On Bike Share, Bristol, R.I., is scheduled to roll out this spring a campus bike share system designed to make bicycling a part of college campus transportation. The system provides colleges and universities with the ability to automate existing bike fleets and makes implementation, maintenance, and tracking fast and easy through a series of solutions […]
29 Mar, 2012New bike share system provides transportation alternative for campuses
29 Mar, 2012NFC Forum, GlobalPlatform partner to accelerate NFC adoption
GlobalPlatform has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the NFC Forum to harmonize specification activity to support the development of interoperable, multi-application NFC-based mobile solutions. To accelerate the deployment of new mass market NFC solutions, the NFC community and wider mobile services sector must establish neutral, sustainable and scalable infrastructures that support secure […]
29 Mar, 2012Accumulate, Pontevio to bring NFC services to China
Swedish mobile payments provider Accumulate has signed an agreement with Chinese IT provider Potevio to jointly develop and deploy mobile financial and authentication services to the Chinese market. According to the partners, future projects will include an undisclosed “unique NFC solution” that will be commercially deployed by summer 2012, a solution for secure payment of […]
29 Mar, 2012Survey: Scannable ads on the rise in Europe
A new survey from advertising firm CBS Outdoor shows that mobile marketing is gaining in popularity in Europe, with QR codes leading the pack. Out of 9,000 European consumers surveyed, 40% said that they are aware of QR codes, with 13% having scanned a QR-enabled advertisement at least once. By comparison, only 13% of respondents […]
29 Mar, 2012New partnership to service EMV market in U.S. and Canada
SMARTCON, an EMV product specialist based in Brazil, and SCIL, a New York-based EMV products provider, have announced a partnership that will provide EMV products and services to U.S. and Canadian financial services companies. The partnership will be able to assist companies with their EMV migration projects and act as a distributor to the North […]
29 Mar, 2012Warnow Tunnel collects tolls, smooths traffic flow via RFID
The Warnow Tunnel in Rostock, Germany is now experiencing smooth traffic flow thanks to an RFID-based toll collection system commission by Schreiner PrinTrust. The automatic vehicle identification system leverages the Schreiner PrinTrust ((rfid)-Windshield Label, equipped with a specially adapted antenna for application to windshields and other glass substrates. The compact RFID label establishes a connection […]
28 Mar, 2012Bibliotheca contributes large scale installation in German libraries
Bibliotheca announced the recent large-scale installation of its RFID-based automated material handling solutions in one of Berlin’s major public libraries, the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Library. The deployment includes Bibliotheca’s 400 series return and sorting system – ‘smartreturn’ and ‘smartsort’ – which offers sorting speeds of 2,400 item/hour. Additionally, Dietrich Bonhoeffer is able to offer patrons self-service […]