Nokia has announced its third fully integrated NFC phone, the Nokia 6216 classic, the company’s first SIM-based NFC device which enables operators to build NFC services on the SIM card. The announcement came during the third annual WIMA Global NFC Business and Technical Developers conference in Monaco. The 6216 is expected to start shipping in […]

Higher One, a New Haven, Conn. financial services and payment company focused on higher education, has partnered with Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, N.Y., to distribute financial aid disbursements to students beginning in September. Prior to this new agreement, the college relied on paper checks that were mailed to each qualifying student. “After comparing our […]

The VeriChip Corporation, the Florida-based maker of a variety of tracing solutions based on implantable RFID tags, has announced the sale of its VeriTrace system to two New Jersey counties. The VeriTrace system is designed to assist government agencies, like those of Mercer and Atlantic counties in New Jersey, in the management of emergency situations […]

Industrial Portals, the RFID-based product division of the Jamison Door Company, has unveiled its new Gnome series product line. The Gnome device is a compact RFID-enabled pedestal, suitable for use in retail, institutional, office and data center environments, as an alternative to more intrusive industrial-style cabinets. Use as a substitute for traditional, non-RFID-enabled garden gnomes […]

By Andy Williams, Associate Editor Had that simple little piece of plastic that students use to identify themselves remained just that, a student ID card, there probably would have been no war. But the moment universities or card providers decided to let parents or students use the Web to place money into student accounts, the […]

WeCar, the car sharing company from Enterprise Rent-A-Car, will be offering its services to Saint Mary’s College, Moraga, Calif., starting next fall. The college will have two cars parked on campus and if the program is successful, more could be added. Like most car sharing services, students must first register, receive a smart card which […]

Datacard Group, a Minnetonka, Minn. provider of secure ID and card personalization solutions, has brokered an agreement with Golden Spring Technology, a Chinese supplier of smart label and RFID equipment, that will allow Datacard to offer customers smart label package and contactless smart card inlay systems for the Asia Pacific region. Datacard Group offers ID […]