Gemalto is to help Vodafone Group manage its global NFC mobile payments roll-out. Key elements of the end-to-end solution that is being integrated by Gemalto include the Allynis TSM service platform (a solution that ensures mobile payment end-to-end security encryption between financial institutions and mobile operators) and the company’s UpTeq NFC high-end card product.

“We are committed to partnering with the best suppliers to offer customers the speed, simplicity and convenience of managing everyday transactions with a single wave or tap of their smartphones,” says Christian Wirtz, Vodafone Group’s m-commerce director. “The consumer benefits of contactless payments are obvious and the industry in Europe is now at the beginning of rolling out a contactless infrastructure. The potential of mobile to transform existing industries – such as financial services, retail and transport- is enormous.”

“Vodafone’s decision to deploy the first global NFC service with Gemalto marks another important milestone in the long-standing and successful relationship between the two companies,” adds Philippe Vallée, executive vice president of telecommunications at Gemalto. “With the experience of dozens of TSM deployments worldwide, we bring significant accumulated expertise from both the telecoms and banking sectors. Vodafone’s project will benefit from our robust solution portfolio and from our know-how in end-to-end mission-critical systems integration.”

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