Coming Soon - The World's Leading Event In Cards & ID 12:02AM, 28-Oct-2005 CARTES 2005 15th – 17th November 2005 --> The 3 days NOT to be missed in 2005!  <-- For the past 20 years, the CARTES exhibition has been providing its support to the smart card industry by hosting a dynamic event that brings together manufacturers and buyers from all over the world. Indeed, with over 450 international exhibitors and 15,000 professional visitors, CARTES remains the world’s leading event in smart card and ID technologies.

Cartes 2005 Creates New IDentification Show Area 11:43PM, 13-Sep-2005 For 20 years, the Cartes trade fair has supported the smart card industry with this event. Today it is the only place where industrialists and their buyers from around the world can get together. A simple congress at 1st, Cartes has now become the global platform which is recognized and awaited by professionals, both to present their latest technologies and to meet for discussions on the challenges of their market.

Muehlbauer To Showcase Chip Card Testing System In CeBIT 05:11PM, 08-Feb-2003 Mühlbauer is showcasing its chip card testing system CCT 5300 at this year's CeBIT. The machine is part of a broad array of Mühlbauer personalization technologies responding to the enormous challenges and trends in personalization in recent years. The CCT 5300 tests and encodes smart cards, contactless and dual interface cards according to format ID-1 and integrates such processes as chip loading, encoding of magnetic stripes and laser engraving, while achieving a throughput of up to 4,000 cards per hour.

Spartanics' Card Inspection For European Card Manufacturers 02:40PM, 29-Oct-2002 At CARTES 2002, Spartanics (Booth 4N065) will introduce European card makers to the world's first card inspection system that reliably produces single run, total card inspections every time, the Spartanics 930 Card Inspection System.

G+D To Launch New STARSIM Java Card At Cartes 2002 08:15PM, 28-Oct-2002 Giesecke & Devrient (G+D) is launching its new STARSIM Java card at Cartes 2002. Available with 32 or 64 kilobytes, the SIM card combines Java functionality with a Wireless Internet Browser (WIB 1.2)  a micro-browser specified by SmartTrust. This integration unites the advantages of both technologies on one card: a very compact byte code plus the applet and plug-in download after card issuance. Mobile network operators therefore benefit from a fast service distribution, an easy application development and a reduced time-to-market for new value-added services. In addition, an integrated WIM (WAP Identification Module) serves as a security token for a wireless PKI.

Sesames Awards 2002 Nominees Announced 08:28PM, 11-Oct-2002 As part of the CARTES and IT SECURITY 2002 Exhibitions & Conferences, the SESAMES Awards have become the unchallenged innovation and application label, and a global standard for card manufacturers and related industries.

Smart Card Alliance's White Paper On Secure Contactless Access 04:38PM, 02-Oct-2002 Contactless smart cards can add higher security to everyday ID credentials that employees use to access buildings, airports and other secure facilities, according to a new Smart Card Alliance white paper released recently. At the same time, the technology paves the way to add new applications like network access control.

ACG To Showcase flashCOS In Cartes 2002, Paris 08:43PM, 11-Sep-2002 On booth 3F 077 in hall 3 at the Cartes trade show in Paris (November 5-7), ACG will be presenting the versatile functionality and wide range of applications for the flashCOS smart card operating system.

APSCA Organizes SmartWorld 2002 In Seoul 01:50PM, 16-Aug-2002 The 2nd Annual  International Smart Card conference, featuring SamSung Electronics Smart Card Seminar, will be held in Seoul from Tuesday, September 24 to Thursday, September 26. The event is organised by the Asia Pacific Smart Card Association and supported by the Korea Electronic Payment Forum, the Mobile Payment Forum, the MAEIL Business Newspaper and CardsNow!Asia.

GSA Activities at 3GSM Asia Pacific 2002 06:35PM, 12-Aug-2002 The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) is hosting an intensive series of events at this year's 3GSM Asia Pacific conference and exhibition, taking place in Singapore from 16-19 September 2002, and with the theme "Doing Business Here & Now".