U.S.: University Tests Mobile Access Control with MicroSD Cards

Scope: 
Trial
Tempe
United States
33.4255
-111.94
Launch: 
Aug 2011
Main Application: 
Access control
Mobile Operator: 
N/A
Service
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Scope: 
Trial
Tempe
United States
33.4255
-111.94
Launch: 
Aug 2011
Main Application: 
Access control
Mobile Operator: 
N/A
Service Provider (application): 
Arizona State University
Merchants: 
N/A
Users: 
32 students and staff
NFC Handsets: 
N/A
TSM*: 
N/A
Secure Element: 
microSD card
Other Vendors: 
HID Global (access control system, readers) Device Fidelity (microSD cards, iPhone cases), Assa Abloy (door locks), NXP Semiconductors (contactless chip, secure element in microSD cards)

The two-and-half month trial enables 32 students and staff to open the outer doors of a dormitory at the university by tapping their smartphones on readers.

NFC Times Take: 

While the trial uses an NFC bridge technology, HID, a large provider of corporate badges using contactless cards in North America, sees access-control applications on full NFC phones as an opportunity and so does BlackBerry phone maker Research in Motion. RIM and HID are working together on putting corporate badges on NFC-enabled BlackBerry Bold and Curve models by early 2012.  

 

 

* Trusted Service Manager: Defined loosely to include companies or other organizations securely distributing, provisioning and managing applications, generally over the air, on secure elements in NFC mobile phones; or licensing their platforms for this purpose.
 
N/A: Not available or not applicable.
 
Last update: Sept.. 2011
 

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