NXP Semiconductors N.V. have made breakthroughs in GSMA-compliant eSIM solutions that radically make it easier for device manufacturers to bring consumers remote SIM provisioning and over-the-air updates with multiple Mobile Network Operator (MNO) subscriptions. With its latest chip innovations, NXP responds to the demands of the steadily growing eSIM market, which is projected to increase […]

In the Internet of Things industry, many systems integrators and application developers are facing obstacles when developing and testing security solutions in their applications. Due to IoT market fragmentation, the personalization of a small volume of Secure Elements can be challenging for an industry used to deal with billions of devices in a consolidated market.  […]

 GlobalPlatform, the standard for the protection and secure management of digital services and devices, has conservatively estimated that 41% of all Secure Elements (SE) deployed globally between 2010 and 2016 were based on GlobalPlatform Specifications – a total of 22.018 billion. “The ongoing adoption of GlobalPlatform Specifications for SE products demonstrates the market’s awareness of […]

At this years MWC, NXP Semiconductors N.V. unveiled its new PN80T embedded Secure Element (SE) and NFC solution. It is the Industry’s first 40nm SE and is designed to ease development and implementation of an extended range of secure applications for any platform including smartphones, wearables, and the Internet of Things (IoT). The chip combines […]

GlobalPlatform, the association which standardizes the management of applications on secure chip technology, has conservatively estimated that a total of 17.7 billion secure elements (SEs) based on GlobalPlatform Specifications were deployed globally between 2010 and 2015. That figure represents 41% of all SE shipments, as reported by Eurosmart, in that same period. This scale of […]

OT (Oberthur Technologies), is working in  with Mobvoi, an Artificial Intelligence and smart watch company, and China Union Pay (CUP), the Chinese payment scheme, to launch one of the first Android smart watches allowing secure contactless payment in China secured by OT’s embedded Secure Element. Mobvoi’s Ticwatch is by far the best selling Android smart […]