Tetherball, an Indianapolis-based mobile loyalty and rewards solutions provider, has unveiled an RFID-based mobile marketing platform involving a tiny RFID chip called a Tetherball Tag that’s affixed to a customer’s mobile phone. Tetherball clients are then able to send offers to their customers via standard text messaging. These coupon-type offers can be redeemed electronically using […]

Fort Lee, NJ-based On Track Innovations, a contactless smart card solutions provider, says it has been selected by E-Kent, an automatic fare collection company in Turkey, to provide transportation payment solutions based on OTI’s Smart Sticker product and Saturn 6000 contactless reader. The system calls for making available alternative distribution channels for E-Kent’s main transportation […]

One Japanese university has come up with a new use for the iPhone, or specifically the phone’s global positioning system. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, 550 Apple 3G iPhones have been given to students at Aoyama Gakuin University, in Tokyo to insure that students actually attend classes. In the past, students often had […]

UK-based mobile communications provider O2 is demonstrating an NFC application that can be used by patients and home health care workers. The system is on display at the INSITE09 conference. Developed in partnership with technology provider Reslink, O2 Homecare helps home health care workers and patients access and share information using contactless technology on a […]

Expired parking meters may be a thing of the past, at least for students at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, which recently installed a pay-by-phone system. Developed by a Canadian company, Verrus Mobile Technologies, Inc., a student who has signed up for the program need only call a number, enter his time and the lot’s location. […]

RFID solution provider ODIN Technologies has created a pricing guide for RFID tags. The guide is intended to help end users of RFID technology make well-informed decisions about tag purchases by offering an independent source for standard tag pricing and highlighting the key variables which drive tag costs. In addition to providing a current listing […]

Team NiSCA announced today that it partnered with DVR Consulting Inc. to provide an ID card printing solution for Apple Computer-based K-12 school systems. With school budgets tight there isn’t money to buy a PC for student IDs. This latest update to the card printer enables schools with Apple Computers to use the NiSCA PR-C101. […]

By Ed McKinley, Contributing Editor, Avisian Publications There’s a number of things holding back near field communication, the lack of devices being number one or two on that list followed by the lack of a business case for mobile providers and financial institutions. But some are moving past those obstacles. Major players in the payments […]

China’s Daily RFID has unveiled a new RFID-based hospital patient management solution. The solution is marketed in an easy-to-deploy kit format, containing the necessary components for a complete, hands-free patient identification system. The solution kit includes passive RFID wristbands, a PDA-style handheld reader, and a desktop reader, along with the necessary software. The wristbands are […]

Many U.S. school and government leaders used notification technology, such as that provided by Blackboard Connect, to proactively reach parents and residents with important updates and information about Swine flu. It’s the latest example of the way that time-sensitive communication has advanced far beyond the days when it might have taken officials days to reach […]