Sony Australia doubles memory capacity of FeliCa contactless IC smart card chip 
(29/11/2006)
Sony Australia has announced that it has developed a new generation of its FeliCa branded contactless IC smart card chip, more than doubling its memory capacity. Developed jointly with Fujitsu Ltd, the memory of the new chip has increased from four to nine kilobytes. This augmented capacity makes the new chip a perfect fit for handling multiple applications on the same smart card.
With improved processing speeds of 424kbps accompanying its increased memory capacity, the new Sony FeliCa smart card makes multi-application management, such as membership ID, Identification, e-ticketing, e-wallets and access control a truly viable option for a wide range of organisations.
“Businesses and institutions across Australia are recognising the flexibility and convenience that smart cards can provide,” said Sony Australia Smart Card Product Manager, Adam Faulkner. “By improving the capacity of our IC chips so dramatically, and being able to keep our prices down, it makes our offering very attractive to any customer that needs a secure and future-proofed multi-application solution.”
FeliCa is a contactless IC card technology developed by Sony. Providing the advantage of multi-applications in a single card, as well as outstanding security features in compliance with international standard ISO15408, the Sony FeliCa card enables high-speed data transfer to bring about more convenient and portable solutions that make daily life easier.
There are currently more than 100 million Sony FeliCa smart cards in circulation worldwide, used for operations that such as transit ticketing, e-Commerce and e-Trade, identification and membership/reward schemes. Sony has been involved in a number of large-scale smart card rollouts throughout Asia, including the ‘ez-link’ Card in Singapore and the ‘Octopus’ card in Hong Kong.
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