IRVINE, Calif., June 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadcom
Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader in
semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications,
today announced it has licensed MIFARE, a widely deployed protocol
for contactless ticketing, transportation and access applications.
With this adoption, Broadcom supports a growing set of near field
communication (NFC) and related payment applications in mobile
phones, tablets and wearable devices. For more news, visit
Broadcom's Newsroom.
The steady increase in adoption of NFC has expanded
opportunities for companies that ensure interoperability across
multiple platforms, protocols and standards. Broadcom's objective
is to enable original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to integrate a
wide array of applications that deliver a simplified and
consolidated user experience for payments, access and contactless
ticketing. The company is committed to providing enhanced support
and increased interoperability for a range of technologies as the
market evolves.
"Broadcom is focused on accelerating the adoption of NFC
technology by supporting a broad set of protocols and standards in
our growing portfolio of products," said Dino Bekis, Broadcom Vice President, Product
Marketing, Wireless Connectivity. "The addition of MIFARE allows us
to tap into a mature ecosystem, helping our customers to expand use
cases and enabling our company to continue the advancement of NFC
applications."
"With Broadcom, a top 10 player in the semiconductor industry,
we have significantly increased the convenience of MIFARE on mobile
platforms and wearables. MIFARE is an open license that is broadly
available through key technology providers in the mobile
ecosystem," said Ulrich Huewels, Senior Vice President and General
Manager, Business Line Secure Identification Solutions, NXP
Semiconductors. "This announcement will further enhance the ability
for OEMs, system integrators, operators and, in the end, consumers
to use mobile services such as access, ticketing, loyalty and
micropayment via MIFARE."
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About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a
FORTUNE 500® company, is a global leader and innovator in
semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications.
Broadcom® products seamlessly deliver voice, video, data and
multimedia connectivity in the home, office and mobile
environments. With one of the industry's broadest portfolios
of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip solutions, Broadcom is
changing the world by Connecting everything®. For more information,
go to www.broadcom.com.
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