Telecom Lead Asia: NXP
Semiconductors and HID Global have collaborated to bring in a global,
generic Mobile Access solution for NFC-enabled mobile phones.
Both these companies helped create the current market for
card-based physical access systems and are now jointly moving these solutions
to mobile phones as NFC becomes a standard feature.
The jointly developed solution leverages NXP and HID Global
advanced reader technologies within a physical access control infrastructure.
The solution supports existing HID Global
readers and those based on the company’s iCLASS SIO-Enabled (iCLASS
SE) platform that fuels the migration of physical access control
technology beyond traditional cards and readers by enabling deployment of
mobile access with digital credentials.
Combining HID Global’s iCLASS SE readers with our MIFARE
DESFire and NFC technology ensures greater interoperability in access
management and accelerates adoption of NFC applications within the enterprise
space,” said Henri Ardevol, vice president and general manager, secure
transactions with NXP Semiconductors.
HID’s iCLASS SE readers will be powered by NXP’s
new CLRC663 reader ICs and fully support 13.56 MHz smart cards that
are ISO14443 compliant, including MIFARE DESFIRE EV1.
The contactless cards that employees use to enter corporate
buildings and parking garages can now be transferred to an NFC-enabled phone
storing digital access credentials.
By working together, this application can be deployed
immediately on a significant number of mobile phones,” said Dr. Selva Selvaratnam,
senior vice president and chief technology officer with HID Global.
As the use of NFC smart phones for access control
becomes increasingly more popular, consumers and enterprises can expect the
same high level of security with improved convenience on a mobile device.
The new Mobile Access management solution is
backward-compatible with newer HID Global iCLASS readers, and is
forward-compatible to HID Global’s Trusted Identity Platform (TIP) ecosystem.
A few months back, HID
Global showcased its next-generation iCLASS SIO-Enabled (SE) access control
platform at IFSEC India 2011.
