PERSONA, a developer of electronic access locking systems for college campus , can now interface with the Blackboard Transaction System, eliminating the need for campuses to keep separate databases and improving data accuracy. With the new interface, PERSONA’s offline access control products–commonly used in residence halls, common areas, and classrooms–can be seamlessly integrated into the […]

The move towards low-cost contactless ticketing in the transport sector is gaining pace with two major vendors upgrading their ticket readers to become compatible with Innovision Research & Technology’s low-cost contactless ticketing chip, Jewel. Innovision R&T showcases two major new Jewel-compatible readers at UITP World Congress The almex.optima high-speed mobile ticket console and reader module […]

Reprinted with the permission of the Smart Card Alliance The face of public transportation in the United States is changing dramatically – for the better. As a result of significant federal and local investment, transit is “updating its look” in an effort to retain existing customers and attract new riders. To achieve this goal, transit […]

Cubic Transportation Systems has received a $21.8 million contract from a Swedish transport operator for a smart card-based fare collection system to connect bus and rail services in Skane, southern Sweden’s largest country. SAN DIEGO – Cubic Transportation Systems Limited, a subsidiary of Cubic Corporation, has received a contract valued at approximately US$21.8 million from […]

The e-Suds laundry system that enables advanced features including monitoring of washer and dryer availability online and notification via email when laundry cycles are complete has been implemented alongside Blackboard’s campus card payment system at Goucher College in Baltimore. USA TECHNOLOGIES AND BLACKBOARD JOIN FORCES TO STREAMLINE STUDENT ACCESS TO E-SUDS LAUNDRY SERVICES MALVERN, PA, […]

The ERG Group is part of a consortium that will be providing 50,000 smart cards as part of a new automated fare collection system in the Clermont-Ferrand region of France, which is abandoning mag stripes in favor of smart cards. Rollout of the four million Euro project began immediately and is to be fully implemented […]

By Ian Woodroofe, Thales Director of Sales and Marketing for Transport and Energy A new contactless ticketing system – delivered by Thales for the city of Oslo, Norway – has commuters smoothly moving through the city’s multi-modal transit system without ticket confusion or long lines at ticket counters, while giving Oslo authorities a better grasp […]

Hotels, vending machine operators and bottlers in America are reporting that USA Technologies’ e-Port(R) cashless transaction solution is helping them win the war against vandalism and theft from vending machines. USA Technologies disclosed the findings of a customer survey showing that vandalism and theft from vending machines had stopped almost immediately after the e-Port debit […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Thales has become one of the dominant forces in the European and Asian transit card markets. Now, it’s turning its eyes towards another large market: North America. “In the U.S. many years ago we supplied Boston, LA, Baltimore; San Francisco Bay Area and others,” said Ian Woodroofe, Thales’ sales and […]

A panel of ID industry experts provided predictions for 2005. One of these glimpses into the future will appear here each day during December. by Bruno Charrat, Chief Technical Officer, Inside Contactless Today there is a growing trend amongst the major smart card players and market leaders, in the perception of RF 13.56MHz contactless technology […]