Fully compliant with ISO 14443A, MIFARE is the leading industry standard for contactless and dual interface smart card schemes, with an immense worldwide installed base.

The platform offers a full range of compatible contactless smart card and reader ICs, as well as dual interface ICs that provide a link between the contactless and contact card markets

Application

The key application for the MIFARE Interface Platform is electronic ticketing in public transport. Travelers just wave their card over a reader at the turnstiles or entry, benefiting from improved convenience and speed in the ticketing process. MIFARE products are set to be the key to individual mobility in the future, supporting multiple applications including road tolling, airline tickets, access control and many more.

An open platform

MIFARE is an open platform, available to any company willing to develop, market and sell MIFARE-compatible products under conditions of common industry practice. Companies supporting MIFARE throughout the full value chain of the various applications (service providers, system integrators, card and reader manufacturers, software companies) can make use of extensive support services:

• MIFARE compatibility certification by the independent MIFARE Certification Institute (MCI) Test-house Arsenal, which ensures that certified cards and readers from any supplier work together properly.
• mifare.net - a forum to drive and support the development of the MIFARE interface platform for all companies and institutions involved in MIFARE. The website contains all you need to know about the advantages of MIFARE, plus information about security and standardization. There is also a global overview of where MIFARE is being successfully used around the world.