MIFARE DESFire owned by Austrian firm, NXP Semiconductors N.V has won the contract to manage Automated Fare Collection (AFC) of the newly opened Bengaluru Metro.
This is the third major MIFARE DESFire EV1 transport installation in India. In addition to powering the Delhi Metro, NXP’s technology is being used by India’s Centre for Railway Information Systems, part of the Ministry of Railways, to bring AFC to railways across India.
NXP’s MIFARE DESFire technology is an open architecture platform, uniquely built around the needs of public transport ticketing systems. It supports fast transactions, advanced security and privacy features, and the ability to host multiple independent applications. MIFARE DESFire EV1 has been designed for systems integrators looking for leading security features and wanting to combine multiple applications in a single contactless smartcard.
Loading ...This facilitates the integration of services such as banking through MIFARE DESFire EV1 implementation on payment cards. The product is based on open global standards for both air interfaces and cryptographic methods. In addition to offering data transfer rates of up to 848 kbit/s, MIFARE DESFire utilizes Triple DES, 3K DES and AES hardware cryptographic engines for securing the data on the smartcards and data during transmission.
The MIFARE-based AFC will help improve the overall passenger experience while also helping to drive operational efficiencies, enabling convenient and secure recognition of over 18 million passengers every year.
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