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TMCNet:  STMicroelectronics and NXP Sign Agreement for Licensing of Contactless MIFARE Technology

[November 21, 2009]

STMicroelectronics and NXP Sign Agreement for Licensing of Contactless MIFARE Technology

Nov 20, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- NXP, an independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, and STMicroelectronics, a developer of secure smart card chips, announced a licensing agreement for NXP's MIFARE technology.

The licensing agreement now enables STMicroelectronics to integrate the entire MIFARE family into its security solutions for mobile phone and banking applications. It will facilitate the convergence of the MIFARE infrastructure and Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled mobile devices, accelerating contactless application deployments.


ST can also include MIFARE Classic and MIFARE DESFire technology into its (U)SIM card ICs and other embedded secure solutions for the mobile phone market, as well as into security solutions for PC readers and banking card ICs. The licensing agreement provides operators and device vendors with availability of contactless smart card ICs incorporating MIFARE technology used in public transport networks, ticketing systems and access management .

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