UL becomes an NXP accredited MIFARE® training institute
Leiden, The Netherlands, 24th of April, 2014: UL is proud to announce they have become an accredited MIFARE training institute, offering five different MIFARE training modules designed and constantly advanced by NXP Semiconductors, the owner and inventor of MIFARE.
NXP offers registered partners on MIFARE.net various levels of MIFARE webinars and face-to-face trainings for system designers, solution developers and application engineers in the identification business. MIFARE training modules include practical workshop sessions where participants get trained on one dedicated technical topic taking place on a regular basis. UL will apply a sound mix of theoretical basics and practical exercises in combination with its extensive international project experience.
“This accreditation fits seamlessly with UL’s earlier accreditations to provide MIFARE® and MIFARE4Mobile® certification services. It empowers UL to further spread the knowledge around MIFARE and MIFARE4Mobile and how certification can leverage both technologies. UL is committed to support customers with their developments of MIFARE based services such as public transport ticketing, loyalty, access control and micropayment to enhance their offering by unleashing the full potential of smart cards and smart phones,” said Christian Brafine, Practice Leader Transit at UL Transaction Security.
“MIFARE is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2014. 20 years of constant innovation and dedication to enhance our products to make them the industry’s best choice for many different contactless applications,” said Martin Gruber, General Manager Smart Mobility & Retail at NXP Semiconductors. “Based on the experience of rolling out MIFARE in more than 650 cities in more than 150 countries, we have aggregated immense know-how and domain expertise and are happy to have UL on our side to help make this knowledge available to an ever increasing number of solution developers.”
UL is an exclusive leading test laboratory for MIFARE and MIFARE4Mobile certification services on behalf of NXP and the MIFARE4Mobile Industry Group. For expertise, knowledge, test services and training dates related to MIFARE and MIFARE4Mobile, please contact UL Transaction Security.
About UL Transaction Security
UL’s transaction security service line was formed in 2012 through the consolidation of Collis, RFI Global Services and Witham Laboratories under the UL umbrella. This resulted in UL becoming an independent technical resource and knowledge partner in the transaction security technology domain, offering:
- Advisory services
- Training courses
- Security evaluation (incl. PCI, FIPS 140-2 and Common Criteria)
- Functional test services and certification
- Test tools
UL’s transaction security service line is officially recognised by numerous payment associations, including Visa, MasterCard, JCB, American Express, EMVCo, GlobalPlatform, Smart Card Alliance, eftpos Australia and more.
For more information, go to UL-TS.com
About UL
UL is a premier global safety science company with more than 100 years of proven history. Employing over 9,000 professionals in 46 countries, UL is evolving the future of safety with five distinct business units – Product Safety, Environment, Life & Health, Verification and Knowledge Services – to meet the expanding needs of customers and the global public.
For more information on UL’s family of companies and network of 95 laboratories, testing and certification facilities, go to UL.com.
About MIFARE® and MIFARE4Mobile™
MIFARE® is NXP’s well-known brand for a wide range of contactless IC products used in more than 40 different applications worldwide. With 50 million reader and 5 billion card components sold, MIFARE products are proven and reliable more than any other interface technologies in the market. This huge installed base of MIFARE products enables service providers to expand their offer while reducing the total costs and increasing users’ convenience. Over 1,000 business partners are part of the open MIFARE community and ecosystem. In 2012, MIFARE solutions accounted for more than 80% of all contactless ticketing credentials deployed according to ABI Research.
MIFARE4Mobile™ version 2 is a joint effort of the MIFARE4Mobile Industry Group to create a standard for the deployment of MIFARE based services on mobile devices. The MIFARE4Mobile Industry Group consists of leading players in the NFC ecosystem including Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient, NXP Semiconductors, Oberthur Technologies and STMicroelectronics.
