ASSA ABLOY, Nordic Choice Hotels, Giesecke & Devrient, TeliaSonera and VingCard Elsafe have completed a pilot project to replace hotel room keys with NFC-enabled mobile phones. During an eight-month pilot at the Clarion Hotel Stockholm in Sweden, about 30 hotel loyalty guests checked in to the hotel via a mobile key application. After the check-in, […]

Juniper Research has released a new report predicting that NFC mobile contactless payment transactions will reach nearly $50 billion worldwide by 2014, with North America and Western Europe accounting for 50% of the market. The research company sees 2011 and 2012 as “banner years” for the roll out of NFC services, with the recent UK […]

Zetes, the European provider in automatic identification solutions and services for goods and people, has announced the acquisition of the Belgian company RFIDEA. Zetes offers a variety of solutions for applications such as manufacturing, transportation and logistics, retail and health care. And by acquiring RFIDEA, Zetes will strengthen its RFID-based offerings, particularly in the pharma […]

Identive Group has made plans to advance its production capacity for core RFID technology – high frequency and ultra-high frequency inlays encapsulated with a microchips bonded to an Identive-designed antenna. RFID technology is on the incline, gaining widespread adoption for applications in transit, event ticketing, logistics and contactless payment. Identive has plans to capitalize on […]

RFID technology is picking up speed and becoming a fundamental solution for managing waste and recycling industries, reports Recycling Today. Recycling carts tagged with RFID working together with equipped readers installed on collection trucks enable cities, municipalities and private waste haulers to manage important data as each cart is collected. The haulers can track information […]

Heartland Payment Systems’ Campus Solutions division announced the launch of CampusAssist, a Web-based communications tool that provides higher education institutions with an opportunity to stay better connected to their student body. Wilfrid Laurier University, located in Ontario Canada first adopted CampusAssist as an effort to enhance the fan experience at its stadium events. The university […]

EarthSearch Communications has signed a letter of intent with ZST Digital Networks, China-based provider to local logistics and transportation companies, to offer its LogiBoxx integrated GPS and RFID solution in the Greater China market. The letter of intent grants ZSTN exclusive distribution rights to EarthSearch technology, which offers various industry applications including oil tank and […]

Trimble announced the availability of a number of new capabilities for its ThingMagic Mercury6e (M6e), Mercury5e (M5e), and Mercury5e-Compact (M5e-C) embedded ultra-high frequency RFID reader modules. Available through a firmware upgrade, the added functionality gives an enhanced set of tools for improved performance, custom command support for advanced tag features, and anti-counterfeiting and data retrieval […]

PSA Security has partnered with HID Global to expand and enhance products from the companies. The two organizations will collaborate on developing awareness around HID’s Secure Issuance products. PSA members can now take advantage of this: Access to the entire “Genuine HID” product portfolio – including HID line of credentials, readers, high definition printer/encoders, direct […]

Google announced the launch of two new mobile commerce services that the company says will revolutionize the consumer shopping experience. Dubbed ‘Google Wallet’ and ‘Google Offers,’ the new Android apps will work together to enable customers to pay for goods, use their loyalty cards and redeem coupons all in a single tap at the point […]