Bell ID

Bell Identification B.V., or Bell ID, is a Dutch software company that develops smart token management solutions,[1][2] including key management, smart card management,[2] EMV data preparation[3] and host card emulation based mobile payments software.[4] The company is headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands with supporting offices worldwide.[5]

History

Bell ID was formerly known as AND Identification B.V. and changed its name in 2000.[3] The company was founded in 1993[3] to provide ID solutions for governments and enterprises in the Benelux region.[6] In 2004 Bell ID became a privately held company[7] and established itself in the EMV smart card and mobile payments market.[3] In 2012 Bell ID acquired Ecebs.[1]

Awards

In April 2014, Bell ID was awarded by Mondato with the European MFS Innovation of the Year Award[8] and by Contactless Intelligence with a Contactless & Mobile Award in the eco-system category[9] for its patent pending[10] product Secure Element in the Cloud. In June 2014, this same product received the NFCP award for the next big thing in proximity.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Smart card tech firm Ecebs sold to Dutch company", BBC. 13 November 2012., Retrieved February 27, 2013
  2. 1 2 Hendry, Mike (June, 2007), "Multi-application Smart Cards: Technology and applications" Retrieved February 27, 2013
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Company Overview of Bell Identification B.V.". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Hudson, Andrew (24 March 2014). "Host-card emulation enables NFC without a secure element". SecureIDNews. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Supremacy Lies Within", Retrieved February 27, 2013
  6. ↑ Ubhey, Anoop (15 November 2001). "CMS Smiles on Bell ID". Frost & Sullivan. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Founder of Bell Group acquires Bell ID". Finextra. 17 May 2005. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Mondato awards". Mondato Summit. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  9. ↑ Atkins, Steve (29 April 2014). "They're here! The winners of CMA2014 are announced!". Contactless Intelligence. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "1. (WO2014048990) Method and Apparatus for Providing Secure Services Using a Mobile Device". WIPO. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  11. ↑ Clark, Mike (10 June 2014). "Bell ID and Aditium win awards". NFC World. Retrieved 17 July 2014.

External links

Bell ID website

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