Contactless solution provider OTI and terminal manufacturer Hypercom have announced a partnership whereby Hypercom will integrate OTI’s “matched-antenna” contactless module into its into their new RF-enabled terminals. The two companies had already worked together on the MasterCard PayPass program where Hypercom integrated OTI’s Saturn 5000 plug-and-play reader for retrofits to already-deployed Hypercom terminals. CUPERTINO, Calif., […]

Inside Contactless announced two new products at the Cards Asia 2004 conference. The first is a compact flash reader, the Hand’IT™-2G, which supports ISO 14443A/B, 15693, and Sony’s Felica™ protocol. It can also operate in Near Field Communication, or reader-to-reader mode. The company also announced the the new PicoPass™ 32KS, a chip that contains two […]

InSourced – RFID to be used to track global post systems News Site “An electronic watchdog system will soon take a bite out of slow international mail. IBM Business Consulting Services is working with International Post Corporation, (IPC), a cooperative association of 23 national Postal operators from major countries. Together, they’ll set up and manage […]

Reader Infrastructure Investments Today Not Obsolete with Future Standards DALLAS, TX (April 21, 2004) – With the development of radio frequency identification (RFID) 13.56 MHz standards, end users for smart label, payment, transit, access control, logical access and other proximity communication applications expect that their RFID infrastructure be fully interoperable, allowing them to use tags […]

Savi Technology (a provider of RFID networks for real-time supply chain visibility, asset management and security) has partnered with RFID hardware solutions provider, SAMSys Technologies, to design, integrate, and deliver a passive RFID tracking solution for the US Army’s Joint Munitions Command (JMC). The two firms co-developed and implemented the ‘Check-It-Out’ key management system which […]

The location tracking and asset management company, Digital Angel Corporation, has launched its range of RFID cattle-tracking products in Canada through a distribution agreement with Compass Animal Health Inc. Highlighting its commitment to the Canadian market, Digital Angel has begun marketing its line of Destron Technologies cattle and swine electronic identification products, including RFID (radio […]

CUPERTINO, Calif., April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – On Track Innovations, Ltd. (Nasdaq: OTIV; Prime Standard (Frankfurt): OT5), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions, today said that distribution of electronic ID cards that carry OTI’s technology has begun. Xinhua News Agency, the state and worldwide news agency in China, reported earlier this week that, […]