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Articles tagged with: Sim Card and Oberthur Card Systems
Just Under 3 Billion SIM Cards Shipped in 2008
SIMalliance, the global association of SIM card manufacturers has reported that global SIM card shipments exceeded 2.9 billion units during 2008, with strong demand from the emerging markets of India, China, Asia Pacific and Latin America contributing to a 29 per cent increase on shipments over the previous year. more
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Major Trial of Near-Field Payments to Start in France
Six major French banks (BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole and LCL, Credit Mutuel-CIC, Groupe Caisse d'Epargne, La Banque Postale and Societe Generale) as well as four mobile operators (Bouygues Telecom, NRJ Mobile, Orange and SFR) have announced plans to join forces in cooperation with MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Europe to launch at the end of November a large-scale field trial to test mobile contactless payment with 1,000 customers and 200 sales outlets located in the cities of Caen and Strasbourg. more
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