Used in hundreds of diverse applications - such as road tolling, airline ticketing, access management and phone cards, MIFARE consists of chip solutions for contactless and dual interface smart cards and reader devices.

In its successful history, MIFARE has established an excellent reputation as a technology that delivers convenience and flexibility for contactless and dual interface chip card applications in public transport.

The leading products available are MIFARE Ultralight, MIFARE Mini, MIFARE 1k, MIFARE 4k, MIFARE Plus, MIFARE DESFire and SmartMX.

MIFARE - at a glance

• Fully compliant with the international standard ISO/IEC 14443 Type A
• Proven and reliable, with more than 1 billion smart card ICs and 7 million reader components sold
• MIFARE has a market share of 80% in the automatic fare collection industry
  (Source: Frost & Sullivan 2001)
• Future-proof product portfolio covering reader components as well as contactless and dual interface smart card ICs
• Multiple sourcing on all levels of the value-chain (ICs, readers, cards, etc.)
• Multi-application memory to store several services on the same card
• Fast transaction speed (typical ticket transaction in less than 100ms)
• High reliability - no moving parts, no battery
• High security and fraud protection