1. Embedded Systems Security
news for June 2011
Focus on:
(1) NFC
(2) Smart Meter + Smart Cards
(3) Coming events
A.Miana – June 2011 - http://www.embeddedsystemssecurity.com/

2. Highlights/key facts on NFC
T-Mobile,
Orange,
Telefonica UK mobile operators (T-Mobile/Orange JV, Telefonica UK, Vodafone UK)
UK 20/06/2011 , Vodafone SI CW25 join on SIM-based wallet and form NFC JV.
NXP just launched its first NFC Partner Program to support mobile phone and consumer device
09/06/2011 NXP SI-23 manufacturers wanting to integrate NFC into upcoming designs in and .
GTO /
20/06/2011 Orange SCT510 Gemalto and Orange Group Extend Collaboration on NFC with Large Rollout in (NFC SIM)
NFC
EU Sony World/ Sony Ericsson selects NXP to supply it with embedded secure elements (PN65)
17/06/2011 Ericsson SCT509 and NFC controllers to go into its Android-based Xperia smartphones.
Stollmann/
28/06/2011 ARS SCT513 Stollmann and ARS collaborates on secure simple pairing of Bluetooth and NFCSoftware.
27/06/2011 G&D / DT SCT513 Deutsche Telekom Chooses G&D as Development Partner for SIM Card Solution in NFC Mobile Phones
NFC Broadcom announces 2 NFC security chips (BCM5882 and BCM5883) for PCs and
02/06/2011 Broadcom World tablets http://www.broadcom.com/products/Security/PC-Client-Security/BCM5882
RIM releases BlackBerry NFC APIs. Support for both tag reading/writing and card emulation applications
NFC are included in the BlackBerry Java SDK v7.0, ready for the forthcoming launch of the NFC-enabled
US 31/05/2011 RIM World BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones.
07/06/2011 SCA SCT Smart Card Alliance and the NFC Forum Partner to Launch First NFC-Focused Event in in spring 2012
HP to include NFC in upcoming phones and tablets devices (src bloomberg)
20/06/2011 HP (Palm) SI CW25 (remind HP brought Palm in 2010)
Netcom (Chinese electronics manufacturer ) unveils NFC microSD add-on
NFC (and joins established players Tyfone and DeviceFidelity) (may cost
ASIA 06/06/2011 Netcom World around US$ 30 (EUR 20.50) for OEMs/ODMs with 8Gb Flash mem)
Inside
Secure / Inside Secure and ZTE To Bring NFC (based on the INSIDE MicroRead NFC controller and the companion
WW 30/06/2011 ZTE SCT513 Open NFC protocol stack.) to GSM and Next-Generation TD-SCDMA Smartphones (Android based)
A.Miana – June 2011 - http://www.embeddedsystemssecurity.com/

3. Highlights/key facts on Smart Meter/Grid
Meter/
Worldwide Smart Meter Market Continues To Grow with Q1 2011 Shipments (5 million) Up 22.7%,
WW 09/06/2011 IDC SCT says IDC
Highlights/key Facts on Authentications ICs
Verayo (security & authentication sol. Provider / Physical Unclonable Functions (PUF) see
US 20/06/2011 Verayo SCT510 http://www.youtube.com/verayovideo) names Dr. David M’Raihi as CTO.
Other / MISC
09/06/2011 IFX SI CW23 Infineon invests in (US$400M), but remains ready for potential acquisitions
29/06/2011 Inside Sec SI CW26 Inside Secure postpones its IPO project
EU
NXP Launches Market-Ready NFC-Enabled ‘Smart’ Car Key that connect to external
22/06/2011 NXP SCT512 NFC-compliant devices, such as mobile phones, tablets and laptops.(NCF2970 (KEyLink Lite))
Broadcom gets CRI license on combating Differential Power Analysis (DPA)
US 09/06/2011 Broadcom SI-23 and related attacks.
Next FeliCa to support AES (sample chip Q4/11, MP Q2/12 with the objective to achieve higher
ASIA 20/06/2011 Sony SI CW25 than EAL5+)
WW 30/06/2011 SIMAlliance SCT513 Global UICC/SIM card sales up 25% to 3,9B in 2010.
A.Miana – June 2011 - http://www.embeddedsystemssecurity.com/

4. Coming events
19-21 Sept Nice (FR) NFC World Congress http://www.nfcworldcongress.com/conference
NFC 13-14 June London NFC Payments Europe 2011 www.nfcinsight.com/paymentseurope
Other 21-24 Sept Nice (FR) Smart Event ’11 http://www.smart-event.eu/
Smart University http://www.smart-university.eu/
A.Miana – June 2011 - http://www.embeddedsystemssecurity.com/