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Calypso World News

[Worldwide]
Banco Santander and Calypso Network Association announce their collaboration for the integration of Calypso in the Smart card University.

[France]
Calypso will faciltate the life of each attendee of Cartes 2009.

[Morrocco]
Calypso Networks Association and M2M Group have created a working group on the convergence between public transport application and electronic driving licences.

[Canada]
Oberthur provides contactless transit cards for Montreal.

News

[Technology]
The European Vending Association (EVA) has published a position paper and set of contactless technical specifications in an effort to break down the barriers to the use of cash-free payments in vending machines.

[Industry]
Etisalat, Emirates NBD, Gemalto and Visa bring mobile contactless payments to the UAE.

[Technology]
Nice: NFC and RFID Technologies: 4 Côte d’Azur innovative projects amongst the 13 projects selected.

Calypso Key Figures

21 countries, more than 80 cities

More than 39 million contactless cards

300,000 terminals in service

Opinion

The lastest evolution of Javacard devices in term of prices and performances make them real solutions for ticketing systems.

Forum

Will the availability of Javacard devices favor the development of eticketing.

Calypso Networks Association is pleased to invite you to its Open Session during the exhibition "Cartes 09" that will take place in Paris on November 18th, 2009.
The Open Session will be held at 2:00 pm in the conference center of Cartes exhibition, room 3B Hall 3.
You can take advantage of this annual event to receive all information concerning the achievements and activities of Calypso Networks Association.
In this year's Open Session we will highlight: overview of the activities 2009, technical achievements, promotional activities 2009 and outlook 2010, members feedback...
We also invite you to visit our booth (3E098) at Salon Cartes 2009. If you do not have your entrance ticket for the show, please contact us and we will send you an invitation on behalf of Calypso for a free access during the 3 days.

M2M Group and Calypso Networks Association will make a common presentation about the Moroccan project of electronic driving licence in the C.03 conference on November 17th, 2009 at 4:30 pm.

Visit Calypso Networks Association Website

Interview Giovanni Foti, Chief Director of 5T

5T coordinates the implementation of the next Regional Electronic Ticketing System (BIP Project), aimed to seamless integrate in a unique contactless smartcard the entire mobility network in Piemonte.

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Calypso Values The concept of secure ratification

The secure session of ratification is the main original value of Calypso. It performs the authentication of the card,the authentication of the terminal, the authentication of all the data exchanged during the session, and the proof that the card modifications have been correctly executed.
These operations are carried out with a high-speed algorithm to provide the shortest transaction time, which is essential, when using the card for access control.

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Technical Update Calypso Security White Paper

The final version of the Calypso Security White Paper as result of the WG8 working group has been approved.
This document explains the security principles of the Calypso specification, products and systems. It also describes possible future security improvments in existing systems and in future Calypso specification revisions.
This document is not a formal security risk analysis. However it includes the description of some technological frauds and indications of the Calypso countermeasures.
This document will be available on the Calypso technical website after registration.

Events

Cartes & IDentification 2009, Paris: 17-19 November 2009 (stand 3E098)

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Calypso Networks Association Members

AP Trans, ASK, ATM SPA, EB Corp, Ecebs, Erg, Eurolum, Galitt, Gemalto, Landratsamt Konstantz, Link Consulting, Ministry of Transport of Israel, Mta, Net-Boss, Oberthur Technologies, Octal Engenharia de Sistemas, Otlis, Parkeon, RATP, Sagem Sécurité, Smart Packaging Solutions, SNCF, Spirtech, St Microelectronics, Stib, Transdev, Urtp, Vela, Watchdata System, Wayfarer Transit Systems…

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