Actonite announced it had formed a partnership with China UnionPay Data (CUP Data) to supply Aconite’s Affina Enterprise smart card lifecycle management system in a showcase deployment. As part of the deal, CUP Data aims to provide its 120 client users with multi-application and post-issuance smart card management services. This step will help banks provide […]
02 Aug, 2012Aconite partners with China UnionPay Data for smart card management
02 Aug, 2012China’s smart card market provides opportunities for foreign vendors
The smart card market in China has conventionally favored local vendors in its production of government issued identifications but the desire for contactless technology seemingly trumps domestic loyalties. In 2011, China accounted for 13% of global government ID shipments and currently boasts the largest national ID project with more than 900 million credentials in circulation. […]
02 Aug, 2012Alaskan Airlines adopts NFC-ready readers from Access IS
Access IS is supplying Alaskan Airlines with 350 new boarding gate readers (BGRs) that can be upgraded to support NFC phones. Access’ BGR135 unit comes with the ability to scan both mobile and print 2D bar codes, but can be upgraded to accommodate NFC by simply swapping the original base for an NFC-enabled one, according […]
02 Aug, 2012CreditCall, EMV Academy teams on U.S. EMV migration
CreditCall announced it has joined the EMV Academy, the EMV training and consultancy organization committed to facilitating the migration to EMV chip based payment systems in the United States. With the addition of CreditCall, EMV Academy will now feature CreditCall’s EMV Level 2 Kernel products in all EMV Academy workshops. Coupled with CreditCall’s products, EMV […]
02 Aug, 2012Report: Partneships are key to driving NFC adoption
Frost & Sullivan has released a new report urging the mobile commerce industry to pursue new market strategies to accelerate the consumer adoption of NFC technology. According the the report, “Mobile Financial Services—A Technology and Market Analysis,” NFC has not created the revenue-generating opportunities the telecom industry expected. However, recently established partnerships between telecom operators […]
02 Aug, 2012RFID improves operation efficiency at Anadarko Petroleum
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., an oil and gas exploration and production companies, is tracking thousands of valves with wireless RFID technology from Xerafy Ltd. The Ontrase solution supports valve maintenance and inspection operations at Anadarko Petroleum’s oil and natural gas production locations in Brighton, Colo. and Salt Creek, Wyo. In conjunction with software from idsTAG, the […]
02 Aug, 2012FreshMobile provides ‘on the go’ access to cold chain information
Cooltrax announced FreshMobile, the mobile site for Fresh inTransit, which enables customers to access their real-time refrigerated container temperature monitoring system from virtually any location on a mobile device. Using combined telemetry and wireless RFID technologies, Fresh inTransit tracks the location of refrigerated trailers and reefers, monitors all aspects of the performance of the fridge […]