Gemalto the world leader in digital security, announces that “la Caixa”, one of Spain’s largest retail banks with over 10 milllion customers, is deploying Optelio contactless EMV cards for the country’s first large scale deployment of contactless payment. Gemalto is providing full set of personalization and production services at Gemalto’s local facility to support “la Caixa’s” strategy […]
Since 2009, the Living Labs Global Award has worked together with cities in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas to present major societal challenges affecting more than 125 million people. In response, more than 800 solution providers have in the past two editions responded with often ground-breakingtechnologies, ready to meet those challenges. Winners of the […]
Spain has been having a rough time economically over the past few years. After almost 15 years of growth, GDP contracted by 3.7% in 2009. Since then, it has fought hard to bounce back, and in 2011 it finally emerged from recession and achieved a GDP per capita of US$30,600. Its large budget deficit and […]
Atos, an international IT services company, has announced the first deployment of its MyCity solution with Barcelona City Council. Atos is present at the 2012 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, from 27th February to 1st March, with the theme “aspiration to application” to discuss its innovations at Pavilion AV06 and to demonstrate the MyCity solution. […]
After an 18-month search, the GSMA today announced that Barcelona has been selected as the Mobile World Capital from 2012 to 2018. As the Mobile World Capital, Barcelona will be the home of the mobile industry’s must-attend event, the GSMA Mobile World Congress, and will also develop a range of other programmes and activities that will […]
By Steve Atkins “It’s all over bar the shouting” as my mother used to say. And here it is – the final score and round-up from the Sitges trial for mobile contactless shopping. “la Caixa”, Telefónicaand Visa Europe have completed their mobile payment experience in the Barcelona town of Sitges. The initiative, which lasted six months and in […]
Cosmopolitan, artsy and internationally renowned for its film festival and carnival, the Spanish city of Sitges’ upbeat and trendy atmosphere has made it a magnet for tech-savvy beautiful people. No surprise then that it’s become a hot location for NFC watchers. Number one Spanish telecoms operator Telefónica is involved in a pre-commercial SIM-based NFC trial […]
On the lookout for this mighty symbol of mobile shopping – the symbol of SITGES 2010 - we are off to this lovely town near Barcelona – cameras in tow. We have been waiting for this for some time, but, quite understandably, participating merchants were not hugely excited at the thought of letting us into […]
