As a leading global payments company, MasterCard Worldwide prides itself on being at the heart of commerce, helping to make life easier and more efficient for everyone, everywhere. MasterCard serves as a franchisor, processor and advisor to the payments industry, and makes commerce happen by providing a critical economic link among financial institutions, governments, businesses, merchants, and cardholders worldwide.
MasterCard advances global commerce through its family of brands, including MasterCard®, Maestro®, and Cirrus®; its suite of core products such as credit, debit, and prepaid; and its innovative platforms and functionalities, such as MasterCard PayPass™ and MasterCard inControl®.   MasterCard PayPassTM continues to grow rapidly, with over 88 million cards and devices in use at approximately 276,000 merchant locations worldwide, at year end 2010.

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Gemalto is the leader in digital security with 2009 annual revenues of over €1.6 billion, more than 85 offices in 40 countries and about 10,000 employees including 1,300 R&D engineers.
In a world where the digital revolution is increasingly transforming our lives, Gemalto’s solutions are designed to make personal digital interactions more convenient, secure and enjoyable.
Gemalto provides 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, UICC cards, e-passports and tokens to the deployment of managed services for its customers.
More than a billion people worldwide use the company’s products and services for telecommunications, financial services, e-government, identity management, multimedia content, digital rights management, IT security, mass transit and many other applications.

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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2010 consolidated sales of US$135.8 billion. Employing approximately 190,500 people in 206 offices across 68 countries, the company consists of eight independently operated business units: Visual Display, Mobile Communications, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, Digital Imaging, Semiconductor and LCD. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, semiconductor chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs.

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In Europe, there are 419 million Visa debit, credit and commercial cards. In the 12 months ending September 2010 those cards were used to make purchases and cash withdrawals to the value of €1.5 trillion. 12.5% of consumer spending at point of sale in Europe is with a Visa card, and more than 70% of that is on Visa debit cards.  

Visa Europe is owned and operated by more than 4,000 European member banks and was incorporated in July 2004. In October 2007, Visa Europe became independent of the new global Visa Inc., with an exclusive, irrevocable and perpetual licence in Europe. As a dedicated European payment system it is able to respond quickly to the specific market needs of European banks and their customers – cardholders and retailers – and to meet the European Commission’s objective to create a true internal market for payments.
 
Visa enjoys unsurpassed acceptance around the world. In addition, Visa/PLUS is one of the world’s largest global ATM networks, offering cash access in local currency in over 200 countries.

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BELL ID

Bell ID is a worldwide technology leader of software solutions to manage lifecycles, applications and cryptographic keys on (NFC) mobile phones, (EMV) smart cards and security tokens. Its dynamic, trusted and totally secure management system is used within the finance, identity and mobile industry, and is responsible for managing 125 million tokens globally.

Bell ID has been active for over 20 years and operates independently, offering customers to integrate with their hardware of choice. The company is headquartered in the Netherlands and has supporting sales offices worldwide.

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INSIDE’s secure semiconductor products power smart cards, mobile devices, acceptance devices and infrastructure systems. The company’s expertise in microcontroller architectures, security, RF/analog design, and vertical market requirements places the company in the forefront of secure contactless, contact, embedded and NFC technologies. INSIDE’s innovation, collaboration with customers and commitment to open standards have earned it a leadership position in markets worldwide. INSIDE is headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, France, with offices in Europe, Asia and Silicon Valley.

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Oberthur Technologies is a world leader in the field of secure technologies: systems development, solutions and services for smart cards (payment cards, SIM cards, access cards, NFC…) and for secure identity documents, traditional and electronic (identity card, passport, health care card), production of banknotes, cheques and other fiduciary documents, intelligent systems to secure cash-in-transit and ATM. Oberthur Technologies has 6,800 employees through 40 countries and 65 sites. The Group posted 2010 sales of €979M.

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Sony 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.

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ACCENTURE TECHNOLOGY LABS

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 223,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Accenture is focused on enabling its clients to achieve breakthrough growth throughout the rapidly changing mobile ecosystem. The Accenture Mobility Services group offers five mobility services including consulting, software services–applications, software services–devices and platforms, managed services, and business integration services. These are designed to help organizations embrace business to employee (B2E), business to consumer (B2C), business to business (B2B) and machine to machine (M2M) business opportunities. Accenture offers mobility and embedded software services across a wide range of industries and platforms.

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AIRTAG

Founded in 2006 and located in Malakoff in France, AIRTAG provides retail companies with the technologies required to convert their points-of-sale into interactive, connected and intelligent spaces in which to create customer loyalty and improve sales.

