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Gemalto has announced it has been selected by "Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles" (STIB), the company managing transport in Brussels, for its MOBIB contactless transport card program. With the Celego card, more than 400,000 inhabitants in Brussels will benefit from the speed and convenience of contactless technology when travelling on the subway, buses and [...]

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The UK government is proposing the introduction of a national smart ticketing system that will let travellers pay for bus and train journeys using their NFC-enabled bank cards and mobile phones. The national plans come in the wake of London’s successful Oyster card system, which is now used for 78% of bus and tube journeys [...]

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Precision Dynamics Corporation (PDC has announced the launch of its patented ‘Smart Band RFID Wristband System’ at the new Great Wolf Lodge in Concord, North Carolina. The system starts at registration as adult guests are provided a Smart Band RFID wristband, which is embedded with a 13.56MHz RFID inlay. The automated wristbands provide secure, keyless [...]

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Innovision Research & Technology has announced that it has secured funding of nearly $9 million (£5.4 million) from existing and new institutional investors to take advantage of its strong position in the growing Near Field Communication (NFC) market.  The funding will be used to further develop and capitalise on opportunities for the company’s NFC Intellectual [...]

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The energy and commitment continues to build behind the deployment of mobile handset based NFC with new pilots almost being announced weekly. As we have seen in the past with new payment capability the effort has gone into developing the technology but not into the business model and revenue sharing processes. NFC delivers a powerful [...]

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