Munich, Germany – December 2, 2003 – Infineon Technologies (FSE/NYSE: IFX) is expanding its RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) solutions portfolio. Its new PJM (Phase Jitter Modulation) chips can be read and written at high speed. They boast a large storage capacity and extensive security functions. Unlike current RFID solutions, PJM chips are suitable for simultaneous […]

Over 20 million ASK smart cards and contactless paper tickets are in use, in more than 25 countries.  Now this leading position is being reinforced, as ASK signs 2 major contracts to equip city transport networks in Lisbon and Porto Set up in 1997 and based in Sophia Antipolis, ASK is now the world leader […]

Combination of Gep’s smart card software know-how with ST’s leading-edge secure microcontroller technology and Gep majority shareholder ArjoWiggins’ expertise in Security papers leads to state-of-the-art Electronic Passport solutions Geneva, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Naples, November 19, 2003 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), the world’s second largest supplier of smart card chips, ArjoWiggins, the world leader in Secure Paper technologies […]

Nineteen Technology Partners to Provide Cost-effective Solutions to Visa Cartes, Paris, France, 18 November 2003 — Visa International today announced a number of special offers for Visa member banks from a range of smart card technology providers that belong to its Visa Smart Global Partner program. The offers – from 19 of the Visa Smart […]

Ithaca, New York—The CBORD Group, Inc., a leading provider of campus card, cashless, and foodservice management systems for the College & University, Corporate, and Healthcare markets, today announced they are pleased with the overwhelmingly positive results they continue to receive from their College & University clients who have installed the CBORD/JSA WebVTS interface. CBORD worked […]

Responding to toll authorities’ desire to make electronic toll collection (ETC) more convenient and accessible, TransCore has developed an ATM-style machine that can dispense RFID (radio frequency identification) transponder tags and provide automated account management functions. Named the TagTeller, the patented machine is a self-service unit that accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash payments, […]

vnunet.com Tesco unveils RFID strategy “Tesco will have radio frequency identity (RFID) technology in operation throughout its supply chain by 2007. The supermarket giant has secured its lead in the UK’s RFID race by detailing a four-year timetable that clarifies its plans for the technology.”

VERNON HILLS, Ill., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Zebra Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: ZBRA) today announced that it has acquired all of the outstanding stock of Atlantek, Inc. Located in Wakefield, RI, Atlantek is a designer and manufacturer of thermal digital printers. Atlantek had net sales of approximately $16 million for its most recent fiscal year, which […]

Chip implant gets cash under your skin – News & Technology – CNETAsia “Matthew Cossolotto, a spokesman for ADS who says he’s been “chipped,” argues that competing proposals to embed RFID tags in key fobs or cards were flawed. “If you lose the RFID key fob or if it’s stolen, someone else could use it […]