AIRTAG sells technological solutions to chain stores and brands :
• AIRFID operates a Shopper Marketing platform: virtual loyalty, Fast ordering, virtual voucher issuing
• Management solutions for loyalty cards and payments via NFC-enabled smartphones and mobile phones

AIRTAG’s clients include: McDonald’s, La Croissanterie, Bert’s, Casino, Leroy-Merlin, Nestlé, Ferrero, SNCF, Total, Veolia Transport.
AIRTAG is a member of the AFSCM (Association Française du Sans Contact Mobile);

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CLEAR2PAY

Clear2pay is a payments modernisation company which supports many global financial institutions in their provision of innovative payment services. The company also markets Integri Test Tools for end-to-end validation of payment, ticketing and mobile solutions. Our test suites cover standards including NFC, (U)SIM, SWP/HCI, EMV, ISO 14443, ISO8583, and more. Integri NFC Test Solutions are approved by the NFC Forum. Clear2Pay employs over 650 staff out of 15 countries.

► More information is available on www.clear2pay.com and www.integri.com

FIME is a worldwide supplier of test solutions in the domain of smartcards, RFID and NFC.
Providing an overall and integrated service consisting of laboratory testing, test tools, consulting and innovation through dedicated 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 over 200 employees in branches in Belgium, Canada, China, France, India, Korea and Taiwan. FIME offers a solution adapted to local needs, along with the stability of a company that is a subsidiary of Orange Business Services and the functional flexibility of autonomous teams strongly implicated in your project.

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NXP’s identification technologies make it easier for people to enjoy their mobility. We ensure data security and deliver the best-in-class transaction times needed for mobile transactions. We let people use their phones as concert tickets, transit tickets and payments, or for secure access to their cars, hotel rooms, or computers. Our peer-to-peer communication technologies support fast and easy device association, setup, and configuration, so people can use their phones to exchange business cards, update their social networking profiles, or have new gaming experiences. We also support service discovery, so consumers have new ways to receive content, access information, and participate in smart advertising programs.

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Ericsson is the world’s leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators. Ericsson is the leader in 2G, 3G and 4G mobile technologies, and provides support for networks with over 2 billion subscribers and has the leading position in managed services. The company’s portfolio comprises mobile and fixed network infrastructure, telecom services, software, broadband and multimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and the media industry. The Sony Ericsson and ST-Ericsson joint ventures provide consumers with feature-rich personal mobile devices. 

Ericsson Internet Payment Exchange (IPX) is a global mobile commerce and connectivity enabler. As a carrier/operator payment broker, we provide delivery and charging, using direct billing, premium SMS, Web and online mobile payment. Our customers are more than 1000 successful multinationals reaching consumers with high disposable incomes in many countries across the globe. IPX’s direct connections to more than 100 mobile operators enable us to offer secure delivery and rapid payment services for both electronic and physical goods to large companies, handset manufacturers, application stores, payment aggregators, mobile marketing, communities and banks.    

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The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide. Spanning 219 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world’s mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organisations. Along with the Mobile World Congress, the GSMA runs Mobile Asia Congress and other events across the globe each year, including the GSMA Mobile Money Summit and GSMA Mobile Health Summit.

► For more information, please visit Mobile World Live, the online portal for the mobile communications industry, at www.mobileworldlive.com or the GSMA corporate website at www.gsmworld.com

NEXPERTS is a solutions provider using mobile contactless technology for payment, ticketing and loyalty as well as physical and logical access. We focus on complete solution packages to connect businesses to customers through the use of NFC enabled mobile phones.

The company has a many year experience in bringing NFC-solutions to all mobile platforms incl. iPhone , Android, Blackberry and Windows Mobile phones. The portfolio and references include Mobile Wallets, the OTA management of Secure Elements and Mifare cards, Loyalty, Payment and Vouchering systems as well as all use cases for embedded NFC and NFC Stickers on mobile phones.

NEXPERTS was awarded with the first price from the NFC Forum global competition for the best commercial NFC application.

We are your partner for mobile solutions. Benefit from our expertise to utilize NFC technology for revolutionizing B2B and B2C processes. We help you to better connect your business to your customer.

Touch the future with us.

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STOLLMANN

Stollmann is one of the leading companies for an independent and solid maintained NFC protocol stack running on all kind of different operating systems especially for mobile phones, readers, chip cards, PCs and peripherals. Based on a modular architecture and abstract API does our stack work independently from the used NFC chip (second source), hardware and operating system. We support companies to offer high quality products quickly to the market. We take over support and maintenance and our customers can concentrate on the key business and use the advantage of time-to-market. We are members of the NFC Forum since 2006 and support the compliance program which enables your product for the N-Mark certification.
We are experts of communications technologies, such as NFC, Bluetooth, ISDN, and Cable since Stollmann was founded in 1994. Our headquarter is based in Hamburg, Germany with a subsidiary in Shanghai and partners for local support worldwide.

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VEOLIA TRANSDEV

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