France-based INSIDE Contactless, a provider of advanced, open-standard contactless and near field communication chip technologies, and TWINLINX, a market entrant providing NFC technology platforms and applications, have partnered to integrate INSIDE's secure components into the TWINLINX MyMax NFC sticker.
According to a news release from INSIDE, the two companies are cooperating to gain approval from major bank card brands. INSIDE will be supporting TWINLINX's initial go-to-market initiatives in North America, as well as other markets, as part of INSIDE's initiative to jumpstart the mobile payments market in 2010. TWINLINX also says it is in discussions with wireless carriers and transport operators in the United States and Europe, and has already established agreements with a number of those providers. INSIDE and TWINLINX have worked in partnership since 2008. The MyMax NFC sticker incorporates INSIDE's MicroPass payment platform, enabling NFC payment and communication capability to be quickly and easily added to most Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones.
MyMax is a thin electronic sticker designed to upgrade existing and future Bluetooth phones with NFC functionality and open the door to development and mass deployment of NFC applications, including payment, transport, loyalty, access control and smart posters. MyMax now works with most popular mobile phones and smart phones. INSIDE and TWINLINX from Nov. 17 until Nov. 19 will be showing the MyMax NFC sticker during the CARTES & IDentification 2009 conference and expo in Paris.
