The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has selected TransCore to implement an electronic RFID-based payment system for use in Interstate 15 Express Lanes. TransCore’s system will use Encompass 6 multiprotocol RFID readers and new RFID-based eZGo Anywhere HOT/HOV transponders. The contract is valued at approximately $16 million, which includes a 9-year maintenance option. Installation is […]

The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association seeking to advance the use of NFC technology, announced several accomplishments from its recent all-members meeting in Oulu, Finland. These included a Plugfest, where NFC Forum member companies successfully tested the interoperability of their technologies with those of their peers, a validation test of the forum’s logical link […]

Stanford University’s card access system has made significant strides over the past year, incorporating all first-year dorms and a number of recently renovated upperclass residences. Besides the increased security features of an electronic door access system that requires the swipe of a student ID card to gain entry, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based university also wanted […]

SCM Microsystems and Bluehill ID AG, have entered into an agreement to combine their respective companies, subject to certain regulatory and shareholder approvals. Under the agreement SCM will make an offer to the Bluehill ID shareholders to acquire all shares of Bluehill. Both companies are focused on access control, identity management and RFID technologies and […]

National Australia Bank and Visa are set to roll out contactless payments at more than 500 merchants in Melbourne this month. The retailers are in the process of installing NAB contactless readers at their counters. “The motivation for merchants to go contactless is customer convenience and the cost savings and revenue uplift associated with faster […]

HID Global has announced the launch of Identity on Demand (IoD), a service offering that provides expertise and speed to make custom credential and ID badge. At the same time, HID also launched EdgeDeveloper Kit, a key tool for development to Edge Evo, HID’s next generation access control platform. Identity on Demand offers card design, […]

Oberthur Technologies announced the availability of its dual interface ID-ONE Cosmo card to the corporate market at the ASIS International Seminar, September 21-24 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. The ID-ONE Cosmo card is a dual interface smart card that offers an open platform for multiple secure applications, providing companies with a single […]