Netherlands-based Gemalto is the recipient of the 2007 Frost & Sullivan European Product Innovation Award in the field of mobile contactless technologies for its development of smart card web server (SCWS) technology. The SCWS offers a common platform for all mobile operators to organize and present their services to the subscriber, regardless of location (network […]

By the end of this year the Rhine Main Transport Association (RMV) will equip all bus and tram/train stops within the city of Frankfurt-on-the-Main and in its airport with ConTags, functioning as Near Field Communication (NFC) transmitters. Frankfurt-on-the-Main will be the first metropolis of the Federal Republic to benefit from such a system. The tags […]

The Sequoyah Regional Library System in Canton, Georgia, received the 2007 Excalibur Award for small organizations for its use of Apex RFID technology, developed by the Integrated Technology Group (ITG). The Excalibur Award, hosted by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) and the Business and Technology Alliance, honors organizations that find exemplary ways to use […]

The ViVOpay 5000 is now available for use in the new MasterCard® PayPass™ contactless programs throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Latin America and Canada. The ViVOpay 5000 reader received the MasterCard PayPass-M/Chip Offline and Online Mag Stripe certifications. This certification expands the previous global certifications for PayPass MagStripe program in the United States […]

Just six weeks after announcing a partnership trial of Near Field Communication services in Singapore, EZ-Link and StarHub have completed a series of internal trials and have begun the first public trial. They have distributed handsets for a 6-month trial to a group of pre-selected customers who were selected from over 2,600 applicants. The phones […]

The Dutch company Payter connected the 500th consumer to one of the largest pilots using mobile payment technolgy in Europe. On August 27th in the city of Rotterdam, Payter started a six month pilot. In the coming weeks, another 500 consumers will join the pilot, bringing the total number of participants to 1000. More than […]

Dates: Training: Wednesday-Friday, October 17-19, 2007; Conference: Saturday-Tuesday, October 20-23, 2007 Venue: Training will be held at GMC™ Headquarters. Conference meetings will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel Location: Colorado Springs, CO URL: http://www.1card.com/ Contact: [email protected] Description: The User Conference is a gathering of GMC™ clients from across the US and Canada designed to […]

The vigorous take up of contactless payment in the United States and its future in mobile phones, plus a Mount Sinai Medical Center initiative to give patients control of their own health and hospital registration information, highlighted day two of the Alliance annual conference. Included are highlights of the following main topics: Contactless payments, Near […]

NTT DoCoMo is pushing the envelope again with mobile technology. This time though, it has to do with mobile payments. These two videos showcase how even at the fair you can play all those games that you have little chance in winning without (physically) losing your quarters. You still have to pay, but now you […]

Sprint has joined the international smart card specification organization GlobalPlatform, signaling the company’s intention to become an active participant in the association’s efforts to develop interoperable card and device specifications for mobile payments. As a Participating Member of GlobalPlatform, Sprint will join 23 other member companies that currently have active representation on the GlobalPlatform Mobile […]