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HID signs agreement to acquire Calmell Group
July 10, 2025SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas—Identity solutions provider HID announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Calmell Group, a Spanish manufacturer of smart cards, smart paper tickets, and magnetic tickets, primarily for the public transportation vertical.
The addition of Calmell Group expands HID’s smart ticketing portfolio to include smart paper and magnetic tickets, as well as provides HID a stronger geographic foothold in the public transportation space, particularly in Spain, the European...
HID Global releases first mobile ticketing solution with Calypso-certified SDK
September 14, 2021SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas—HID Global, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, has announced that it is the world’s first ticketing solution provider with a software development kit (SDK) that is fully certified and compliant to Calypso HCE standards for secure and convenient mobile ticketing on smartphones.
The certification specifies how to protect ticket data stored in the mobile device’s wallet, helping transport operators to effectively fight fraud by preventing...