification Implementer MembersADAMSOFT D.O.O.Adamsoft is an NFC (Near Field Communication) service and solution provider. The company is an innovative market leader in the fast growing NFC business solution area. Clients include Mobile Network Operators, security companies, retailers and wholesalers. Adamsoft's R&D of NFC future models is the basis for successful business cases of its clients. Location: Celje, Slovenia Industry Sector: System Integrator NFC Products: NFC location based services, payment and other Cassis International Pte LtdLocation: Singapore Industry Sector: Service Provider: Trusted Service Manager Eastcompeace Smart Card Co., LtdEastcompeace Smart Card Co., Ltd. (002017.SZ) is one of the worlds leading vendors specialized in the design, development and delivery of smart card products and system solutions for telecommunications, payments, ID & security and related applications. As the key State-torch High-tech Program enterprise of China, Eastcompeace is also certified by GSM SAS, VISA, MasterCard, China UnionPay, CMMI, ISO9001 & 14001 and ISO27001 for its cutting-edge manufacturing and R&D capabilities. Location: Zhuhai, Guangdong, China Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Smart Card/RFID H.O.TechLocation: GR-11528 Athens, Greece Industry Sector: Service Provider, System Integrator NFC Products: ID, Loyalty, Security, Telematic Applications ITN International, Inc.ITN International provides Touch N Go event solutions that create powerful information exchange opportunities to the trade show and event industries. Our products and services enable outstanding experiences and meaningful interactions among event marketers and their customers while delivering quantifiable, reliable results. ITN products include InterACT Smartphone Data Collection & Messaging System, Service Discovery and SECURbCard badge credential production. Location: Bethesda, MD, United States Industry Sector: Service Provider: Mobile Data Mgmt, events NFC Products: InterACT, SECURbCard, Service Discovery LEONHARD KURZ Stiftung & Co. KGLocation: D-90763 Fuerth, Germany Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Smart Card/RFID NEXPERTSNEXPERTS is a solutions provider using NFC and mobile phones for tracing and tracking, m-marketing, m-payment, m-ticketing and couponing. We focus on complete solution packages to connect businesses to customers through the use of NFC enabled mobile phones. NEXPERTS offers an NFC Starter Kit, NFC platforms and NFC tools for rapid application development as well as ready to use solutions for event management, mobile data acquisition and other application specific use of NFC technology. Location: Hagenberg, Austria Industry Sector: Service Provider: NFC Solutions, System Integrator NFC Products: NFC Starter Kit, NFC Development and OTA platforms Oberthur TechnologiesLocation: Nanterre Cedex, France Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Smart Card/RFID UPEK, Inc.UPEK is the global leader in enterprise and consumer biometric fingerprint solutions. UPEK authentication hardware and software are integrated into laptops from the world's top five largest PC makers, as well as USB flash drives, hard disk drives, and mobile phones from leading manufacturers. UPEK offers the only silicon-based fingerprint sensor that is FIPS 201 US government certified. UPEK also provides consumer packaged goods including the CES award-winning Eikon Digital Privacy Manager. Location: Emeryville, CA, United States Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Consumer Electronics, Manufacturer: Semiconductors, Manufacturer: Computing & Computer Peripherals Waldemar Winckel GmbH & Co. KGLocation: 57319 Bad Berleburg, Germany Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Smart Card/RFID, RFID HF & UHF Label Manufacturer Yulong Computer Telecommunication Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., LtdEstablished in 1993, Yulong Telecommunication has been the most professional provider of smart phones, integrated solutions and value added business applications. Yulong has become the expert of 3G internet mobile handsets and wireless data applications, owning GSM, CDMA and TD-SCDMA mobile phone manufacturing licenses. Location: NanShan District, ShenZhen, China Industry Sector: Manufacturer: Mobile Handsets Non-Profit MembersCATTID - University of RomeThe CATTID is an important structure of the University La Sapienza, founded in the 1979. In cooperation with other significant realities such as the Commerce and Engineering faculties of University of Rome La Sapienza, a centre focused on RFID/Wireless/Mobile technologies was realized in CATTID. The RFID lab (http://w3.uniroma1.it/rfidlab), coordinated by Prof. Carlo Maria Medaglia, is sponsored by several companies and is the first research centre for NFC technology