LEGIC® Identsystems Announces License Agreement with Indala
by LEGIC Identsystems Ltd

Partnership provides commercial and government customers 13.56 MHz smart card technology for cards and readers.

LEGIC® Identsystems Announces License  Agreement with Indala
Partnership provides commercial and government customers 13.56 MHz smart card technology for cards and readers.

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd (LEGIC), the world’s leading developer and supplier of contactless smart card technology for personal identification applications, today announced it has signed a license agreement with San Jose based Indala Corporation, the security technology company that develops and manufactures contactless and contact smart cards and readers.

Indala, known worldwide for delivering highly secure, customized card access solutions for government and commercial applications, has an installed customer base that currently exceeds 100 million cards and two million readers. Indala has licensed LEGIC’s 13.56 MHz contactless smart card platform to provide users full access to the highly secure, single identification, credential authorization management system. LEGIC is the originator of the 13.56 MHz frequency, contactless and secure RFID technology platform for access control and other identification applications.  The company’s high security, Master-Token System Control is currently applied throughout its worldwide partner channels ranging from OEM manufacturers to end-users. LEGIC’s licensed partners integrate the company’s LEGIC all-in-one-card technology for secure identification in multiapplications such as cashless vending, time and attendance, parking and access control.

“LEGIC is an established technology platform and we look forward to introducing LEGIC technology to our customers,” said Simon Barnes, Indala vice president Product Management.  “Our goal is to provide Indala customers a choice of technically advanced, secure, and well supported technologies. Our decision to bring LEGIC on board is consistent with Indala’s objectives for business development for the high frequency product market.”

“Stephen Neff, Vice President Sales & Business Development of LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, said: “Indala has an outstanding reputation for cutting-edge development working in the field of RFID technology. We’re very proud that the company has decided to become LEGIC’s first licensed partner in the United States and will strengthen LEGIC’s position as the preferred choice for RFID technology in North America.”

Widely adopted throughout Europe and Asia, LEGIC’s contactless smart card technology continues to grow market share with the newly opened North American business office in the United States. Currently, LEGIC has 180 licensed partners throughout the world and has installed its smart card technology in more than 50,000 separate installations, delivering over 60 million transponders and 800,000 readers.


Marc Freundlich (left), President of Indala Corporation and Stephen Neff, Vice President Sales & Business Development LEGIC Identsystems Ltd