By Ruediger Stroh, general manager, Identification Business, NXP Semiconductors As we ring in 2010, signs of economic recovery are promising yet cautious. While the path to recovery for some industries may take longer, NXP believes we will see positive growth of contactless transactions on a global scale. The below focuses on the main growth areas […]

SK Telecom (SKT), Korea’s biggest mobile provider, is cutting a $346 million deal with Hana Financial Group to bring wide-scale NFC mobile payment to Korean wireless users, according to The Korea Times. In the deal, SKT, owner of more than half of the country’s mobile-phone subscribers, will buy 49% of Hana Card, a marginal credit […]

CNN Money posted an update on Newport Digital Technologies’ anticipated launch of its first RFID ready, handheld computing device. The company announced that by Dec. 14 its military rugged handheld N37B computing device will complete the AT&T device certification and then will be distributed to AT&T’s special vertical markets (SVM) via Ingram Micro, its logistics […]

VeriFone has released PAYware Mobile, a combined hardware and software payment solution that provides small businesses with card processing capabilities on the smart phone platform. Designed specifically for iPhones, PAYware Mobile is aimed at small business merchants who need a mobile card reader for enterprises such as home repair, small cafes, door-to-door sales, etc. PAYware […]

According to Juniper Research, more than 300 million consumers around the world will have used mobile coupons by 2014, generating a projected value of $6 billion globally. Juniper’s report finds that as smart phones are becoming more prevalent in developed markets, so are mobile coupon offers, particularly those that are linked to location based searches. […]

DAILY RFID revealed its new series of lightweight PDA RFID readers which appear in both low- and high-frequency versions. The DL710 and DL720 are designed to accommodate information management, information collection and wireless data transfer. The two options available, an LCD touch screen interface or a standard keyboard, both feature WiFi, Bluetooth and GPRS capabilities. […]

A new “smart” wallet called iWallet will be released later this month, according to a DVice article. The wallet comes with a multitude of security features, amongst which include biometric locking. The wallet has an embedded fingerprint scanner that unlocks the wallet enabling it to be opened for access to its contents. In addition to […]

Dubai First, banking subsidiary of Dubai Group, and UAE-based telecom provider du are participating in the first NFC mobile payment pilot in the Middle East. During the trial phase, Dubai First Platinum MasterCard customers will be able to download their credit card information to specially equipped mobile handsets over du’s mobile network. Customers can then […]

At the Illinois Institute of Technology an integrated system combining the campus card, physical access and video surveillance technology is improving safety and efficiency for the 7,400 students. The Odyssey PCS card system and the CS Access system from CBORD have been integrated with video solutions from NICE Systems campus wide. When a new residential […]

Chinese producer DAILY RFID launched a new palm-sized HF wireless RFID reader. The DL990 enables read and write to 13.56MHz high frequency tags (ISO 14443A/B or ISO15693), transferring data via Bluetooth connection and eliminating the need for a wired connection between the RFID reader and the central database. It works with WinCE 5.0 or Windows […]