Norwegian banking group DnB Nor and local telco Telenor have revealed plans to establish a new mobile payments program. The new mobile payments system, called Trusted Service Manager (TSM) Nordic, will be a subsidiary of Doorstep. The move comes at the same time as a public trial of near field communications (NFC)-based contactless mobile payments […]

RFID World China, an RFID industry portal, is offering its annual RFID Buyers’ Guide in China. With a circulation of 10,000 books and 20,000 CDs, the book will be distributed for free to current RFID users in China and to those in industries where RFID use is growing, such as retail, manufacturing, and libraries. The […]

The Boeing Company has hired RFID Global Solutions (RFIDGS) to implement a RFID-enabled asset tracking system at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The system will use active RFID technology to locate equipment and tools within several facilities and mobile vehicles. “This effort with Boeing at the Kennedy Space Center extends RFID Global Solution’s deployment […]

Software provider Sybase iAnywhere has introduced enhancements to its RFID Anywhere infrastructure system. The system is designed to provide a complete environment for developing, deploying and managing robust, highly-distributed radio frequency identification solutions. The new version, RFID Anywhere 3.5, offers enhancements in several areas including: increased developer productivity, including updates to included development templates; enhanced […]

SITA, the IT provider which tracks passenger baggage worldwide for the air transport industry, has released a report pointing to RFID tracking as a solution to baggage-handling problems in the world’s airports. The 4th annual SITA Baggage Report shows that the industry now handles around 2.25 billion pieces of checked baggage every year, and an […]

George Schmitt & Co., a leading producer of RFID enabled labels, has been awarded the contract for RFID-enabled baggage handling at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). The labels use Alien Technology’s Squiggle tags. HKIA operates twenty-four hours a day, and is one of the world’s busiest airports in terms of international passenger and cargo movement. […]

ViVOtech is extending its ViVOpay line of contactless readers into the kiosk market by introducing the ViVOpay Kiosk contactless payment module. The new technology is certified to work with all major contactless payment programs and allow third-party Kiosk host systems to accept contactless payments without requiring lengthy and costly compliance re-certifications. “Contactless payments and ticketing […]

The demise of checks in western Europe is set to accelerate over the next few years, with around 60% of retailers no longer accepting them by 2015 as electronic cards and mobile payments gain in popularity, according to research commissioned by Visa. The Center for Retail Research – which surveyed more than 300 retailers in […]

The Enterprise Mobility subsidiary of Motorola announced its new Motorola XR450, an industrial-class fixed RFID reader featuring both bi- and mono-static antenna ports on one platform. The two-in-one reader is capable of both item-level tracking and more demanding supply chain applications, decreasing deployment complexities. The XR450 is Motorola’s latest version of its XR family of […]

Wireless Dynamics now offers a memory card which can turn a mobile handset into a RFID reader, and can also be used to store RFID applications and data. The SDiD 1212 plugs into the Secure Digital slot built into many smartphones or PDAs, and includes embedded 512 MB SD memory. “By inserting the SDiD 1212 […]