TAIPEI, Taiwan — 2014, Hong Kong will play host to the 5th CARTES Asia tradeshow, a key event for Asian players involved in smart cards and contactless cards. The event will bring in 95 exhibitors, while close to 3,000 visitors are expected. At this high-profile event, the UBIFRANCE-managed French Pavilion will be hosting thirteen French companies representing the secure transactions, identification and mobility sector.
The French Pavilion will feature innovative solutions in mobile payment as well as in RFID/NFC technology, identification and authentication, and card manufacturing too. Perched on the cutting edge of the latest in technology, France possesses substantial assets in the memory/microprocessor/contactless card market.
To store, modify and retrieve data, to identify a card and its bearer, to authenticate… such are the core functionalities of the solutions on offer. The applications specifically involve the banking sector, health, and government business (i.e. ePassports). There are also other business sectors showing great user potential, like aeronautics, automotive, mass retail, industry, logistics, textile, libraries, laundry services and ticketing.
By way of a sneak preview, let us unveil some of the new things you can find at the French Pavilion:
ALCINEO is specialized in the development of embedded software implementing the smartcard technologies and security. It provides innovative solutions that meet the stringent payment standards: EMVCo, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and PCI PTS POI.
ASK is a global leading manufacturer of contactless smart cards, tickets, inlays and terminals designed to address all contactless applications.
CORTUS is a technology leader in ultra-low-power, silicon-efficient 32-bit microcontroller IP cores for deeply embedded SoC applications. Over 500 million devices contain Cortus cores - including many smart/sim cards.
ELYCTIS develops, manufactures and markets readers dedicated to Secured Identity Documents (e-passport, e-ID, e-DL...). Thanks to its expertise in the relevant standards (ICAO, IAS, 7816, 14443, PC/SC, Biometry) the company provides support and software developments on fix and mobile terminals. Its ID BOX One product range is a compact USB device family gathering all peripherals required to read any electronic document (RFID reader, ISO contact reader, OCR scanner and fingerprint sensor) able to read e-documents in a single action.
