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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sequent Software (www.sequentsw.com), a leading provider of comprehensive products and services designed to make deployment of NFC-based mobile payments easy, and ViVOtech, the NFC software and systems company, today announced a partnership. Sequent will use ViVOtech trusted service manager (TSM) software as it drives commercial NFC mobile payment deployments of large customers and partners and allows consumers to make payments and other...

TORONTO and PORTLAND, Ore., April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SmartSoft, a leading provider of card issuance and card payment solutions to the global banking and card payment industry announced today the launch of SmartSoft in North America ahead of schedule. SmartSoft also announced today two key partnerships with Everlink in Canada and Zebra Technologies. Everlink is a leader in the delivery of feature-rich and reliable electronic transaction switching, ATM and POS solutions to Canadian...

AUSTIN, Texas and BROOMFIELD, Colo., March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, and LifeNexus, the developer of the iChip and Personal Health Card®, today announced an agreement to provide the iChip cards and modules for the North American market. The LifeNexus Personal Health Card is the first multi-purpose electronic health card utilizing the embedded iChip for securely maintaining an individual's personal health record,...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Horizon Lines, Inc. (NYSE: HRZ) today announced that the company's Board of Directors has named Alex J. Mandl to the position of Chairman and appointed Stephen H. Fraser as interim President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), succeeding Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Charles G. "Chuck" Raymond, who is retiring. Additionally, Brian W. Taylor has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), succeeding...

ATLANTA, Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Numerex Corp (Nasdaq: NMRX), a leading single source provider of secure machine-to-machine (M2M) products and services, today announced that it will collaborate with Cinterion, the global leader in cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) communication modules and a Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) company, to distribute and integrate award-winning Cinterion modules across all M2M markets, enabling customers to securely and rapidly implement M2M...

- To develop international services building on partnerships with key players - Tokyo, Feb 9, 2011 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today an agreement with South Korea's leading telecom operator, KT Corporation, to use near field communication (NFC) technologies to develop cross-border services for mobile payments, mass-transit ticketing, promotional coupons, etc., which they will launch in their respective markets of Japan...

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., January 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- T-Systems recently signed the deal with Gemalto to manage 9,000 workstations in 40 countries across three geographic regions (EMEA, Americas and Asia). This five-year contract tasks T-Systems with managing and maintaining multiple services for the leader in numeric security, including Centralized Services for LAN and server managementInternational Service Desk with 24/7 availability in eight different languagesField Services in all...

LONDON, Jan. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Launched at Mobile World Congress 2010, the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) is an open, global alliance of the world's leading telecommunications operators and device manufacturers with a common goal of uniting a fragmented applications marketplace. On 14th February 2011, Peters Suh, CEO of WAC, and other senior WAC executives will detail the commercial launch of the Wholesale Applications Community. Supporting them will be a number of CEOs...

LAS VEGAS and BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Jan. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- From the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Gemalto today announced the successful deployment of its newly integrated over-the-air (OTA) platform and Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) for the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network. Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, delivered the OTA and UICC for Verizon Wireless' 38-market LTE network launch, which has already begun delivering 4G...

NICE, France, December 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The AFSCM (Association Francaise du Sans Contact Mobile) draws positive conclusions from the first European mobile contactless rollout that took place in Nice last May. A qualitative survey(1) demonstrates positive user feedback, underlining a quick and enthusiastic adoption of "cityzi"-branded contactless services and mobile phones. Nice: a winning initiative The strong cooperation between project participants has allowed the...