funded in Italy. Location: Rome, Italy Industry Sector: Industry Association or Standardization Organization NFC Products: Research Center CIE, Center for Internet ExcellenceCIE is a collaborative research unit founded by University of Oulu, Nokia, City of Oulu, University of Applied Sciences, VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland) and Technopolis Ventures. CIE's focus is to create new businesses from ideas originated from cross disciplinary, publically funded research programs with Internet context. NFC contributes to the future services as it is one of the key technologies to improve usability. Location: Oulu, Finland Industry Sector: Industry Association or Standardization Organization, Research City of OuluAs the City vision is to have the most advanced public services in the world, Oulu acts as a provider of a genuine pilot environment. Citizens have the opportunity to test extensive commercial and public services made possible by NFC. Thus far there has been several NFC pilot testings in City of Oulu such as elderly citizens' meal service, mobile lock management, bus ticketing, smart parking, theatre environment, infotags and different restaurant services. Location: Finland Industry Sector: Public Sector Services FH OÖ Forschungs- & Entwicklungs GmbHThe NFC Research Lab in Hagenberg is part of the University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg and one of the first mover in NFC technology. In November 2006 the first NFC trial in Austria was launched by the NFC Research Lab, with payment, access and loyalty applications. Since 2008 the NFC Research Lab is equiped with special NFC measurement tools and is developing and testing NFC devices. Location: Wels, Austria Industry Sector: Industry Association or Standardization Organization Forum des Services Mobiles Sans ContactAn initiative of the FRENCH Government (Mr Luc Chatel) mobilizing 35 large companies in France. GOAL : Enabling a fast development of mobile contactless services in France over multi-services applications available on NFC mobile phones (card & reader). WORKING AREAS 1. "CHARTE" - common goals setting. 2. "ECOSYSTEMS" - Value Chain & market issues 3. "PROJECTS" - Inventory of applications & Call for project 4. "COMMUNITY" - Market education and experience's sharing. Location: Paris, France Industry Sector: Industry Association or Standardization Organization NFC Products: mobile phones, application software, nfc solutions GSM AssociationThe GSM Association was formed in 1987 and represents the interests of over 720 Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and over 200 Associate Members in bringing value to its members and mobile phone customers around the world. Location: London, England, United Kingdom Industry Sector: Industry Association or Standardization Organization NFC Products: Trade Association for MNOs INSO - Vienna University of TechnologyThe research group for Industrial Software (INSO) at the Vienna University of Technology consists of leading edge technology scientists working on innovative research as well as major industrial software & system projects. It covers IT areas, such as human computer interaction, software and project engineering, business informatics, and IT security engineering. In the field of NFC technologies INSO covers NFC usability, NFC software engineering, NFC security, and NFC systems integration. Location: Vienna, Austria Industry Sector: Industry Association or Standardization Organization Institute for Information IndustryLocation: Taipei 105, Taiwan Industry Sector: Industry Association or Standardization Organization ITSOITSO is a non-profit membership organisation run by its members for the benefit of its members and users of smartcard solutions, supported by the UK Department for Transport. ITSO has created a common specification at both the card and application level, to enable the use of interoperable smart cards in transport and other areas. Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom Industry Sector: Industry Association or Standardization Organization Japan IC Card System Application Council (JICSAP)Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan Industry Sector: Industry Association or Standardization Organization LOGyCALOGyCA is a non-for-profit organization, that promotes collaborative relationships among suppliers and customers, through innovation, research and best logistics practices deployment including those related to electronic information exchange. Location: Bogotá, Colombia Industry Sector: Industry Association or Standardization Organization Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HTA Lucerne)Location: Horw, Switzerland Industry Sector: Industry Association or Standardization Organization Mobey ForumLocation: Helsinki, Finland Industry Sector: