FeliCa
Sign in to saveFeliCa is a contactless RFID smart card system from Sony in Japan, primarily used in electronic money cards. The name stands for Felicity Card. First utilized in the Octopus card system in Hong Kong, the technology is used in a variety of cards also in countries such as Japan, Indonesia, Macau, the Philippines and the United States.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- specification
- Subclass of
- proximity card
- Country
- Japan
- Developer
- Sony Group
- Image
- Iccard.gif
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- Commons category
- FeliCa
- publication date
- 1994-00-00
- language of work or name
- Japanese
- title
- FeliCa
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Technology
- Reliability
- Mobile FeliCa
- Consumer reader/writer devices
- Card usage
- Integrated services in Japan
- Notes
- External links
FeliCa is a contactless RFID smart card system from Sony in Japan, primarily used in electronic money cards. The name stands for Felicity Card. First utilized in the Octopus card system in Hong Kong, the technology is used in a variety of cards also in countries such as Japan, Indonesia, Macau, the Philippines and the United States.
== Technology == thumb|A defaced FeliCa (EZ-Link) card, revealing its internal circuitry
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