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New BMW cars do the talking in case of emergency

Deutsche Telekom and Gemalto announce that all BMW cars are embedding the eCall solution, an automatic emergency call system which is triggered when crash sensors detect that a vehicle has been involved in an accident, to directly make the link with the BMW call centre platform and provides all detailed information about the accident.

IoT

Fax for the memories

Last week, I was perplexed to have someone ask me: ‘What’s your fax number?’. The relative novelty of receiving a fax led us to wonder why, in this digital age, they are not now totally obsolete? The answer: signatures.

NFC too slow? We don’t think so

Last month Oracle published an article that stated that NFC transactions were too slow. They have been conducting some tests combining payment, coupons and loyalty cards. Too slow? bundling all 3 transactions is a bit unrealistic….

And the LTE award(s) goes to…

Our full-IP OTA & LTE UICC solution wins ‘Best enabling technology’ and Gemalto’s employee Patrice Beaudou receives the ‘Best contribution to LTE Standards’ at the LTE Awards yesterday.

5 reasons to up eBanking security – N°4 it’s not…

Adding an additional security device into online banking at the client’s own PC, commonly referred to as multi-factor authentication, significantly changes the game for cyber criminals. This might take the form of a bank-issued smart card and individual reader or a USB token that the bank customer uses when online.

Mobile payment in Poland goes Orange

Today we announced another NFC deployment. After successful launches in the UK and France, Poland is the next country to embrace the technology. It seems like a natural move as the country already has a solid contactless infrastructure with around 35,000 acceptance points in stores etc. Unlike other  nations where NFC projects have focused on […]