Gemalto has teamed up with Chunghwa Telecom, the largest operator in Taiwan with 10 million subscribers for its commercial launch of NFC-based mobile commerce services in Taiwan. This commercial launch that is supported by MasterCard and four leading Taiwanese banks, uses Gemalto's UpTeq Multi-tenant NFC SIM and embedded software to host mobile payment and Mifare transit purse on a single card.
The solution enables Chunghwa Telecom's subscribers to pay for a variety of goods and services, including rides on Taipei's crowded metro trains and buses, with a simple tap of their NFC phones on a contactless reader.
Gemalto said that its NFC SIM solution provides banking-grade security for mobile contactless transactions. Chunghwa Telecom customers will be able to download multiple credit cards on their phones, and then use any of them for mobile NFC payments in over 24,000 contactless terminals in major stores, taxis, restaurants, malls, and movie theatres. They will also be able to make contactless payments for their transport and small-value purchases at thousands of other outlets where the Mifare transit scheme is accepted.
Kuo-Feng Lin, Mobile Business Group President of Chunghwa Telecom
Taiwan has a strong contactless infrastructure in place, with a long record of NFC trials. With Gemalto's robust SIMs that comply with different generations of NFC readers, we are enabled to offer hassle-free mobile contactless services to a wide base of customers.
Suzanne Tong-Li, President for Greater China and Korea at Gemalto
In addition to our strong track record of more than 50 NFC deployments worldwide, we have been ranked first in Transport and Ticketing by ABI Research Assessment 20143. This allows us to deliver a future-proof NFC platform, which will enable Chunghwa Telecom to add new NFC services such as access control, loyalty coupons, and smart posters, through the progressive addition of new partners over time.