Industry Association or Standardization Organization National Retail Federation (NRF-ARTS)Location: Washington, DC, United States Industry Sector: Industry Association or Standardization Organization NetPort Karlshamn ABNetPort is an engine for development, which by cooperation between industry, university and public sector contributes to a strong and long-term growth. NetPort shall be a leading Innovation System within New Media, Creative Industry and Intelligent logistics. Location: SE-374 35 Karlshamn, Sweden Industry Sector: Industry Association or Standardization Organization Oulu Innovation LTDOulu Innovation Ltd is a non-profit development company which focuses on regional economic development in the high technology and high growth business sector in the Oulu region. Its main task is to support enterprises and to strengthen their competitiveness in the global markets. The company is also responsible for the implementation of the regions innovation strategy, the Oulu Region Centre of Expertise programme and Invest in Oulu services. www.businessoulu.com, www.ouluinnovation.com Location: FI-90570 Oulu, Finland Industry Sector: Development Company of City of Oulu Transport For LondonThe primary role of TfL is to implement the Mayor of London's Transport Strategy and manage transport services across the Capital. TfL is responsible for London's buses, the Underground, the Docklands Light Railway, and the management of Croydon Tramlink and London River Services. TfL is responsible for a 580km network of main roads and all of London's 4,600 traffic lights. In addition, we manage the central London Congestion Charging scheme and regulate the city's taxis and private hire trade. Location: London, United Kingdom Industry Sector: None Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca - Club de InnovacionThe Innovation Club of the Pontificia University of Salamanca provides an environment for students in which they propose/develop innovative ideas. The Innovation Club includes workshops and projects that focus on the field of mobile and chip technology. At present, the majority of the resources are being channeled into the ChipLab, which is composed of a project research team that primarily concentrates its efforts in the innovation and research of ideas and projects related to NFC technology. Location: 37002 Salamanca, Spain Industry Sector: University Research Center Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (VDV)Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (Association of German Transport Undertakings) consists of members which provide passenger traffic with busses, tramways, light rail transit systems, metros or comparable transport systems and railways, of rail freight traffic, and traffic authorities who represent 90 % of the public transport market in Germany. VDV prepares standardized principles on technical, operation, legal and economic matters, advises its members and provides them with information. Location: D-50672 Koeln, Germany Industry Sector: Industry Association or Standardization Organization VTT Technical Research CentreVTT Technical Research Center is the largest research organization in Finland having 2700 employees altogether. HQ is located in Espoo, near Helsinki with sites in Oulu and Tampere. One of the research areas is ICT, including research on mobile phones, networks, sw/hw design. VTT has worked on NFC technology since its start and currently is coordinating the largest effort in Europe on NFC called SmartTouch project (www.smarttouch.org) For more information on VTT check the website: www.vtt.fi Location: Espoo, Finland Industry Sector: Industry Association or Standardization Organization WIMAWIMA is the largest international industry event exclusively dedicated to NFC, bringing together industry leaders, start-up companies, application developers, service providers, standards organisations, government bodies and research & educational institutions to its annual event in Monaco. Featuring an exhibition floor packed with the latest NFC applications, products and services, Business & Technical conference tracks and hands on workshops. Excellent networking guaranteed. Location: Monaco Industry Sector: Event Organiser Yokosuka Telecom Research Park, Inc.Yokosuka Telecom Research Park, Inc. was established on April 1, 1993 as YRP(Yokosuka Research Park)'s central operating body. As the owner of the core facility, it is in charge of overall management and operations at YRP and handling rental of office/R&D space, conference rooms, and experimental facilities to support the R&D activities in YRP. YRP, Inc. also constructed IOT Testbed for Mobile Terminals for Global Markets on January 26, 2008. Location: Yokosuka-city Kanagawa-pref., Japan Industry Sector: Industry Association or Standardization Organization |
